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- Alex Pereira on UFC 334 poster: "Why the Women's Fight is Not the Main Event?"The man Ciryl Gane beat at the White House says Kayla Harrison against Amanda Nunes should top the card at Madison Square Garden, not Gane's title defence against Josh Hokit.
- Jorge Masvidal on Conor McGregor: "I would have punched him right dead in his f***ing mouth"Masvidal says he would have hit McGregor when he went down hurt against Max Holloway, and has sat down with Ben Askren, the man he knocked out in five seconds.
- Aleksandre Topuria consoles Ilia after Gaethje defeat: "This is a sport. You're a man"The UFC's no-commentary version of the White House title fight shows his brother comforting him on the stool, and what his corner told him between rounds.
- Former UFC fighter Tim Kennedy reportedly shot three times in Congo ambushThe former middleweight and US Army Green Beret was evacuated to the United States and his condition was described as stable.
- Joe Joyce responds to 'slow' and 'punchy' claims: "It turns out that I am neurodivergent"The former WBO interim heavyweight champion told Daily Mail Boxing's The Hook that he sought help, and that he has had to engage lawyers over his finances.
- Amir Khan confirms Manny Pacquiao talks but rules out Fury-Joshua undercardThe Bolton fighter, 39, says he has seen "numbers which I'm happy with" and a location, more than four years after his last fight.
- UFC Vegas 122 weigh-in results: Ismael Bonfim misses by 7.5lb as Allen and Duncan make weightBonfim weighed 163.5lb for his lightweight fight with Francisco Prado and forfeits 25 per cent of his purse. Britain's Christian Leroy Duncan was 185lb for the main event.
- DAZN reportedly taking control of The Ring: what it means for Turki Alalshikh and boxingDAZN will not confirm or deny the reported deal for the magazine and its belts, and Alalshikh has made no formal announcement about his future in the sport.
- Canelo vs Mbilli still set for Riyadh on 31 October after Houthi attacks on Saudi airportsThe undercard was announced on 8 October, the same day attacks on King Khalid International Airport killed three people, Saudi authorities said.
- Buatsi vs Hutchinson 2 upgraded to full WBC title fight after Benavidez vacatesBuatsi won their first fight by split decision at Wembley in 2024 and put Hutchinson down twice. The rematch is at the AO Arena in Manchester on 7 November.
- Jon Jones calls missing the White House card "one of my big regrets in life"Jones told The Schmo he would be "pretty damn happy" if he never fought again, and that Josh Hokit "very well could win" against heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane.
- Fury vs Joshua all but sold out as Dana White says the gate is scaled for around $34 millionMore than 500,000 people queued for around 80,000 tickets, priced from £88.50 to £13,128. White says it will be the most lucrative gate in British boxing history.
- Sean Strickland says he "will not fight or sign any contract" after six-fight deal reportThe UFC middleweight champion signed a new six-fight deal before beating Khamzat Chimaev, MMA Junkie's Mike Bohn reported. Strickland says he wants to box and will "stick and move" if made to fight.
- Deontay Wilder accepts offer to face Jai Opetaia on the Fury vs Joshua undercardWilder's manager says they are awaiting word on the Cardiff co-feature, and Dana White says there is "a really good chance" the fight happens.
- UFC Fight Night UK start time: Buckley vs Malott main event at 03:30Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott meet at welterweight in Edmonton, with the card opening at 22:00 on Saturday and the main event expected at 03:30 early on Sunday.
- On this day in 2011: Kell Brook stops Rafał Jackiewicz in SheffieldThe sixth-round stoppage at Ponds Forge kept the WBA Inter-Continental welterweight title with Brook.
- Fury vs Joshua UK start time: ring walk planned for around 1am in Cardiff licence bidThe Principality Stadium wants to stay open until 3.30am on Saturday 12 December, with the ring walk after a short live music set. A council spokesperson said the ringwalk is "commencing at 1am".
- Petr Yan open to featherweight but won't fight "my friend" Alex VolkanovskiYan faces Merab Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on 24 October, on the same card as Volkanovski's featherweight title defence against Movsar Evloev.
- Jake Paul names Tom Aspinall, KSI, Darren Till and Chris Eubank on his list "before I rest"Paul posted 12 names on X, from Canelo Alvarez and Francis Ngannou to Sean Strickland, but Tommy Fury, the first man to beat him, is not among them.
- Colby Covington says ceviche food poisoning kept him out of his Hype grappling match in EcuadorCovington told The Ariel Helwani Show he was "throwing up all day Saturday" before the Quito card, calling it "probably the most difficult moment in my career".
- Chris Leben ends 13-year MMA absence for a rematch in Yoshihiro Akiyama's retirement fightBlack Combat has booked the pair for 21 November in Seoul, 16 years after Leben handed Akiyama his first UFC loss with a third-round triangle choke.
- Fury vs Joshua tickets go on sale on Friday at noon UK time, with the cheapest at £75Tickets for the Cardiff fight go on sale at Ticketmaster.co.uk "at noon in the UK" on Friday 9 October, Dana White says. The Mirror reports more than 80,000 will be available, with VIP seats expected to cost well over £1,000.
- Dmitry Bivol v Callum Smith confirmed for 12 December in YekaterinburgMatchroom has confirmed that Bivol will defend his unified light-heavyweight title against the British WBO interim champion in Russia.
- On this day in 2017: Eubank Jr stops Yıldırım in three rounds in StuttgartThe win kept his IBO super-middleweight title and sent him into the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series.
- Ryan Garcia tells Floyd Mayweather "Offer is on the table" after report of talksGarcia said he "wouldn't do an exhibition" after FightHype reported, citing sources, that talks are underway for a fight between the two. Neither camp has confirmed any talks.
- Dana White's runner Sal Everett knocks out Ozzy Martin and earns a UFC contractWhite told him "This could not happen to a better person" after the first-round knockout on the Contender Series, which also handed contracts to Mateus Soares, Roque Conceicao and Preston LaGrange.
- Natalia Silva outpoints Wang Cong in UFC 332 title fight as Talbott stops FigueiredoNatalia Silva beat Wang Cong by unanimous decision in the women's flyweight title fight at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, while Payton Talbott stopped Deiveson Figueiredo in the first round.
- On this day in 2007: Amir Khan stops Scott Lawton to keep Commonwealth beltThe 20-year-old from Bolton ended the scheduled 12-rounder 32 seconds into the fourth round at Nottingham Arena.
- Dustin Poirier admits lifting an overweight teammate on the scale: "Got him on weight"Poirier, who retired last year, told the UFC's Deep Waters show it happened at a fight in Mississippi. He did not name the teammate.
- Daniel Dubois picks Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua, then wants Fury nextThe WBO champion told Sky Sports News a Fury fight would be "like me and AJ all over again", but says his focus is on Fabio Wardley on 17 October.
