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- Ilia Topuria on Gaethje: 'I don't think that he's gonna retire without one more paycheck'Topuria told Adam Catterall that the most money Justin Gaethje has made was against him, and just under 60% of voters picked the rematch hours after his Instagram poll went up.
- Ilia Topuria fan poll backs Justin Gaethje rematch over Paddy PimblettIlia Topuria, who is targeting April 2027 for his return, has asked his Instagram followers to choose his next opponent, even though lightweight champion Justin Gaethje has already dismissed a rematch.
- Tatiana Suarez and Virna Jandiroba make weight for UFC Vegas 124 strawweight co-mainSuarez weighed 115.5lb and Jandiroba 116lb, with the UFC saying both top-five contenders are looking to make their case for a shot at champion Mackenzie Dern.
- Islam Makhachev says his mother may decide when he retires: 'I will obey her word'The UFC welterweight champion says he is "reaching the finish line" and does not "see any new names" to fight, as he waits for the Carlos Prates v Michael Morales winner.
- Ilia Topuria says brother saved his vision: 'probably I wouldn't be able to fight again'Topuria has written that he left his White House loss to Justin Gaethje with both orbital bones fractured, and is considering a comeback from April.
- SNL star Sarah Sherman: 'Dana White is evil' and UFC fighters 'get annihilated' on paySherman said she could get tickets to UFC events but asked "isn't it a little evil?", speaking on Stavros Halkias' Stavvy's World podcast.
- Ilia Topuria targets Paddy Pimblett for April return after Justin Gaethje lossThe former two-division champion said he is considering a comeback from April and suggested he may retire after it. UFC chief executive Dana White has said the promotion is planning Topuria's return for early 2027.
- Eddie Hearn says Arman Tsarukyan photo came from 'staying in the same hotel randomly'The Matchroom boss answered a fan who asked if he was signing the UFC lightweight, after posting their breakfast photo with a handshake emoji on 30 October.
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta wants Josh Hokit's teeth: 'the whole f***ing mouth, that dirty mouth'The UFC Vegas 124 headliner says he is "no fan" of the UFC 334 title challenger, who fights Ciryl Gane for the heavyweight belt on 14 November.
- Tye Ruotolo submits Christian Lee in 2:08 to take ONE lightweight title in his third MMA fightThe 23-year-old grappling champion is now 3-0 in MMA and holds ONE world titles in two sports, after beating the man whose younger brother he submitted in 2025.
- Henry Cejudo says UFC should cut Conor McGregor before his final fight: 'I would cut him'Cejudo said he believes McGregor was paid $30 million to fight Max Holloway and that the UFC should "let him be a free agent" rather than pay him again.
- Christian Lee defends ONE lightweight title against Tye Ruotolo tonight in BangkokTye Ruotolo, the reigning ONE welterweight submission grappling world champion, can become a two-sport, two-division titleholder at Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, 6 November.
- Palokaj and Mohsen both make 66.2kg for OKTAGON 97 co-main with a title shot in sightMohsen, the man who knocked out Ireland's Richie Smullen, can earn a title shot with a win, OKTAGON said, while home fighter Palokaj is back after his first OKTAGON defeat.
- Frimpong and Aslaner held apart at OKTAGON 97 weigh-ins: “Your skin's gonna get sliced up”Both made weight for Saturday's 72kg catchweight in Hannover, Frimpong at 71.9kg and Aslaner at 71.95kg, before staff stepped between them at the face-off.
- Igor Severino tells Max Holzer “I'm going to kill you” before OKTAGON 97 title fightUnbeaten Holzer, fighting at home in Hannover, vowed to “flatten” the champion as both men made the 61.2kg bantamweight limit.
- Ilia Topuria on Paddy Pimblett: 'I will eat him like the sausage that he is'The former UFC lightweight champion answered Pimblett's callouts in his first public interview since losing to Justin Gaethje, and said a return is being considered from April.
- Josh Hokit tells Dana White 'send anybody you want' and calls Derrick Lewis a 'Fat Cow Pig'The UFC 334 title challenger listed his four UFC opponents after White said he "might have threw some tough guys" at him.
- Kamaru Usman calls Ciryl Gane the 'most dynamic heavyweight' and backs him to beat Josh HokitUsman put Francis Ngannou ahead on power, calling him "probably the most dangerous heavyweight", and said Hokit has picked up the heel role Colby Covington took to "a whole nother level".
- Ilia Topuria on his first loss to Justin Gaethje: 'What's worse than that? Dying'The former UFC lightweight champion told Spain's ABC that some mornings he looks in the mirror and thinks "this isn't me" after the defeat at the White House.
- Stephen Thompson confirms UFC 334 fight with Charles Radtke will be his lastWonderboy wants to step away after becoming a dad to a baby girl four months ago, and picked the unranked Radtke to give him a shot at the rankings.
- Tye Ruotolo before Christian Lee title shot: 'I don't want to fight the taxi cab drivers'The grappling star, 2-0 in MMA, challenges Christian Lee for a ONE title in his third pro fight in Bangkok on Friday, and expects the two-division champion to hunt an early knockout.
- Pouya Rahmani on Francis Ngannou: 'All of his country will have to come to help him get up'The unbeaten PFL heavyweight and Iranian national wrestling champion says "there's levels to this game" and faces Oleg Popov at PFL Dubai on November 14.
- Israel Adesanya after City Kickboxing exit: 'Look in the f*cking mirror'The former UFC middleweight champion, without a win in over three years, says this is "the most fun training camp I've had in years" ahead of a rumoured return in Saudi Arabia on 5 December.
- Mark Shapiro says TKO Group Holdings in talks over UFC on HBO and TNTThe TKO president said talks with Skydance are under way to spread UFC programming across HBO, TNT, CBS and Paramount+, after Paramount-Skydance completed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros.
- Christian Lee says he would dominate Islam Makhachev ahead of ONE title defenceChristian Lee, a two-weight ONE Championship champion, wants a cross-promotional fight with UFC double champion Islam Makhachev at welterweight. First he puts a ONE title on the line against Tye Ruotolo in Thailand on Friday.
- Conor McGregor must impress in final UFC fight before BKFC move, says FeldmanBKFC founder Feldman said Conor McGregor needs a good showing in his last UFC fight before a bare-knuckle debut, and that talks will not begin until after it.
- Colby Covington calls Zuffa Boxing 'a big slap in the face' and Conor Benn a 'bum' over $15mThe former interim UFC welterweight champion said Benn "quit in his fight" against Ryan Garcia, who stopped the Briton in the second round in September.
- Usman says Covington's loss to Rosas Jr is 'not excusable' as Cejudo questions Chimaev matchHenry Cejudo asked how Covington is "supposed to beat Khamzat Chimaev next f*cking week" after Raul Rosas Jr submitted him in Rome. They wrestle in Abu Dhabi on 14 November.
- Renato Moicano may bring Dan Miragliotta to his own show: 'Nobody wants to see boring fights'Moicano, who said he wants the referee to "go f*** himself" after the UFC Vegas 123 stand-up, says Money Moicano MMA streams live and free on YouTube on December 5.
- Carlos Prates' manager says UFC 'a little upset' with Islam Makhachev for 'backing out'Lucas Lutkus says the UFC told him 'Islam is out' without giving a reason, and that Prates has a guaranteed seven-figure purse even for non-title fights.
