Tsarukian answered Chandler defiantly
Alexandr Ormanji
April 23, 2024, 6:56 p.m.

UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan has responded to fellow UFC fighter Michael Chandler, who previously expressed bewilderment over Arman turning down a rematch with Islam Makhachev, the promotion's lightweight champion.

"I didn't expect you to understand me, Mike. We are not on the same level. I'm here to be ...

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Barry Smith to train Campbell Hatton
George Fields
April 23, 2024, 6:35 p.m.

Campbell Hatton has revealed a new partnership with trainer Barry Smith at the Ben Davison Performance Centre in Harlow, Essex. This news came shortly after Hatton's surprising defeat to Jimmy Joe Flint in Sheffield on March 2, where he missed out on the BBBofC Central Area title. The announcement of ...

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Makhachev named a punch that Puryear doesn't like
Alexandr Ormanji
April 23, 2024, 6:27 p.m.

Islam Makhachev, the UFC lightweight champion, has named a high kick that his next opponent, former interim promotional champion Dustin Porier, doesn't like in the division.

"Dustin doesn't like high kicks either. Maybe this punch will help me again (Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski with a high kick - note). ...

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Smith on Whittaker's showboating: "He should just go about his business"
Ronald Crawley
April 23, 2024, 6:16 p.m.

Callum Smith, a former super middleweight champion, has voiced his views on rising boxing star Ben Whittaker's in-ring behavior. In a recent interview Smith critiqued Whittaker's showmanship and urged greater respect towards his opponents. This advice comes amid Whittaker's attempts to emulate iconic boxer Prince Naseem Hamed’s flashy ...

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Makhachev doesn't want to fight Holloway right now
Alexandr Ormanji
April 23, 2024, 5:50 p.m.

UFC lightweight championIslam Makhachev has spoken out about a possible bout with the organization's former featherweight champion Max Holloway.

"I'd be a little surprised at how the Holloway/Getty fight turned out. I felt like Justin might have knocked him out, but Max won all the rounds. He deserved ...

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Dmitriy Kel
April 23, 2024, 4:46 p.m.

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev expressed his opinion that Arman Tsarukyan is not really burning to have a rematch with him.

"I'm not surprised that Arman didn't agree to fight in June. He talks about a rematch all the time, but he's been given a chance to fight me ...

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Chandler: "I'm declassifying McGregor."
Dmitriy Kel
April 23, 2024, 4:13 p.m.

UFC ranked American lightweight Michael Chandler has expressed confidence that he will defeat former two-division champion Conor McGregor in dominant fashion.

The fight between the American and the Irishman will be the main event of UFC 300, which takes place on June 29 in Las Vegas, USA.

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Weidman: "Pereira is as bad at wrestling as Askren is at striking"
Dmitriy Kel
April 23, 2024, 3:33 p.m.

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman doesn't hide his surprise at the fact that former kickboxer Alex Pereira managed to win two titles in the promotion.

On April 13 at UFC 300 in Las Vegas, USA, the Brazilian made his first defense of the bantamweight division with a ...

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Saudi Arabia is planning three mega-fights
Alexandr Ormanji
April 23, 2024, 11:51 a.m.

Michael Benson, a well-known journalist and insider, published a post on his social networks, in which he revealed the ambitious plans of Turki Al-Sheikh, an advisor to the royal court with the rank of minister and current chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia. According to Benson, the ...

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O'Malley hasn't ruled out Sterling being Yevloev's next opponent
Alexandr Ormanji
April 23, 2024, 11:24 a.m.

Sean O'Malley, UFC lightweight champion, doesn't rule out that undefeated welterweight Movsar Yevloev could be the next opponent for Aljamain Sterling, the promotion's former featherweight champion.

"Aljo won by a boring decision, so who will be his opponent in the welterweight division now? How about Diego Lopez? ...

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