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- Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua: Frank Bruno says he heard gym talk of injuryFury has given no indication that he will withdraw from the all-British heavyweight showdown, which is expected to take place at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December.
- Jai Opetaia, who stopped Noel Mikaelian, to fight Deontay Wilder on Fury-Joshua cardJai Opetaia, the unbeaten Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight champion, will box at heavyweight for the first time since 2017 when he meets the former WBC champion at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December.
- On this day in 2011: George Groves stops Paul Smith at WembleyThe stoppage came 1:18 into round two and kept the British and Commonwealth super-middleweight titles with Groves, then 23.
- Islam Makhachev's wait for next fight likely down to money, says Dana WhiteThe UFC CEO said he would like champions to fight twice a year, with Carlos Prates and Michael Morales now facing each other for an interim welterweight belt at UFC 336 in January.
- Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson UK start time: main event at 22:00 on DAZNJoshua Buatsi and Willy Hutchinson meet again at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday 7 November, with the WBC interim light heavyweight belt on the line and the main event expected at 22:00.
- John Paul Hale to make pro boxing debut in Belfast with Michael Conlan as managerThe 25-year-old turns over on 27 November at The Devenish, having ended his amateur career with an opening-round defeat at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
- BKFC 96 UK start time: Sean Weir vs Leigh Cohoon expected at 22:00A light heavyweight championship bout headlines BKFC 96 at the OVO HYDRO on Saturday 7 November. The card starts at 19:00 GMT, with DAZN carrying the event on pay-per-view.
- Joe Joyce backs Tyson Fury to beat Anthony Joshua after sparring both heavyweightsJoyce, brought into Fury's camp as a sparring partner, told Sun Boxing that vulnerabilities Joshua showed against Kristian Prenga in July could mean a difficult night when they meet on 11 December.
- Dan Hooker, 36, says Brian Ortega, 35, is 'old': 'Surely I can beat Brian Ortega'Hooker returns at UFC Qatar on 21 November, 77 days after a first-round TKO defeat to Salahdine Parnasse, and says frustration drove the quick turnaround.
- "He could have won this fight": TJ Dillashaw on Merab Dvalishvili's 5-from-58 takedownsDillashaw says Dvalishvili should fake his shots and fire knees, kicks and combinations. Dvalishvili landed five of a record 58 takedown attempts in his UFC 333 defeat by Petr Yan.
- Dana White's 'possibly the greatest talent' Akbar Abdullaev reportedly faces Mairon SantosThe unbeaten Kyrgyz fighter won his UFC contract with a 19-second knockout, but the UFC has not announced the December fight.
- Conor McGregor says final UFC fight is 'not to retire' but 'to announce bareknuckle'Asked to choose between MMA and bareknuckle, the BKFC co-owner picked bareknuckle and said there is a "big chance" he fights without gloves.
- TKO's Mark Shapiro reveals UFC talks with Skydance on 'maximizing HBO, TNT, Paramount+, CBS'The TKO president says talks are already under way, after Paramount-Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. added HBO, TBS and TNT to the company that signed the UFC's $7.7 billion deal.
- Dana White says Ilia Topuria back in early 2027 after calling him 'ready to fight' in SeptemberWhite told Jim Rome the UFC is "working on" the former lightweight champion's return, and Topuria's trainer has named February as the month he will be ready.
- Dana White says he 'might have threw some tough guys' at Josh Hokit over things he saidThe UFC boss says Hokit "passed every test" and deserves his shot at Ciryl Gane at UFC 334, having said he did not like "anything Josh Hokit says".
- Adlan Amagov, the man Jon Jones says KO'd him in sparring, reportedly signs with ACBJJAmagov, 40, went 2-0 in the UFC and has not competed since 2016. Jones on their sparring session: "Very true story."
- Big John McCarthy says Dana White is 'absolutely pissed' over Bellator: 'I don't want him'The veteran referee said White is why he has not worked a UFC show since 2017, and that athletic commissions deciding who works is "not the case".
- Dana White on why Islam Makhachev won't fight in January: 'I think it's money'The UFC CEO told The Mac Life that "twice would be nice" for a champion, weeks after saying Makhachev had given "no reason" for waiting until after Ramadan.
- "He's got the right man": Davey Grant wants first-round KO of Elijah Smith, but expects a warBishop Auckland's Grant, 40, meets the 23-year-old at UFC Vegas 124 on Saturday in the last fight of Smith's UFC contract, and Smith says the booking surprised him.
- Dana White on Moicano stand-up: 'They could take your back and just ride it out for 3 rounds'The UFC CEO said "I honestly don't know what to think" of Dan Miragliotta's call in the Tom Nolan fight, but that the rule is about damage and trying to win, not the position held.
- Dana White on Dan Miragliotta's reported $1,600 ref pay: 'Worry about your f***ing self'The UFC CEO said referee pay is down to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, then told everybody talking about it online: "Shut the f*** up."
- Darren Till "has a very good chance of beating" Jake Paul, says BKFC boss David FeldmanFeldman says Till fights for BKFC if a fight lands in the next two weeks. If not, there is "an option" for a Jake Paul fight "or something like that".
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta on Johnny Walker: 'Everybody knock him out' and 'break the head right away'The No. 6 heavyweight says Walker "can do nothing at all" at light heavyweight and rates Ryan Spann "more better" before their UFC Vegas 124 main event on Saturday.
- "That s*** was trash": Elijah Smith tells Josh Hokit to 'stay in your lane' over diss trackSmith offered to go 'bar for bar' with the UFC heavyweight title challenger, days before the last fight on his own UFC contract against England's Davey Grant.
- Joshua Buatsi open to Zach Parker rematch ahead of Willy Hutchinson title fightParker must first beat Austrian puncher Umar Dzambekov at the Copper Box Arena on Saturday, the same night Buatsi fights for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight championship.
- Tom Nolan on Moicano stand-up: 'I'd be pissed off if that was me and I had the back'Nolan said referee Dan Miragliotta should not have stood the pair up at UFC Vegas 123 and that the crowd influenced the call, but insists the fight would have gone the same way.
- Denzel Bentley says WBO took his title "for no reason" after he left Queensberry for ZuffaHe told Ariel Helwani he had been promised a voluntary defence before the belt went, and he still fights Shane Mosley Jr at the Copper Box Arena on 7 November.
- David Benavidez wants Canelo v Crawford 2: 'I think Canelo does better'Benavidez expects a close fight, and says Alvarez should have gone after the knockout against Christian Mbilli for the money he earns.
- Joshua Buatsi hits back at Zach Parker over disputed win: 'It was a spoiler of a style'Buatsi is still open to a rematch if both men win on Saturday, when Parker faces Umar Dzambekov in London and Buatsi fights Willy Hutchinson for the vacant WBC title.
- "It's MY MF time": Fury FC champion Carlos Calderon lands UFC debut on four days' noticeCalderon replaces the injured Lucas Brennan against Austin Bashi at UFC Vegas 124, two years after losing on the Contender Series.
