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Khabib backs Germany to win 2026 World Cup but hearts with debutants Uzbekistan
Undefeated UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov predicts Germany will lift the 2026 FIFA World Cup trophy, with the Netherlands second and Spain third — but the 29-0 fighter is personally cheering for first-time qualifiers Uzbekistan.
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O'Malley says Aleksandre Topuria blanked him backstage at UFC White House
Sean O'Malley claims Ilia Topuria's elder brother refused to acknowledge him backstage at UFC White House, despite O'Malley shaking hands with the rest of Ilia's team after the event.
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PFL's unbeaten Pergande flatly contradicts Garry's filming story ahead of UFC 330 title fight
Alexei Pergande (8-0) has publicly denied Ian Garry's claim that he filmed a sparring session without consent, saying Garry's wife, Chris Curtis, and Garry's own cameraman were all present as his fiancée recorded freely — and that no one ever asked her to stop.
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Dvalishvili demands respect for fighters after close friend Topuria's title loss
UFC bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili took to social media to condemn trash-talking aimed at fighters, issuing an open challenge to critics following compatriot Ilia Topuria's fourth-round TKO defeat to Justin Gaethje at UFC White House.
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Retired MMA enigma Magomedsharipov returns after six years to face Rosas Jr. in Moscow grappling bout
Zabit Magomedsharipov, who walked away from a promising UFC career in 2022 to study medicine, will compete again at ACBJJ 21 on July 5 in Moscow against rising UFC contender Raul Rosas Jr. in a no-gi grappling match at 154 pounds.
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Makhachev claims Topuria's $20m demand ended their title unification fight
Islam Makhachev says he accepted a welterweight title fight against Ilia Topuria immediately, only for negotiations to collapse after Topuria's team reportedly demanded $20 million — a figure the UFC refused to meet.
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Retired Zabit Magomedsharipov returns to face UFC's Rosas Jr. in Moscow grappling main event
Zabit Magomedsharipov, who walked away from MMA in 2020 after six straight UFC wins, will compete again on July 5 at an ACBJJ event in Moscow — facing ranked bantamweight Raul Rosas Jr. in a 155-pound no-gi match.
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Rousey taunts UFC's Hunter Campbell after MVP MMA outdraws White House event on Netflix
Ronda Rousey fired a pointed message at UFC executive Hunter Campbell after MVP MMA 1 averaged 9.3 million domestic viewers in May — surpassing the UFC White House event's 7 million average — reigniting her public feud with the promotion's Chief Business Officer.
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McGregor reveals how youthful trouble and Biggie shaped his 'Notorious' nickname
Conor McGregor appeared on The Tonight Show to explain the origin of his 'Notorious' nickname ahead of his UFC 329 comeback against Max Holloway on July 11 in Las Vegas — his first fight since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier in 2021.
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BJJ patriarch Pedro Valente Jr. reveals how a White House jiu-jitsu story sparked UFC's historic event
Pedro Valente Jr., the only person present at both UFC 1 in 1993 and UFC White House: Freedom 250 in 2026, has revealed how a conversation at his Miami academy about Teddy Roosevelt planted the seed for the landmark event.
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Borjas misses flyweight limit by three pounds ahead of UFC Vegas 119
Kevin Borjas weighed in at 129 pounds — three over the non-title flyweight limit — for his preliminary bout against Andre Lima at UFC Vegas 119. The fight will proceed at a catchweight, with Borjas forfeiting 20 percent of his purse.
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Kape seeks revenge against Horiguchi seven years on as UFC Vegas 119 fighters hit the scales
All 24 fighters on the UFC Vegas 119 card weighed in Friday ahead of Saturday's event at the Apex in Las Vegas. Manel Kape and Kyoji Horiguchi both came in at or under the 126-pound flyweight limit for their headline rematch, with a title shot against champion Joshua Van likely on the line for the winner.
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Blachowicz and Guskov reschedule rematch for UFC Belgrade after injury delay
Jan Blachowicz and Bogdan Guskov will meet for a second time at UFC Belgrade on August 1, after their original May rematch was scrapped when Blachowicz suffered a torn meniscus. Their first fight at UFC 323 ended in a controversial majority draw.
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Nascimento targets flyweight rankings after four-fight streak ahead of UFC Vegas 119
Allan Nascimento faces Mitch Raposo at UFC Vegas 119 chasing a fifth straight UFC win, but the Brazilian flyweight says there is 'no logic' in a ranking system that has kept him outside the top 15 despite his recent run.
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Jones dares rivals to dethrone him as GOAT after Pereira's title bid collapses
Jon Jones has issued a pointed challenge to any fighter who believes they can surpass him as MMA's greatest of all time, days after Alex Pereira — widely touted as his closest threat — was knocked out by Ciryl Gane at UFC White House.
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Kape rejects title-shot wait to rematch Horiguchi at UFC Vegas 119
Manel Kape turned down the option to wait for a UFC flyweight title shot and instead booked a rematch with Kyoji Horiguchi at UFC Vegas 119, with the Portuguese knockout artist unwilling to sit idle for most of 2026.
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Cormier blasts Hokit's Michelle Obama comments after UFC White House event
Daniel Cormier publicly condemned Josh Hokit for making a disparaging comment about former First Lady Michelle Obama following Hokit's win over Derrick Lewis at the UFC's historic White House event on Sunday.
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Makhachev opens as heavy -365 favourite to defend welterweight title against Garry at UFC 330
Islam Makhachev enters his first welterweight title defence as a -365 betting favourite over Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330 on 15 August in Philadelphia. Mackenzie Dern is also favoured at -210 to retain her strawweight title against Gillian Robertson on the same card.
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UFC White House card draws 17 million viewers to break Paramount+ streaming record
The UFC's event on the south lawn of the White House reached 17 million total viewers across the U.S. and Latin America, making it the biggest exclusive live event in Paramount+ history, with 15.26 million viewers in the U.S. alone.
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Adesanya backs McGregor vs. Gaethje after new champion's stunning title upset
Israel Adesanya has called for Conor McGregor to face newly crowned lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, arguing the fight would be a financial phenomenon. Gaethje claimed the undisputed title on Sunday by upsetting the previously undefeated Ilia Topuria at the UFC White House event.
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