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Josh Hokit Says UFC Officials Try to Suppress His Personality

Josh Hokit has become one of the UFC's most talked-about new personalities in a matter of months, and he believes the sport badly needs more of what he brings. Speaking with Chael Sonnen on Smash Cast, Hokit made the case that modern MMA fighters have become too preoccupied with image management at the expense of […]

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Darren Till Rips Mike Perry for Running to MVP Instead of Fighting Him in BKFC

Darren Till has signed with BKFC, and his first order of business was calling out the man who was supposed to be his debut opponent. Till joined the promotion under the same banner as Mike Perry, who holds the BKFC King of Violence championship, with the expectation that the two would finally settle years of […]

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Aljamain Sterling Warns Chimaev Could Be in Trouble If This Happens in UFC 328 Fight

Aljamain Sterling is not ready to hand Khamzat Chimaev an easy night against Sean Strickland, and he believes the champion is walking into UFC 328 with a strategic dilemma. Speaking with Home of Fight, the former UFC bantamweight champion took a different view on a fight most analysts have leaning heavily toward Chimaev, arguing the […]

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Darren Till Says Chimaev Will Dominate Strickland But Issues a Key Warning Before UFC 328

Darren Till is backing his close friend Khamzat Chimaev to defend the middleweight title at UFC 328, but he is not doing so without a candid warning about the risk of playing into Strickland's hands. Speaking with MMA Junkie, Till acknowledged the genuine difficulty of the matchup while ultimately siding with the champion, drawing on […]

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Jorge Masvidal Says Topuria Is 'Very Bad Style Matchup' for Gaethje at UFC White House

Jorge Masvidal likes Justin Gaethje as a person and as a fighter, but he does not like his chances against Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250 on June 14. Speaking during a YouTube appearance, Masvidal opened by establishing his genuine respect for Gaethje before turning to his honest assessment of the matchup. "I'll tell you […]

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Carlos Prates Names His Path to the UFC Welterweight Title

Carlos Prates is walking into UFC Perth with a clear vision of where a win over Jack Della Maddalena will take him, and he is not shy about stating it. Speaking with MMA Junkie ahead of the fight, Prates expressed comfort with the setting, noting he already has a performance bonus from the same arena […]

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Paddy Pimblett Comes Clean on UFC 324 Loss: 'A Little Bit of My Ego Got in the Way'

Paddy Pimblett has admitted that his ego cost him in his interim lightweight title fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 in January, acknowledging that a desire to prove something led him away from the game plan that gave him his best chance of winning. Pimblett was dropped twice and lost a unanimous decision in […]

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Francis Ngannou Diagnoses What's Wrong With UFC Heavyweight

Francis Ngannou believes the UFC heavyweight division is suffering from mismanagement, and he pointed to Tom Aspinall's ongoing situation with the promotion as a prime example of what has gone wrong. Ngannou departed the UFC in 2023 as heavyweight champion following a contentious split and has since fought twice in boxing against Tyson Fury and […]

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Jorge Masvidal Proposes Radical Eye Poke Solution

Jorge Masvidal wants eye pokes treated like financial crimes, and he has a specific penalty structure in mind that he believes would eliminate the problem almost overnight. Speaking on Deep Waters, Masvidal drew on personal experience with two severe eye pokes during his career to make the case for immediate point deductions combined with purse […]

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Jiri Prochazka Shuts Down Mercy Debate, Eyes October Comeback Against Two Names

Jiri Prochazka is done talking about the mercy controversy and has his eyes on an October return, with Paulo Costa and Magomed Ankalaev the two names he is targeting. Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Prochazka pushed back against comments from new light heavyweight champion Carlos Ulberg, who had labeled him a pretender over his […]

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