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- Khamzat Chimaev makes weight at 195lb for RAF 14 wrestling match with Robbie LawlerHe wrestles the former UFC welterweight champion on Friday's card, which Arman Tsarukyan and Dillon Danis headline after their brawl at the press conference.
- Arman Tsarukyan says Sean Strickland should have been smarter before signing his UFC contractThe middleweight champion says the UFC will not match his pay demands, while Dana White has said Strickland agreed a new deal in May.
- Kelly Petersen-Pollard teaches people with mobility issues to fall safelyThe Birmingham judo champion and Team England athlete hosted a session in Lichfield on Tuesday. About a third of people aged 65 and over fall at least once a year, according to NICE.
- Merab Dvalishvili shows 19lb gain five hours after making weight for Petr Yan trilogyDvalishvili weighed in at 135lb for UFC 333 on Friday, and his own bathroom scale read 154 five hours later, a day before he tries to win back the bantamweight title in Abu Dhabi.
- Ryan Garner to defend WBC interim title against Jazza Dickens in Bournemouth on January 9The unbeaten Southampton super-featherweight faces a former WBA world champion, live on DAZN.
- Bobby Green calls for Michael Chandler fight, with both men beaten by Paddy PimblettGreen's four-fight winning run ended against Esteban Ribovics at UFC 332 this month, while Chandler has lost his last three fights.
- Bella Mir says she is under UFC contract and would fight Mya Lesnar 'if the money's there'Frank Mir's daughter said she signed with the UFC before her Contender Series loss and hopes to fight again in Las Vegas at the end of January.
- Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury: Don Charles says Joshua's jab is no longer a weaponDaniel Dubois' trainer Don Charles has backed Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua when the British heavyweights meet at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on 11 December.
- Manny Pacquiao in advanced talks to fight Joe Cordina on Fury v Joshua cardEddie Hearn, Joe Cordina's promoter, said negotiations for the fight are at an advanced stage but that it is not yet a done deal. It would be Pacquiao's first professional fight in Britain.
- Jorge Masvidal tells Arnold Barboza Jr to have 'one or two amateurs' before UFC moveThe former WBO interim light welterweight champion has said he wants to fight in the UFC at featherweight, and Masvidal warned him not to learn on the big stage.
- Antonio Vargas conqueror Bam Rodriguez ready to skip December for Inoue, says coachNaoya Inoue wants Rodriguez to skip any December fight and move straight up to 122lbs. Rodriguez's head coach Robert Garcia says the WBA bantamweight champion is willing, provided Inoue's team makes contact and negotiations go well.
- Joe Rogan says he heard Khamzat Chimaev lost too much weight before Sean Strickland defeatRogan said he had heard Chimaev was preparing to move up to 205lb and challenge for the belt, and does not think he was given enough time to get back down for the Strickland fight.
- Robert Whittaker says fire 'kind of fizzled out' at middleweight before light heavyweight moveThe former UFC middleweight champion said he did not enjoy his last camp or fight at the weight, against Reinier de Ridder, and wanted to enjoy fighting again.
- Anthony Joshua back with Ben Davison for Tyson Fury fight after Frazer Clarke leakJoshua has reunited with the former Fury trainer for their 11 December fight in Cardiff, a camp kept quiet until his old Team GB stablemate Clarke posted a photo from Davison's gym.
- Nicolle Caliari misses weight by 4.5 lb for UFC 333 and forfeits 30% of her purse to LucindoCaliari weighed in at 120.5 lb for a strawweight bout with a 116 lb limit, but her fight with Iasmin Lucindo in Abu Dhabi goes ahead at a catchweight.
- Dana White seems not to know Alexander Volkov at UFC 333 Abu Dhabi press conferenceAlexander Volkov, a UFC heavyweight since 2016 who fights Rizvan Kuniev at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, asked the UFC president how to earn a title shot and did not get an answer.
- Jake Paul next fight: team in talks with four opponents after Anthony Joshua lossPromoter Nakisa Bidarian said Paul is targeting a comeback in late 2026 or early 2027, with the opponent deciding the venue and broadcaster. Paul has been cleared to box after breaking his jaw against Anthony Joshua.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua hospitality tickets on sale at £249 in CardiffSeat Unique's official package for the Principality Stadium fight includes a seat in blocks U20 to U22 and free pre-fight drinks, after standard general admission sold out in 40 minutes.
- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua VIP hospitality tickets available at £249Official hospitality packages for the Cardiff heavyweight fight include a seat in the U20-U22 blocks and pre-fight drinks, after general admission tickets sold out in 40 minutes.
- Robbie Lawler dismisses Arman Tsarukyan and Dillon Danis brawl as nonsenseThe former UFC welterweight champion, who faces Khamzat Chimaev in the RAF 14 co-main event, said combat athletes should act more professionally because children are watching.
- Roy Jones Jr names Bernard Hopkins as the smartest fighter he ever facedRoy Jones Jr has singled out Bernard Hopkins as the smartest opponent of his career, the American beating him in 1993 before Hopkins won their 2010 rematch.
- Mike Tyson names Sugar Ray Robinson and Chavez as better than Floyd MayweatherThe former undisputed heavyweight champion said Mayweather's unbeaten 50-0 record does not make him the greatest, pointing to the long winning runs of Sugar Ray Robinson and Julio Cesar Chavez.
- Jon Jones says Daniel Cormier could have been the greatest ever in a different eraJon Jones has also offered to fly his old rival Daniel Cormier to Baton Rouge for pizza and a meet-and-greet with fans, in an attempt to end one of MMA's most bitter feuds.
- Jon Jones says Daniel Cormier could have been the greatest of all time, invites him for pizzaJones has invited his old rival out to Baton Rouge, offering to fly him there so the pair can "bury the hatchet" over pizza.
- Joe Rogan hits out at UFC for releasing undefeated Farid BasharatRogan said he told Basharat in the Octagon after his last fight that he was sure a new contract would follow, but admitted he does not know what happened.
- Manny Pacquiao yet to agree as Joe Cordina accepts terms for Cardiff fightThe former IBF super-featherweight champion from Cardiff has signed off his side of a possible fight on the 11 December bill in the Welsh capital, Eddie Hearn told The Ring, but Pacquiao has yet to agree.
- Khamzat Chimaev says he would take a UFC title fight with Nassourdine Imavov for the moneyImavov has emerged as Sean Strickland's expected first challenger, but the middleweight champion's pay dispute with the UFC has put that title defence in doubt.
- Joaquin Buckley says he will retire after one more fight: "This is the last ride"Buckley, knocked out by Mike Malott in the UFC Edmonton main event, says he feels too far from his goal of becoming a world champion.
- Alex Pereira pities Herb Dean but still wants him away from his fightsThe former two-division champion, who criticised Dean after losing to Ciryl Gane at UFC White House in June, said he stands by his complaints as he prepares to face Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 335.
- Joe Rogan says Arman Tsarukyan deserves UFC title shot but sees Oliveira optionRogan said on his podcast that lightweight champion Justin Gaethje could opt for a rematch with Charles Oliveira if Oliveira retains his BMF title against Diego Lopes at UFC 335.
