Joe Rogan, longtime UFC commentator, has criticized the promotion's scoring system. In his opinion, the organization needs to move away from the boxing system 10-9.
UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev opened as a clear favorite for a potential superfight with the featherweight title holder Alexander Volkanovski.
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling commented on the outcome of the match between Sean O'Malley and Petr Yan.
Former UFC and Bellator fighter, and now a well-known analyst Chael Sonnen speculated on the topic of a possible fight between the newly minted UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and belt holder in the featherweight division Alexander Volkanovski.
Former referee John McCarthy expressed the opinion that the UFC bantamweight fighter Sean O'Malley until it is worth fighting for the championship title.
After UFC 280, which took place on October 22 in Abu Dhabi, the organization's ratings have been updated, and significant changes have occurred in the ranking of the best fighters, regardless of weight category. Okay, freshly minted lightweight champion of the promotion. Islam Makhachev soared immediately to third place in the P4P rating. Prior to that, he was not in the top 15 at all. The entire ranking looks like this:
Former UFC two-weight champion Conor McGregor predicted how many pay-per-view broadcasts will sell the fight between lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski.
Merab Dvalishvili, UFC bantamweight fighter, commented on the outcome of the fight Petr Yan - Sean O'Malley.
On October 29, Las Vegas will host the UFC Fight Night 213 tournament. Today, the promotion unveiled the final card of the event:
UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski spoke about a potential fight with the newly-champion of the lightweight division Islam Makhachev.