Khamzat Chimaev’s message to Sean Strickland ahead of fight week is going to be FIRE! 🔥
"If he's scared, good. If not, we'll make him."
via: @ufc countdown
😳Aleksandre Topuria perfectly breaks down Justin Gaethje’s fighting style and how Ilia Topuria should approach it
"Justin Gaethje picks his shots when you stand right in front of him, like Michael Chandler.
He’s dangerous when he’s throwing, but also vulnerable at the same time. It’s a double-edged sword. You can hit him when he’s attacking, but you have to be extremely selective.
He doesn't know how to hit clean. He doesn't hit clean like you. But that’s also where you need to be careful. If you decide to counter him, it has to be calculated. Keep your other hand up, stay protected, and don’t get reckless."
via: @Topuriailia YT
🚨Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland remember what happened during their training sessions 👀
🗣️Sean: "Me and him are just two different breeds. Fundamentally different men. Khamzat might pick like an OK guy, beat the dog out of him just to walk away and be like, “I’m Jamal, I’m a bully. I just beat this guy up."
🗣️Khamzat: "Strickland didn’t like to train with me. We had the chat group — they said we’re gonna train in Extreme. I went to Extreme. He was in the UFC and I went to the UFC PI.
He went to the Extreme video, then I went back home. Then a guy started to talk. I don’t know why — maybe he’s mad because I beat him in the gym one time."
via: @ufc Countdown
Khamzat Chimaev says his brother was the one who gave him the nickname “Borz” 🐺
"When I was a younger kid, when I was fighting in the streets, my brother called me that."
via: @ufc
This week is going to be cinema… 🎬😤
🗣️Sean: "For a man that calls himself 'the wolf, ' you sure do act like a coward."
🗣️Khamzat: "If he's scared, good. If not, we'll make him."
via: UFC Countdown
Carlos Prates was certain he was going to knock out Jack Della Maddalena in the fight 💥
"I really expected to knock him out in the third round. If you see my interviews or things like that, I said I’m gonna knock him out in the second or third round.
I couldn’t sleep because I was imagining many ways, many different kinds of angles I could hit him and knock him out."
via: @UFConParamount
🇧🇷 Carlos Prates says he has been through a lot in life and does not feel pressure during fights. 👀
"I lived for 6 years in Thailand without money, without a sponsor. I fought with my hand broken, I fought sick, I fought in really bad situations for little money just to pay my bills.
I’m doing what I love.
I go there — what can happen? I can get hit and lose. Of course, I don’t want that, but even if I lose, I’m gonna make a lot of money, and I love that."
via: @UFConParamount
🚨Carlos Prates says that Islam Makhachev vs Ian Machado Garry will take place at UFC 330 on August 15
“I’ll be there watching. It’s gonna be two days before my birthday. I’m gonna ask the UFC as a gift, bring me to the fight and let me watch.”
via: UFC
👀Carlos Prates believes he should be next for the title after Islam Makhachev vs. Ian Machado Garry.
"I should be next... nobody beat two former champs on the really good way. never lose by knockout and then I come there and make it look easy."
via: UFC
Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates had an agreement that if Ian wins the belt, they’ll fight in Brazil 🇧🇷🏆
"Carlos, after I beat Islam - you and I in Brazil, let's do it!"
Beneil Dariush was trying so hard to take down Quillan Salkilld, but ultimately couldn’t—and when they got separated, Quillan knocked him out in the first round 💥