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- Alex Pereira planned to call out Sergei Pavlovich after beating Ciryl Gane, coach saysPlinio Cruz said the idea came after Pavlovich stopped Pereira's teammate Tallison Teixeira in 39 seconds in May. The pair now meet at UFC 335 on 12 December.
- Grant Dawson renews attack on Batman's no-kill rule ahead of UFC 333The UFC lightweight, who is slated to face Nurullo Aliev in Abu Dhabi, also returned to José Youngs's Anything But Fighting show to praise the animated Justice League and to criticise Superman.
- Dana White says Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili winner 'more than likely' best bantamweight everThe UFC CEO gave his verdict at the UFC 333 press conference in Abu Dhabi, two days before Yan defends his title in the trilogy fight.
- Movsar Evloev tells Alexander Volkanovski 'If you want to be knocked out, I'll do that'The featherweight champion had dared his unbeaten challenger to "try and take me down" before their title fight in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
- Alexander Volkanovski dresses as his Street Fighter character Joe at UFC 333 press conferenceThe featherweight champion plays Joe in the new live-action Street Fighter film, and says he is a lot leaner now than he was on screen.
- Alexander Volkov poses as a UFC rookie to ask Dana White how he can get a title shotThe heavyweight, who fights Rizvan Kuniev at UFC 333 on Saturday, also asked Alexander Volkanovski for advice at the press conference in Abu Dhabi.
- Dana White offers UFC 333 tickets to fan who asked for a head shave at press conferenceThe fan made the request from the floor at the UFC 333 press conference in Abu Dhabi, two days before Alexander Volkanovski and Movsar Evloev fight for the featherweight title.
- Farid Basharat UFC exit: Dana White says comments were not aimed at fighterThe UFC president also said at the UFC 333 press conference that Movsar Evloev, unbeaten in 10 fights in the promotion, need not worry about his job before Saturday's featherweight title fight with Alexander Volkanovski.
- Alexander Volkanovski glad Movsar Evloev is cheered at UFC 333 press conferenceThe featherweight champion said the cheers would be "the best of the experience" for his challenger, before promising to win their title fight on Saturday.
- Khamzat Chimaev puts deadline on $1 million offer for Sean Strickland rematchKhamzat Chimaev says the money only stands if Sean Strickland agrees to face him next, after the middleweight champion complained about his pay and floated a move to light heavyweight.
- Jon Jones says skipping UFC White House card is a lifelong regretJones said contract talks with the UFC broke down before the June event, where Ciryl Gane won the interim heavyweight title he now holds outright after Britain's Tom Aspinall vacated.
- Alexander Volkanovski and Movsar Evloev headline UFC 333 press conferenceThe featherweight champion and his main-event opponent face the media on Thursday, joined by bantamweight champion Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili, who meet in the co-main event.
- Dillon Danis says Conor McGregor was in a dark place after UFC 329 knee injuryDanis says McGregor is doing all his exercises and is focused on coming back. The Irishman has one fight left on his UFC contract.
- Khamzat Chimaev demands Sean Strickland rematch after UFC 328 title lossKhamzat Chimaev says he deserved to keep the UFC middleweight title and claims he earned five times as much as Sean Strickland for their split-decision fight at UFC 328.
- UFC Fight Night UK start time: Moicano vs Nolan main event at 02:00 on SundayRenato Moicano meets Tom Nolan at lightweight at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, with the card opening at 21:00 on Saturday and the main event expected at 02:00 early on Sunday.
- Movsar Evloev's message for Arman Tsarukyan ahead of UFC 333: make 145Movsar Evloev, who challenges Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC featherweight title in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, said he would fight Arman Tsarukyan if the lightweight cuts to 145lb and the UFC wants the bout.
- Arman Tsarukyan turns down Movsar Evloev's featherweight invite to stay at lightweightThe lightweight number one contender expects his title shot early next year, in February or March, and says he wants to be “the best ever lightweight fighter”.
- Mandel Nallo says UFC Edmonton weigh-in nose-pick was for his sons before Dana White handshakeThe Canadian lightweight gave White a finger point instead of a handshake, then stopped Nate Landwehr for his first UFC win.
- Josh Thomson says the ship has sailed on a Nate Diaz fight after Diaz chose Mike PerryThomson said he had offered to box Diaz with 10 or 12-ounce gloves instead of an MMA fight, and that he is not training at the level he would need to fight.
- Movsar Evloev calls out Arman Tsarukyan ahead of Volkanovski title fightThe unbeaten Russian said featherweight is his territory and told the lightweight number one contender to make 145lbs if Evloev takes the title from Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi.
- Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev: coach Eugene Bareman expects close fightVolkanovski's coach Eugene Bareman says Evloev's style is misunderstood, arguing the unbeaten Russian keeps punching in grappling exchanges where Islam Makhachev would hold opponents down.
- Amanda Nunes says Kayla Harrison still makes the same mistakes from sparringNunes, who returns from retirement to challenge Harrison for the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 334 on 14 November, said the champion has evolved but repeats the errors she saw when they trained together.
- Henry Cejudo vs Song Yadong to headline RAF 15 in ChicagoCejudo returns to Real American Freestyle after beating Merab Dvalishvili in 36 seconds in their RAF rematch in August.
- Brendan Allen rejects Dricus du Plessis coach's claim that UFC turned down their fightAllen said the pair were meant to fight at the start of the year before Du Plessis moved on to Kamaru Usman, and insisted: "I want to fight."
- Brendan Allen says staph infection hurt his performance in Christian Leroy Duncan winAllen, who submitted Duncan in the fifth round of the UFC Vegas 122 main event, said his main worry at the time was whether he would still make weight.
- Merab Dvalishvili open to Henry Cejudo RAF trilogy, says Abu Dhabi would be a great placeThe pair are 1-1 in Real American Freestyle after Cejudo won their rematch in 36 seconds in August, and Dvalishvili first faces Petr Yan at UFC 333 on Saturday.
- Ben Askren says Dillon Danis clearly tried to choke out Khamzat Chimaev in RAF wrestling matchDanis lost 10-0 to Chimaev at RAF 10 in June, and Askren said that if Danis wants extracurriculars, he could always get in a cage.
- Alex Pereira rules out stepping-stone role and will retire if losses mountThe 39-year-old former light-heavyweight returns against Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 in Las Vegas in December, after being knocked out by Ciryl Gane in a heavyweight title fight in June.
- Alex Pereira says Josh Hokit would be a much easier fight than Sergei PavlovichPereira, who faces Pavlovich at UFC 335, also picks Ciryl Gane to beat Hokit when they meet for the heavyweight title at UFC 334 next month.
- Jon Jones saw Ilia Topuria as likely next greatest before Justin Gaethje lossJon Jones said he regarded Ilia Topuria as invincible before the UFC White House card, where Justin Gaethje stopped the unbeaten two-division champion in the fourth round.
