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- Sean O'Malley says Song Yadong would knock out Merab Dvalishvili 'for sure' over three roundsO'Malley, who has beaten both Song and Petr Yan, wants Dvalishvili to face Song next after Yan kept the bantamweight title at UFC 333.
- Patricio 'Pitbull' Freire calls out Lerone Murphy: 'I'm the one that makes sense now'The former Bellator two-division champion is 2-2 in the UFC, while Murphy has not fought since his majority-decision loss to Movsar Evloev.
- Tyson Fury says he could sign another 10-fight deal if the money is rightTyson Fury, 38, who has announced his retirement five times, says any new deal would need its fights to come quickly because he is getting older.
- Robert Garcia says his team pulled out of Canelo v Mbilli undercard over missile alertsGarcia says an attorney already in Saudi Arabia told him they get at least two missile alerts a day, and the travel plan left a Tuesday arrival for a Saturday world title fight.
- Arman Tsarukyan says Justin Gaethje is 'trying to duck' him, UFC answer due end of NovemberTsarukyan says the UFC told him he will hear at the end of November, and he would also fight Alexander Volkanovski.
- Alex Pereira, beaten by Ciryl Gane, would return to 205 if he loses to PavlovichAlex Pereira, beaten by Ciryl Gane in his heavyweight debut in June, said he would cut back to 205 pounds if he loses to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335 on 12 December.
- Dominick Reyes gives Daniel Cormier an 'F-plus' for UFC 333 commentary in new YouTube seriesReyes gave Jon Anik a B or B-plus and Paul Felder an A, and said Cormier 'did no research' on Azamat Murzakanov.
- Israel Adesanya questions Alex Pereira's backup plan: 'Why not just stay at 205?'Pereira has said he will go back to light heavyweight, straight into a title fight, if he loses to Sergei Pavlovich on 12 December.
- Merab Dvalishvili says he is healthy and will be back soon after UFC 333 loss to Petr YanIn his first statement since the trilogy defeat, the former bantamweight champion thanked his coaches, the UFC and his fans.
- Aaron Pico says ranked fighters who protect their spots have a 'weak mentality'Pico said he is embarrassed to be No. 11 and named Aljamain Sterling and Lerone Murphy among the fighters he wants next.
- Cheavon Clarke backs himself to beat Chris Billam-Smith again on 7 NovemberThe Tokyo Olympian, who twice beat Billam-Smith as an amateur, faces the former WBO cruiserweight titleholder as a professional for the first time after both men won on the same Zuffa Boxing bill in June.
- Kade Ruotolo to face former ONE champion Ok Rae Yoon at ONE Fight Night 50 in BangkokThe 23-year-old grappling champion is 4-0 in MMA with four finishes, while Yoon won the ONE title in 2021, the year he beat Eddie Alvarez and Christian Lee.
- Eddie Hearn on Denzel Bentley's Zuffa Boxing move: ‘Guys, have a brain’The Matchroom promoter said Bentley could have had big nights defending his world title and is instead fighting Shane Mosley Jr “in front of 1,200 people at the Copper Box”.
- Paddy Pimblett calls Aaron Pico's win over Losene Keita at UFC 333 a 'terrible stoppage'Pimblett loved the right hand that put Keita down but said the punches on the ground 'weren't really doing nothing' when the referee stepped in.
- Dana White on UFC fighters wrestling each other in RAF: 'Who gives a shit?'White also said there is no relationship between RAF and the UFC when he was asked about Khamzat Chimaev's RAF match in Abu Dhabi.
- Israel Adesanya hints at UFC return after UFC 333: 'Just let me bang, bro'A reporter at the UFC 333 post-fight press conference said the rumour was Adesanya v Shara Magomedov in Saudi Arabia, but Dana White did not confirm it.
- Paddy Pimblett says Lone'er Kavanagh is 'a future champ' after his UFC 333 finishPimblett said the first-round stoppage of Ramazan Temirov deserved a bonus and that Kavanagh against champion Joshua Van would be a 'scrap'.
- Paddy Pimblett says Merab Dvalishvili's takedowns show 'your opponent's got up 24 times'Watching Petr Yan beat Dvalishvili at UFC 333, Pimblett said three to five takedowns should be enough to control a round.
- Dana White to reporter who questioned the last Saudi card: 'That's your opinion, sir'White said all UFC cards are great and asked when the last bad one was, after the reporter brought up Khamzat Chimaev pulling out of his fight with Robert Whittaker in Saudi Arabia.
- David Haye says Moses Itauma needs Andy Ruiz Jr after Filip Hrgovic lossThe former two-division world champion wants Itauma, who is set to return in the first quarter of 2027, to face the man who stopped Anthony Joshua in 2019.
- Nico Carrillo defends ONE featherweight Muay Thai championship against Nabil AnaneThe Glaswegian's first defence as undisputed ONE featherweight Muay Thai world champion is a rematch with the man who stopped him in the first round in January 2025.
- Israel Adesanya says Volkanovski showed 'why he's the greatest' in Evloev finish at UFC 333In a reaction video on his YouTube channel, Adesanya shouted "the f***ing best ever" as Volkanovski finished Movsar Evloev in round two.
- Alexander Volkanovski says he was sick on the morning he stopped Movsar Evloev at UFC 333The featherweight champion did not say what the illness was, and said fighting through setbacks "makes the story better".
- Dana White says the UFC has not talked about an event in Russia but 'probably should'A reporter put Islam Makhachev and Petr Yan to him as Russia's champions at the UFC 333 post-fight press conference, and White said there have been no talks.
- Dana White says the UFC is working on a 'unique' event and he has already seen renderingsWhite said after UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi that he looks forward to announcing it soon, but gave no name, venue or date.
- On this day in 2019: Conor Benn stops Steve Jamoye at The O2The fourth-round stoppage of the Belgian veteran kept the WBA Continental (Europe) welterweight title with Nigel Benn's son on the Prograis-Taylor undercard.
- Islam Makhachev cites Carlos Prates' loss to Ian Garry in rejecting title fightPrates will instead face Michael Morales for the interim welterweight title at UFC 336 in January, with the winner set to meet Makhachev next year.
- Alexander Volkanovski would retire after Gaethje fight following Movsar Evloev winThe featherweight champion said he would walk away win or lose after a shot at Gaethje's lightweight title, and UFC CEO Dana White has admitted the promotion would be hard-pressed to deny him.
- Ilia Topuria livestreams his reaction to Merab Dvalishvili's UFC 333 loss to Petr YanTopuria had Dvalishvili winning on his livestream and turned his back to the TV as the verdict for Yan was read out.
- Azamat Bekoev out of UFC Vegas 123 after anaphylactic reaction left him passed out in a CVSThe middleweight said an ambulance was called after he passed out in the store, ending his 31 October fight with Andre Petroski.
