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Volkov wins three straight yet UFC still offers no answer on heavyweight title shot
Alexander Volkov crashed the UFC 333 pre-fight news conference in Abu Dhabi to demand a title shot from Dana White — and left without one. The heavyweight contender, who lost a disputed split decision to champion Ciryl Gane in 2024, has since won three consecutive fights.
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Unbeaten Smith warns Holland their feud could spill outside the UFC cage
Jacobe Smith has vowed to settle his grudge with Kevin Holland inside or outside the Octagon, claiming Holland has been sending him provocative messages after twice pulling out of their scheduled bouts through injury.
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Edwards named backup for Harrison-Nunes bantamweight title fight at UFC 334
Joselyne Edwards will serve as the backup fighter for Kayla Harrison's bantamweight title defence against Amanda Nunes at UFC 334 on 14 November at Madison Square Garden, stepping in if either champion or challenger cannot compete.
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Volkanovski targets Tsarukyan for lightweight gold if Gaethje walks away
Alexander Volkanovski says he would fight Arman Tsarukyan for the UFC lightweight title if champion Justin Gaethje decides to retire, calling the potential matchup genuinely exciting despite Tsarukyan's elite wrestling credentials.
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Volkanovski backs Sterling to leapfrog Silva in featherweight title queue with UFC Qatar win
Alexander Volkanovski says Aljamain Sterling can jump ahead of Jean Silva in the featherweight contender rankings if he beats Kevin Vallejos at UFC Qatar on November 21, with the champion adding that a Sterling loss would leave Silva as his preferred next challenger.
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Pereira singles out Prates as his favourite Brazilian to watch ahead of UFC 335 return
UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has named welterweight contender Carlos Prates as his favourite Brazilian fighter to watch, also claiming Prates is the second-highest-paid Brazilian on the UFC roster. Pereira himself returns at UFC 335 on Dec. 12 against Sergei Pavlovich in Las Vegas.
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Amanda Nunes enters UFC 334 as underdog against Kayla Harrison at MSG
Amanda Nunes will challenge women's bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison as a +161 underdog at UFC 334 on 14 November at Madison Square Garden — her first time entering a completed UFC bout as an underdog since she knocked out Cris Cyborg in 2018.
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Edwards named backup as Harrison-Nunes bantamweight title fight nears at UFC 334
Joselyne Edwards will serve as the backup fighter for the UFC women's bantamweight championship bout between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes at UFC 334 on 12 November at Madison Square Garden, New York.
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Sick Volkanovski reveals lung fears drove second-round TKO of Evloev at UFC 333
Alexander Volkanovski has admitted he doubted his lungs could last five rounds while ill, revealing that fear of running out of gas pushed him to hunt an early finish against Movsar Evloev — which he secured by TKO at 4:54 of round two.
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Nolan relocates permanently to City Kickboxing ahead of UFC Vegas 123 main event against Moicano
Australian lightweight Tom Nolan has made a permanent move from Australia to Auckland to train at Eugene Bareman's City Kickboxing gym, describing it as the best camp of his career ahead of his UFC Vegas 123 headliner against Renato Moicano on Oct. 31.
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Adesanya signs UFC contract and vows to end four-fight losing streak
Israel Adesanya has signed a bout agreement for his next UFC fight, reportedly against Sharabutdin Magomedov on December 5, and says he has rediscovered his motivation after four consecutive losses.
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Cyborg accuses Shields of quitting MMA because it was 'too hard' and predicts first-round finish
Cris Cyborg has publicly attacked Claressa Shields on social media, claiming the two-time Olympic boxing champion abandoned MMA in 2021 because the sport was too demanding, and insisting she would stop Shields in the first round if they ever met in the cage.
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Moicano eyes free agency after fighting out final three UFC bouts
Renato 'Money' Moicano has confirmed he plans to complete the three fights remaining on his UFC contract — beginning with Saturday's headliner against Tom Nolan at UFC Vegas 123 — before exploring the open market.
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Aldo reveals he cried after McGregor KO because a rematch was snatched away, not from the loss itself
Jose Aldo has disclosed that his tears following the 13-second knockout by Conor McGregor at UFC 194 in December 2015 stemmed from learning backstage that no rematch would come — not from the defeat itself.
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Aldo reveals he cried after McGregor KO because Dana White killed the rematch that night
Jose Aldo has disclosed that his tearful locker-room breakdown after the 13-second UFC 194 knockout loss to Conor McGregor in December 2015 had nothing to do with the defeat itself — he was devastated after Dana White told him McGregor would never return to featherweight.
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O'Malley insists Petr Yan rematch is inevitable after UFC 333 title win
Sean O'Malley says there is 'no debate or argument' over who faces new UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan next, pointing to his 2022 win over Yan and a recent victory over Song Yadong as proof the rematch is already decided.
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Moicano plans to fight out UFC deal and test free agency after Vegas 123 headliner
Renato Moicano says he intends to complete his remaining three UFC fights before exploring free agency, as the 37-year-old lightweight prepares to headline UFC Vegas 123 against Tom Nolan on Saturday at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas.
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Sonnen dismisses Volkanovski's Gaethje retirement superfight pitch as 'one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard'
Chael Sonnen has torn into Alexander Volkanovski's proposal for a mutual-retirement superfight with lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, calling it a cop-out and questioning why the UFC would ever book such a contest.
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Salkilld headlines home debut against Saint Denis in UFC Sydney main event
Quillan Salkilld will make his first appearance on home soil when he faces fellow top-10 lightweight Benoit Saint Denis in the main event of UFC Sydney at Afterpay Arena on February 6.
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Moicano slams Ortega vs. Hooker as 'worst fight in the UFC' after two canceled rematches
Renato Moicano has publicly dismissed the UFC's decision to book Brian Ortega against Dan Hooker at UFC Qatar on Nov. 21, calling it the worst matchup in the promotion — frustration fuelled by his own twice-canceled rematch with Ortega and repeated failed callouts of Hooker.
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