MMA news
- Wang Cong brings the Joker back to UFC 332 weigh-ins before Natalia Silva title fightWang is 10-1 and Silva has won 14 in a row; their vacant flyweight title fight is expected at about 03:00 on Sunday, UK and Irish time.
- Rafael dos Anjos open to Conor McGregor fight but won't wait like Michael Chandler"It's not about money," says the former champion, who fights Alexander Hernandez at UFC 332 on Saturday.
- Paddy Pimblett says Ilia Topuria will never be the same and hasn't 'got the balls' for TUFPimblett calls Topuria "a little bit damaged goods" after his defeat by Justin Gaethje and says he is "too big and too long for him".
- UFC 332 weigh-in results: Natalia Silva 125lb, Wang Cong 124.5lb for flyweight titleBoth make weight for the vacant title in Salt Lake City, but Esteban Ribovics comes in at 156.5lb, above the limit for his fight with King Green.
- Raul Rosas Jr., 21, moves into the UFC bantamweight top 10 at No. 8Raoni Barcelos drops out of the top 15 after the UFC Vegas 121 main event, and Montel Jackson climbs to No. 12.
- Dana White backs King Green for a BMF title shot if he beats Esteban RibovicsWhite told the UFC 332 press conference "I absolutely agree", and Green meets Ribovics on a main card due at 01:00 UK time early on Sunday.
- Dan Hardy: "Maybe Dana's time in mixed martial arts has passed"The former UFC title challenger says he got "the vibe" Ronda Rousey wants to be the next face of the UFC.
- Sean Sharaf says Gable Steveson KO was "karma and divine intervention"Sharaf told The JRE MMA Show he was paid "30 to show, 30 to win" plus a $100,000 bonus, and had a message for Jon Jones.
- UFC Fight Night UK start time: Allen vs Duncan main event at 03:00 on SundayChristian Leroy Duncan faces Brendan Allen at middleweight at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, with the card opening at 22:00 BST on Saturday and the main event expected at 03:00 early on Sunday.
- Alex Pereira says Dana White will announce his next fight on Saturday nightWhite told streamer Nina Drama he would reveal the fight on her stream at UFC 332 if it reached 25,000 comments. Pereira called it "a big challenge".
- Israel Adesanya admits his Yoel Romero fight was 'one of the most boring' in UFC historyAdesanya said neither man wanted to take risks against the other, and gave Romero credit: "It was a boring fight but he's a dangerous man."
- Joshua Van to Manel Kape: 'Start cutting now cuz u better make weight'The UFC flyweight champion aimed a crude post at his likely next challenger, who says he will weigh as much as 160 pounds on fight night.
- Dana White wins a $1 million baccarat hand after the casino lets him and SteveWillDoIt bet bigThe casino set one condition: the two could not bet on the same hand. "The dealer got an eight and I got a nine," White said.
- Dana White tells Adama Diop his fight was 'horrible' and says Herb Dean 'f***ed up'White still handed contracts to Diop and to Ian Escuza, whose win he thinks should have been a no contest because of an illegal knee.
- England's George Staines earns UFC contract with a slam win on Dana White's Contender SeriesThe Paddy Pimblett teammate finished the main event in 61 seconds against an opponent who had won his last four fights by finish. He was one of four winners on the card to earn a UFC contract.
- Paul Elliott predicts early knockout of unbeaten Shamil Erdogan at ONE Fight Night 48The Englishman, who arrives on back-to-back knockouts, says the pressure is on the 13-0 Erdogan in a heavyweight main event he believes could earn the winner a title fight.
- Ailin Perez says Harrison vs Nunes will not happen: 'I think I'm going to be fighting Amanda'Perez doubts Kayla Harrison will be fit or make 135 for UFC 334, and says Norma Dumont messaged her after their fight to say she would "hit you again".
- Jose Aldo says Conor McGregor should return at 155: 'The division is wide open again'The Dubliner's old featherweight rival says lightweight has stalled since Ilia Topuria lost to Justin Gaethje, and called McGregor's knee injury against Max Holloway "sad".
- Jiri Prochazka faces unbeaten Navajo Stirling to headline UFC Qatar on 21 NovemberAljamain Sterling against Kevin Vallejos and Dan Hooker against Brian Ortega are among the nine fights announced so far for the card in Doha.
- Darren Till says not winning a UFC title is 'the thorn' he will carry for lifeThe Liverpool fighter, fresh from beating Yoel Romero at BKFC 94, says his manager does not want him to go back, but he would give the UFC "one last shot".
- Raoni Barcelos says he is 'doing really well' in first message since UFC Vegas 121Barcelos thanked fans for their prayers and said he will send a video as soon as he can: "I promised a great fight and I kept my promise."
- Raul Rosas Jr. says two or three more fights could get him a UFC title shotRosas turns 22 on 8 October and says the Barcelos fight was all or nothing for his bid to beat Jon Jones's record as the UFC's youngest champion: "If I lost this fight, the dream is done."
- Raul Rosas Jr. says he hurt his hand in the second round against Raoni BarcelosRosas thinks the hand is fractured and says he hid the injury from Barcelos. He admits he thought he was losing going into the fifth round, before the knockout.
- Raul Rosas Jr. says he feared Raoni Barcelos had died: 'I checked if he was breathing'Rosas says he prayed in the cage after the knockout, denies that his head hit Barcelos, and thinks tiredness or a small punch before the takedown may have done it.
- Payton Talbott says he was in talks to fight Sean O'Malley at the White HouseO'Malley's team told Ariel Helwani the talks were not true. Talbott says he understands why O'Malley fought Aiemann Zahabi instead, and that it would have been a much different fight with him in there.
- Payton Talbott says he is nearing his prime but 'I don't have a name' before Figueiredo fightTalbott has not fought since beating Henry Cejudo in December and says talks for fights in April, May and June fell through. He faces Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 332 on Saturday.
- Luis Hernandez says he could be the 'final nail' in Chris Curtis's careerHernandez says Curtis is "trying to get some fame" and wants to build his own name first. He also wants to fight again before the end of the year, possibly at welterweight.
- Luis Hernandez still earns more as a sheriff's deputy than as a UFC fighterThe Miami-Dade deputy, who won a bonus for submitting Sedriques Dumas on two days' notice, wants to keep both jobs and pointed to Stipe Miocic, who fought while working as a firefighter.
- Josh Hokit predicts 'three hits' against Ciryl Gane, the last one by the ambulance driverHokit also said he wants Alex Pereira rather than Tom Aspinall for his first defence, and responded to a video that appears to show him choking out a fan at a meet-and-greet.
- Josh Hokit to Ilia Topuria: 'Different day and age, you're extinct'Hokit said a lighter champion would not talk to a heavyweight like that in another era, and called Ciryl Gane a coward who cheats when he is scared.
