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- Khadzhimurat Gatsalov bars Russia's wrestling national team members from RAFThe ban follows a World Championships in Astana where Russia won 14 medals, four of them gold, with head coach Gatsalov unhappy at how three RAF competitors, including Abdulrashid Sadulaev, had prepared.
- Terence Crawford calls out Floyd Mayweather: 'GOAT vs GOAT' fight 'would crash everything'Crawford, who has retired, says "they want me to come back" and calls himself "the ticket". Mayweather has a fight with Matt Floyd announced for 19 December.
- 'Tell me more Dana': Jake Paul mocks White as Deontay Wilder, 41, lands Jai Opetaia fightIn March White said he wanted "the best fighters in the world" facing each other, adding that he would like to see Opetaia fight Usyk.
- Supply teacher Zak Chelli joins Zuffa Boxing after Morrell KO: "anyone, anytime, anywhere"The Fulham fighter knocked out David Morrell in the 10th round in May on two weeks' notice, and his Zuffa debut will be announced shortly.
- Official: Deontay Wilder to fight Jai Opetaia on Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua card in CardiffCruiserweight champion Opetaia moves up to give away 5 inches in height and 7 in reach to a man with 43 knockouts in 45 wins, live on Netflix on 11 December.
- Kalle Sauerland says Misfits offered $10m for Hearn v Dana White: 'Dana's had it in writing'Sauerland told iFL TV talks with Hearn are at "an advanced stage", while White is reported to have rolled his eyes when asked about it.
- Conor McGregor horrified by apparent leg injury in Rome after Max Holloway defeatThe 38-year-old, who needs knee surgery after being hurt 69 seconds into his comeback, put his hands to his face as Francesco Morandi's bare-knuckle fight ended in round one.
- Viddal Riley says he would love Oleksandr Usyk fight on cruiserweight returnRiley, who has won all 14 of his contests, told Sky Sports Boxing that the fight would excite him, with Usyk looking set to face unified champion David Benavidez at cruiserweight.
- Aaron Pico on who the UFC gives him next: 'I really don't give a sh*t'The No. 11 featherweight wants to say he fought whoever they threw at him, but would love to avenge his knockout loss to Manchester's Lerone Murphy.
- Merab Dvalishvili to wrestle Marlon Moraes, who badly hurt him in 2021, at RAF Abu DhabiDvalishvili recovered to stop Moraes in round two at UFC 266. The freestyle rematch on 14 November comes three weeks after his UFC 333 defeat by Petr Yan and on the same day as UFC 334.
- Derek Chisora offers to meet anyone with suicidal thoughts: "DM me, bro"The 42-year-old told iFL TV he has had those thoughts himself and invited anyone struggling to "come to the farm".
- Lennox Lewis conqueror Oliver McCall wins at 61 as cut stops Jeremiah Williams in round fiveThe win takes McCall to 62-14-1, and BoxingScene said it is unknown why Tennessee sanctioned a fight between two men with a combined age of 115.
- Canelo Alvarez's 2018 opponent Rocky Fielding seeks Darren Till BKFC fightBKFC president Dave Feldman stopped short of committing to the matchup, saying talks are under way with other big names for Till, who has one fight left on his contract.
- On this day in 1986: Herol Graham stops Mark Kaylor at WembleyMark Kaylor retired in the eighth of a scheduled 12 rounds as Graham retained the European middleweight title at Wembley Arena.
- Razhabali Shaidulloev faces Kyoma Akimoto in final Rizin fight before MVP moveThe unbeaten PFL and RIZIN featherweight champion will put his belt on the line in Nagoya on 31 December, with 10 matches announced for RIZIN's New Year's Eve card.
- Denzel Bentley stripped of WBO title before Shane Mosley Jr fight in LondonThe 31-year-old middleweight, who says he has been chased and shot at, has also spoken of losing friends in Battersea to knife and gun crime.
- Dillian Whyte on Derek Chisora trilogy talk: "F*ck Derek" and "he's getting older and older"Whyte told iFL TV that Chisora is "wasting time" and said he could fight Joseph Parker again. In April he told Sky Sports News: "I'd fight Derek Chisora tomorrow."
- "Absolutely very, very real": David Feldman on BKFC's Anfield talks after Darren Till commentsThe BKFC president thinks the talks will move forward next week, though nothing has been announced. Bloody Elbow names Tommy Fury as Till's most likely next opponent.
- Terence Crawford fires at Gervonta Davis: 'I wish I was at 135 I'll stop Tank'Crawford says Davis would "come up with some excuses like he do with Shakur", then turned to Ryan Garcia with a post about 160.
- Bryce Mitchell wants face stomps legal in MMA: 'That's actually my best move'The UFC bantamweight called talk of banning oblique kicks "really, really stupid" and wants rounds and weight cuts taken out as well.
- Conor McGregor says clip of him laughing after Covington submission is 'false and fully edited'McGregor says the laugh has been placed at the wrong moment of the Hype show in Rome and that he does not 'laugh at competing men and women'.
- Jonny Parsons says Sean Strickland knocked him out cold in sparring, then drove him homeThe head kick came six weeks before his Contender Series fight, and he says he did "almost no training" before winning a UFC contract. He fights for the first time since 2023 on Saturday.
- Aaron Pico wants Lerone Murphy rematch despite knockout: 'I was beating him up'Manchester's Murphy knocked Pico out in his UFC debut, but Pico says 'a little bit smarter' would have won it and that he can beat the No. 3 featherweight.
- Kelvin Gastelum says he has one UFC fight left and has to win it: 'the end is coming soon'The 35-year-old says a renewal would be his last UFC deal, and he faces Rodolfo Vieira in a no-gi match in Rio on 13 November.
- Kyoma Akimoto vows KO in unbeaten Razhabali Shaidulloev's final RIZIN fight on New Year's EveThe PFL and RIZIN featherweight champion defends his RIZIN title in Nagoya before joining MVP MMA in 2027, with Luiz Gustavo v Mikuru Asakura as the co-main event.
- Lara v Tszyu set for 12 December: "I'll drag him into a fight he doesn't want"Erislandy Lara defends the WBA middleweight title on the Gold Coast on DAZN, with Jermell Charlo back after three years out against Brock Jarvis.
- Beneil Dariush done fighting unless he finds 'something special': 'My goal is coaching'The 37-year-old has told his management and UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby he is not keen on fight offers, after four first-round knockout defeats in his last five fights.
- Patchy Mix reportedly cut by RIZIN after four straight losses and a six-pound weight missThe former Bellator bantamweight champion is said to have been taken off RIZIN's roster after going 0-2 since signing with the promotion, and it is unclear whether he will re-sign or go to free agency.
- 'Rocky Fielding just hit me up': BKFC's David Feldman says Darren Till is 'a target now'Feldman says BKFC is also "in talks with Tommy Fury", and that Derek Brunson could come into the picture for Till if he does well on his debut this month.
- Greg Foster went from UFC contract to ambulance: 'The doctors were getting mad at me'The win came on his mother's birthday, with her in hospital after a car accident he says fractured her neck and pelvis and left her with eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
