Romain Debienne and Thad Jean will fight in the undercard welterweight match at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The Welterweights both hope to ride their recent victories to another win tonight.
Alex Volkanovski, former UFC featherweight champion, commented on Max Holloway's win over Justin Gaethje.
"Obviously the most important fight on the card was the fight between Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje. I've been telling everyone not to discount Max Holloway. People were talking about their fight as if these guys are on completely different levels, which was a shock to me. I had no expectations that Holloway was going to send him to a knockout. However, I felt that Max would have a good chance to prove himself in the fight or even win. I mean, Max was winning those exchanges, and then all of a sudden, boom, knockout. I didn't expect that. I had a feeling he'd win, but not like this. Unbelievable performance. After our last fight, a lot of people thought Max was done. But no, that's not the case at all. He's always been good and we just made sure of that again," BJ Penn quoted Volkanovski as saying.
Jorge Masvidal, former UFC welterweight, has spoken about his career plans. According to Jorge, he would like to return to the promotion.
"I wouldn't mind fighting Logan Paul and changing his look. He's a hell of a boxer because he's making an impact in the industry. Logan showed good results in his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. I feel like I can get a finish with that guy. After Logan, I would like to fight Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. I definitely want to come back to the UFC and bring a win to my city (Miami), my family, my kids and everyone who believes in me. It's my duty to come back to the UFC," MMAJunkie quoted Masvidal as saying.
Elijah Topuria, the UFC's featherweight champion, has revealed when the promotion might hold its debut tournament in Spain.
"Yes, we want to come to Spain. We want to bring the UFC to Spain in the first quarter of next year. That's the reason I want to fight in September-October - to be ready to step back into the octagon in early 2025. Either way, Holloway should be ready to answer the call. What can you do - I've already heard a lot of names of those he's challenged. I don't know if he's interested in fighting me. Anyway, there's always the option of a rematch with Volkanovski," Topuria told MMA Hour.
Romain Debienne and Thad Jean will fight at the PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season in Chicago. They meet in a welterweight match scheduled at the Wintrust Arena.
UFC middleweight prospect Bo Nickal gave a bold prediction for a possible bout with Hamzat Chimaev, who is being hailed as one of the contenders for the championship belt in the division.
UFC middleweight prospect Bo Nickal has revealed when he'll be ready to return to the octagon.
Mike Perry, a former UFC fighter and current fist fighter in the BKFC league, said in a recent interview that Darren Till did not agree to fight him on bare knuckles even though he was offered $2 million dollars.
"What's he doing? I know they made him a hell of an offer. Of course, it's respectable that he doesn't care about such an offer and does what he wants. But only in BKFC you can really test yourself when you fight without gloves," Perry said.
Recall, earlier BKFC president David Feldman reported that after Till was satisfied with the amount offered for the fight with Perry, he still turned it down. Darren stated that he wanted to do some boxing bouts before fighting on bare knuckles with Mike.
UFC lightweightArman Tsarukyan revealed that the referee who gave the win in their fight with Oliveira to Charles called and apologized for his decision.
"He gave the third round to Oliveira. He called my trainer and said, 'I apologize, you were right - I shouldn't be giving it to Oliveira.' If I had lost that fight, I would have killed him. He almost killed my career! Continuous training, you're thinking about the fight every day, then you're racing weight, and then there's drama like that. I don't know, maybe he just saw it from the wrong position," Tsarukyan said.
Recall, Tsarukyan defeated Oliveira by split decision of the judges. Their fight took place on April 14 in Las Vegas as part of the anniversary UFC 300.
Jorge Guimarães, manager of UFC bantamweight champion Alex Pereira, has spoken out about his client's possible fight against interim belt holder Tom Aspinall.
"I don't think a fight with Pereira is a good idea for Aspinall right now. We'll see what happens. I think it's still too premature.
Aspinall is the interim heavyweight champion, why would he risk a fight with Pereira? I don't think it makes a lot of sense for Tom that it's a good idea for him. For us - yes," - quotes the words of the manager MMA Fighting.
Recall that on April 13 in Las Vegas, USA, Pereira defended the title that belongs to him, knocking out Jamal Hill in the first round. The fight became the main event of the UFC 300 anniversary tournament.
