Championship Rounds

🚨 BREAKING: Khamzat Chimaev will defend his title against Sean Strickland at #UFC328 in Newark on May 9 (via @danawhite)

CLD takes on Roman Dolidze this weekend at #UFCLondon 🔥

Movsar Evloev admits Lerone Murphy dropped him with a liver shot 8 years ago in Thailand 😳 “I didn’t even know it was him. Such situations happen. I’m even glad he posted it… now I who to settle it with.” (via @UFCEurope)

Dan Hooker opens about the recent controversy: “I was in a relationship and we ended it… that led to a meltdown. Hurt people do hurt things. I don’t have any grudge towards her. I hope she moves on and finds another bloke to terrorize.” (via The Morning Rumble)

Costello van Steenis defends his PFL middleweight title against Fabian Edwards at #PFLMadrid this Friday 🔥

🚨 BREAKING: Shara Bullet will fight Michel Pereira at #UFCBaku on June 27 🔥 (via @AgFight)

🚨 Robert Whittaker reveals his next fight will be in July at Light Heavyweight 👀 (via CombatTV)

🚨 Jean Silva says he’s flying to London to watch Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy and will sign a contract to fight Alexander Volkanovski afterward 👀 “We’re heading out on this trip, invited by Hunter and Dana, to watch the fight between Evloev and Murphy up close. And to sign the contract for the belt. It’s going to be the biggest promotion people have ever seen in history when that contract for the belt gets signed, because I’m going to sell this fight. After that boring fight [Evloev vs. Murphy], I’m going to go up there and hand both of them their termination.” (via @Jeansilvamma96)

Undefeated Luke Riley takes on Michael Aswell this weekend at #UFCLondon ⚔️

Alex Pereira had Glover Teixeira seeing his life flash before his eyes 😭 (via @AlexPereiraUFC)

Colby Covington called out the UFC for forcing fighters to accept fights they don't want 😬 He also criticized fighter pay, saying top stars like Ilia Topuria and Islam Makhachev won't speak up because they're making $5M–$10M per fight (via @N3onOnYT)

🚨 Islam Makhachev DENIES ever weighing 192 lbs on fight night against Dustin Poirier "I've never weighed more than 80 kg [176 lbs], ever."

Dustin Poirier says Islam Makhachev weighed 192 lbs when they fought, while he was 176 lbs 😳 “Islam is huge. I looked across and he had veins in his shoulders. I’m like ‘f*ck, this guy is huge.’” (via @joerogan)

🚨 The UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings have been updated Max Holloway is REMOVED from the list, and Arman Tsarukyan takes his spot at #15 (h/t @JohnMorgan_MMA)

Daniel Cormier nearly left the Russian TUF reality series after someone tried grabbing a knife, but Jon Jones convinced him to stay 😳 “Nothing on this show is worth losing your life. When I see things like knives, I personally don’t wanna be here.” (via ALF Global)

Arman Tsarukyan tries to take down Khamzat Chimaev 😅 (via @ArmanUfc)

Michael 'Venom' Page returns to welterweight to fight Sam Patterson at #UFCLondon this weekend 🔥

Mauricio Ruffy criticized Charles Oliveira's performance against Max Holloway, and Oliveira's wife fired back 😳 "Ruffy, don't come trying to surf on my husband's wave because he has more submissions than you have fights!"

Le’Veon Bell: “I think Jake Paul is a tremendous boxer. Quickness, speed, reaction time. He obviously has a chin too. I think Jake Paul does have a chance.” 🎙️The White House with Michael Irvin video podcasts now on Netflix

🚨 Alex Pereira reveals he has signed a new 8-fight deal with the UFC 👀 "They took really good care of me. The contract was so good that I let it open for them to do whatever they want." (via @arielhelwani)