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- Darren Till would not apologise to John Fury for $10 million: 'get your son to fight me'Till said an unnamed person asked through his manager whether he would ring Fury and say sorry so a Tommy Fury fight could be made. He said his manager already knew the answer.
- Darren Till says BKFC talks over an Anfield show were 'way more serious' than he consideredTill, who has one fight left on his BKFC deal, thinks a show at Liverpool's stadium could come next year, though nothing has been announced. He says David Feldman is keen to re-sign him.
- Robert Whittaker says other names were offered before Bogdan Guskov at UFC SydneyThe former middleweight champion meets Guskov in the co-main event at Afterpay Arena on 6 February, in what Whittaker says is a return to Sydney after 12 years.
- Josh Hokit raps 'Frenchy leaving in a diaper' about Ciryl Gane in new song before UFC 334Rapping as J-Word on "MSG Freestyle", Hokit also goes after Jon Jones, Tom Aspinall, Alex Pereira and Ilia Topuria before his heavyweight title fight with Gane.
- Conor McGregor claims he outsells Canelo Alvarez and vows to sell final fightThe former two-division UFC champion, recovering from ACL surgery, has targeted International Fight Week 2027 for a comeback expected to be the last bout on his current contract.
- Johnny Walker rules out ever fighting brother Valter in the UFC: 'I'm not that crazy'The UFC Vegas 124 headliner says his half-brother can train with him in any fight camp but "just can't stay at my house".
- Michael Bisping says Islam Makhachev deserves to chase a third UFC title at middleweightBisping pointed to Alex Pereira being given a heavyweight shot against Ciryl Gane, and said Sean Strickland "would be a good matchup" for the welterweight champion at 185lb.
- Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov next at UFC Sydney after Nikita Krylov winThe former middleweight champion continues his light-heavyweight run on 7 February at the Afterpay Arena, in a fight whose winner is likely to cement a place among the division's top contenders.
- Alexandre Pantoja needs to rest his mind and has no return timetable, coach saysMarcos da Matta told Sherdog the former UFC flyweight champion may not think about fighting again until next year after losing his rematch with Joshua Van.
- Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani tells Jake Matthews 'finish your fight, and let's dance' after TKO winMatthews fights Tahir Abdullayev in Doha on 21 November, three weeks after Lebosnoyani's third straight UFC win.
- Robert Whittaker faces Bogdan Guskov at UFC Sydney, his first fight in Australia since 2019The former middleweight champion meets the UFC's No. 10 light heavyweight at Afterpay Arena on 6 February, with the main card on TNT Sports in the UK.
- Stipe Miocic gives Tom Aspinall 'kudos' for vacating UFC title: 'I've torn my retina before'The former heavyweight champion says his own eye damage came from a poke in his 2019 rematch with Daniel Cormier, and that Aspinall should see his injury as bad luck.
- Jack Della Maddalena open to Mike Malott fight, targeting April or May returnThe former UFC welterweight champion says he rushed his last fight, a third-round stoppage loss to Carlos Prates in Perth in May.
- Arman Tsarukyan points to Islam Makhachev after Volkanovski says 'you ain't holding me down'Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski at UFC 294 in 2023, and Volkanovski says he would vacate his featherweight title to fight Tsarukyan if Justin Gaethje retires.
- Tom Nolan says referee stand-up did not change Renato Moicano resultNolan, who stopped Moicano in the UFC Vegas 123 main event, said he was complaining to referee Dan Miragliotta about punches to the back of the head and was not asking for the fight to be stood up.
- Renato Moicano won't appeal Tom Nolan loss: 'I'm not going to blame the referee'Moicano called Dan Miragliotta's round-two stand-up "the wrong decision" but says he will not file a complaint or ask for the referee to be kept off his fights.
- Renato Moicano vows to carry on after Tom Nolan defeat at UFC Vegas 123Moicano, 37, has two fights left on his UFC contract and said Nolan bore no responsibility for the referee's reset that came before the knee that rocked him.
- Conor McGregor claims he outsells Canelo Alvarez and others, 'maybe even combined'McGregor gave no figures, and said he will "actually try to sell" his next fight, which he called his final one.
- Michael Chandler to be special guest enforcer for unsanctioned match on WWE NXTNXT general manager Robert Stone took up the 40-year-old's offer, in what will be his first involvement in a WWE match.
- Renato Moicano on Tom Nolan after UFC Vegas 123 loss: 'I lost to a guy who's bad'Moicano, stopped in round three of the main event, says he is not going to stop. He has two fights left on his UFC contract.
- Dan Miragliotta standup in Tom Nolan vs Moicano called a referee error by CormierTom Nolan stopped Moicano with ground and pound in the third round, while UFC analyst Din Thomas called the standup questionable and said an appeal would come as no surprise.
- Lorawnt-T Nelson to defend BKB title against David Winiarski at Foxwoods CasinoYampier Rodriguez also defends his 124lb belt against Jorge Martinez at BKB 63 on 19 December, the last of four closing shows that begin at London's Indigo at The O2.
- Lucia Szabova stops Tainara Lisboa in the third round of her UFC debutThe former Oktagon double champion stayed undefeated as she opened the UFC Vegas 123 prelims with a stoppage win.
- Jacobe Smith says he'd 'drag Kevin Holland's ass down to Dallas' after beating Randy BrownThe welterweight, now 14-0, also named Sean Brady and Belal Muhammad when asked how he wants 2027 to look, but said he is not confident the UFC will book Holland.
- Fighters condemn Dan Miragliotta for standing Moicano up from back control against NolanTom Nolan, who stopped Moicano in round three, says he spoke to the referee about shots to the back of his head and was not asking for a stand-up.
- Tom Nolan stops Renato Moicano in round three of his first UFC main event at UFC Vegas 123The 26-year-old Australian finished Moicano with punches on the ground at 1:28 of the third round to improve to 12-1.
- Jacobe Smith stays unbeaten with unanimous decision over Randy Brown at UFC Vegas 123All three judges scored the welterweight co-main event 30-26 for Smith, who took Brown down in every round and left him badly cut in the second.
- Josh Hokit gets pepper-sprayed in the eyes in the gym after thinking the spray was fakeHis training partner, who took a dose too, said it was "like a Ciryl Gane eye poke thing", less than two weeks before Hokit challenges Gane for the UFC heavyweight title.
- Julian Erosa knocks out JeongYeong Lee in 91 seconds in his retirement fight at UFC Vegas 123Erosa was rocked early before a right hand dropped Lee and follow-up punches finished it, and he took his gloves off straight away.
- Tom Nolan says he told Cory Sandhagen he would KO his Contender Series opponent with his moveNolan used the 'dart shot' from Sandhagen's online course to stop Bogdan Grad in 83 seconds in 2023, and headlines UFC Vegas 123 against Renato Moicano on Saturday.
