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- Dustin Poirier admits lifting an overweight teammate on the scale: "Got him on weight"Poirier, who retired last year, told the UFC's Deep Waters show it happened at a fight in Mississippi. He did not name the teammate.
- On this day: Khabib Nurmagomedov submits Conor McGregor at UFC 229Eight years ago Khabib won in the fourth round, then went over the cage. The night sold 2.4 million pay-per-views, still a UFC record.
- Dana White on Ian Garry's fifth round against Islam Makhachev: "You didn't do it"White told The Diary Of A CEO that Garry had "five minutes to shock the world" at UFC 330 but went out "shaking his hands and hugging him".
- Dana White claims the UFC is worth $50 billion and wants $10 billion after the Paramount dealWhite told The Diary Of A CEO his competitors are now the NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA, and that he believes the NFL wanted the money Paramount paid.
- Dana White on signing Conor McGregor: "He's going to be a massive superstar"White told The Diary Of A CEO he called Lorenzo Fertitta straight after the dinner, and that he has had only "a handful" of meetings like it in 25 years.
- Dana White on his mother's unauthorised book: "One of the grossest, most disgusting things"White told The Diary Of A CEO the falling-out began with threatening emails demanding money, and that his mother died without him or his sister speaking to her.
- Islam Makhachev enrols in a master's degree at Plekhanov University in DubaiThe UFC welterweight champion, on a record 17-fight winning streak, is also eyeing a second title defence before Ramadan.
- Glover Teixeira says Raoni Barcelos had swelling on the brain after UFC Vegas 121Teixeira, who was in Barcelos's corner, said the team first wondered whether it was his heart because the finish "wasn't a knockout".
- Bo Nickal vs Joe Pyfer booked for UFC 335 on 12 DecemberThe middleweights meet on the Las Vegas card that also has Oliveira vs Lopes for the BMF title and Pereira vs Pavlovich.
- Michael Morales calls out Islam Makhachev, names Shavkat Rakhmonov and swears at Ian GarryIn a produced call-out video, the welterweight contender tells the champion "no more excuses", offers to fight Carlos Prates first and swears at Garry, who replied: "The date is locked in."
- Jacobe Smith on Kevin Holland after UFC 332: "I want to murder Kevin Holland"Smith stopped late replacement Bruce Whitehead in 92 seconds, then turned on the man who pulled out of their fight twice.
- King Green on Herb Dean stoppage against Esteban Ribovics: "Let me go out on my shield"Dean stopped the fight in the first round at UFC 332. Jorge Masvidal has since called Dean "the most nervous guy in there".
- Sean Strickland says "bingo" to claim money, not injury, kept him off UFC 335The middleweight champion replied to a fan who said he wanted more to fight Nassourdine Imavov. Imavov has since offered him $500K of his own money, and Khamzat Chimaev has offered "1 🍋", slang for a million.
- UFC BMF title history: every champion from Jorge Masvidal to Charles OliveiraFour men have held the UFC's "baddest motherf***er" belt since The Rock strapped it on Masvidal in 2019. Oliveira defends it against Diego Lopes at UFC 335.
- Valentina Shevchenko to new champion Natalia Silva: "Keep it warm, I'm coming soon for my belt"Silva, who won the title Shevchenko vacated through injury, says she wants to be an active champion and will "face whoever is the next one".
- UFC 332 bonuses: Walker, Pinas, Rodriguez and Kopylov, and $25,000 for every finisherDana White named the four bonus winners from a record night of 11 knockouts and said the gate was $2.7m. He also said Wang Cong will "hate herself" when she watches her title fight back.
- Natalia Silva beats Wang Cong on a unanimous decision to become UFC women's flyweight championThe Brazilian won the title Valentina Shevchenko vacated over five rounds in Salt Lake City, extending her winning run to 15.
- Payton Talbott stops Deiveson Figueiredo, then tells Sean O'Malley: "You can't run forever"Talbott finished the former flyweight champion in 2:09 at UFC 332. O'Malley says the fight depends on Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili: "Petr goes out there and loses, let's squabble, me and Payton."
- UFC 332 sets UFC record with 11 knockouts in one eventEleven of the first 13 fights in Salt Lake City ended by KO or TKO, nine of them in the first round, beating the record of nine set in Paris in September 2025.
- Charles Oliveira defends BMF title against Diego Lopes in UFC 335 main eventOliveira defends the belt he won from Max Holloway for the first time, and Lopes moves up from featherweight, in Las Vegas on 12 December.
- Alex Pereira vs Sergei Pavlovich set for UFC 335 co-main event in Las Vegas on 12 DecemberPereira's second heavyweight fight, after Ciryl Gane stopped him at the White House in June, is a five-rounder against a Russian on a three-fight winning run.
- UFC 332 results: Natalia Silva beats Wang CongEvery result from UFC 332, with the method, round and time of each finish.
- Court McGee retires after Eric Nolan stops him at UFC 332: "I left everything in this cage"Nolan's KO/TKO at 3:26 of the third round was his first UFC win, and it came against the 41-year-old TUF 11 winner in front of McGee's home-state crowd.
- Sean O'Malley denies he was offered Payton Talbott for the White House: "Absolutely bulls**t"Talbott said last month he was supposed to fight "Sean" at the White House but his opponents "all had a broken foot". He faces Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 332 tonight.
- Daniel Cormier on Justin Gaethje vacating to fight Conor McGregor: "You can't do that"Cormier says giving up the lightweight title for a money fight would harm Gaethje's legacy, and that Arman Tsarukyan is now "a massive star".
- Tai Tuivasa asked if he is still in the UFC: "Nah. @kfc!"The Australian heavyweight joked with a fan after his eighth straight defeat, but his own post says "back to work" and there is no word of a release.
- Michael Morales says neither Ian Garry nor Carlos Prates wants to fight himThe unbeaten welterweight says he has accepted a January fight against another opponent, and hopes to fight for the title in June if he wins.
- King Green: "I can't take this motherf***er nowhere" after stand-off with Ribovics teamGreen's group, including boxer Arnold Barboza Jr, and Esteban Ribovics's team were separated near the Delta Center hours after Ribovics missed weight.
- Johnny Walker and Mick Parkin face off before Walker's heavyweight debut at UFC 332Walker weighed 242lb for his first fight at heavyweight, 23.5lb lighter than Sunderland's Parkin, who is 10-1.
- Natalia Silva and Wang Cong pulled apart by security at UFC 332 face-offThe flyweight title face-off in Salt Lake City turned physical, with Wang's hand under Silva's chin and Silva gripping her arm before staff separated them.
