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  • Khamzat Chimaev Doesn’t Care About Being Pound For Pound #1

    Khamzat Chimaev Doesn’t Care About Being Pound For Pound #1

    Khamzat Chimaev is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. He’s the top dog in his division. But, when it comes to being #1 pound for pound in the entire UFC, he just doesn’t care.

    During an interview with UFC on Paramount, Khamzat was asked about being the best pound for pound, to which he replied “I don’t care about so much about that.”

    He continued on; “Why should I care about that stuff? I just came to make millions, smash somebody, be happy, go home, you know? So.”

    Theres always a dangerous mindset when a fighter is just there to fight, and not caring about all the outside noise. This Saturday, Khamzat Chimaev will look to continue his streak at UFC 328.

     

  • UFC Freedom 250 Headliners Meet President Trump, USA Belt Unveiled

    UFC Freedom 250 Headliners Meet President Trump, USA Belt Unveiled

    UFC Freedom 250 comes next month on June 14, 2026 on a special Sunday event. Headlining the card will be Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje for the UFC Lightweight Championship. In the co-main event, Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane will battle for the UFC Interim-Heavyweight Championship.

    Today, all four headliners met President Trump at the White House and accompanied him in the Oval Office where Trump put over the magnitude of each fighter. A comparative USA UFC Championship belt was also revealed, but it’s unclear if this is a comparative piece for Trump, or other plans are in tow for the title.

    The White House event is undoubtably UFC’s biggest show ever. During this meeting, renderings for the event were shown, granting fans a look at how the stage will be presented come fight night.

  • Alex Pereira And Ciryl Gane Face-Off Outside Of The White House

    Alex Pereira And Ciryl Gane Face-Off Outside Of The White House

    UFC Freedom 250 is only a month away. That event will be taking place on the White House lawn. The event is headlined by Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje for the UFC Lightweight Championship, and co-main evented by Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane for the UFC Interim-Heavyweight Championship.

    Earlier today, Ilia Topuria took to social media to reveal that he was on his way to meet the President, and posted a photo on a plane with Alex Pereira. Now, Alex’s coach Glover Teixeira has taken to instagram to post a video of Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane having a face-off in front of The White House.

    This is most likely for promotional purposes that UFC will release soon. But, we thank Glover for giving us a first-look! Justin and Ilia will most likely be doing the same.

    UFC Freedom 250 goes down live Sunday, June 14.

  • Sean Strickland Calls Josh Hokit’s Personas Fake And Fabricated

    Sean Strickland Calls Josh Hokit’s Personas Fake And Fabricated

    Sean Strickland is a big personality in the UFC. But, he’s not a fan of another new personality in Josh Hokit. Despite liking him as a person, Sean thinks Josh’s shtick is fake.

    Sean Strickland is set to challenge Khamzat Chimaev for the UFC Middleweight Championship this Saturday at UFC 328 in Newark, New Jersey. Ahead of the bout, Strickland has been doing the media rounds and there is where he revealed that he feels Josh Hokit’s personas are fake and fabricated. When asked about Josh, Sean said;

    ”You know, again, I respect him for doing it, but it’s like, for me it’s too much. It’s like, it’s such a  fabricated like, you know, it’s like, it’s so fake and fabricated I just, I’ll see a clip and I’ll just shut it off right away. And it’s not that, I like Josh, I’ve trained with him, I’ve met him personally, like, he’s actually a really nice guy. But like, to go and interviewing people on the street, it’s like, you’re just like, you know, you’re like an old influencer, dude. You’re like fucking what, mid 30’s? And you’re trying to be a fucking influencer? Like, stop, dude. Like, just shut the fuck up, be yourself, go train. Or don’t, man, I guess what you’re doing is working, you’re on the white house card.”

    ”Yeah, it’s like dude, you’re like in like, how old is he? Mid 30’s? Hey, how olds Josh? But, let’s say mid 30’s, dude, and you’re walking around like you’re fucking 18 years old trying to get a YouTube star. What’re you doing, dude?”

    https://x.com/UFConParamount/status/2051781292363006384/video/1?s=46

    UFC 328 is live this weekend, Saturday, May 9 on Paramount+.

  • WATCH: Reporter Asks Khamzat Chimaev About Dagestan, Despite Him Never Being There

    WATCH: Reporter Asks Khamzat Chimaev About Dagestan, Despite Him Never Being There

    Well, that got awkward real quick. Khamzat Chimaev is not from Dagestan and has never been there. Despite the similarities between the beard-no-mustache combo, not everyone is from Dagestan.

    Khamzat Chimaev is headlining UFC 3028 this Saturday in Newark, New Jersey as he puts his Middleweight Championship on the line against Sean Strickland in the main event. This week, Khamzat is doing media rounds for the show, and that’s when a very awkward encounter took place.

    Khamzat Chimaev was asked what’s the secret behind training in Dagestan. But, here’s the catch, he’s never even been there. Chimaev responded with ”I don’t know, ask Islam. I’m not from Dagestan. I’m from Chechnya.” The reported followed up with “You’ve never trained there?” To which Khamzat replied “No.” Before awkwardly looking down.

    https://x.com/MMAFullMount/status/2052018020285870155/video/1?s=46

    This moment immediate had fans in a stir online. Hopefully next time The reporter can do is due-diligence.

    Khamzat Chimaev will be live this Saturday headlining UFC 328. While on his media run, he noted he wants to taste Sean’s “meat”. You can read about that here. 

  • Alex Pereira Throws Out First Pitch For Yankees Game

    Alex Pereira Throws Out First Pitch For Yankees Game

    He can fight, and he can pitch. Chama. Alex Pereira is on a roll recently and apparently he’s a solid baseball pitcher, too.

    UFC 328 is this Saturday in Newark, New Jersey and to promote the event, Alex Pereira (who is not on the 328 card) took the small trek over the New York yesterday to throw out the first pitch at the Yankee’s game. And he did a pretty good job at doing so, considering some celebrities have pitched some very terrible balls.

    The Yankees did win, so, it looks like Pereira ringing in the game was good luck. While Alex isn’t on the UFC 328 card this weekend, he is fighting at The White House June 14 for UFC Freedom 250 when he moves up to Heavyweight to battle Ciryl Gane for the interim-Heavyweight Championship.

  • Khamzat Chimaev Reveals He Asked For Sean Strickland Fight, Said “Let Me Try His Meat”

    Khamzat Chimaev Reveals He Asked For Sean Strickland Fight, Said “Let Me Try His Meat”

    Khamzat Chimaev is not scared of anyone. In fact, he’s the one people should be afraid of. The UFC Middleweight Champion is set to defend his title against Sean Strickland at UFC 328 this Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

    This championship bout is headlining the card, with a Flyweight Championship fight scheduled for the co-main event between Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira. This week, every fighter on the card is doing their media runs, including Khamzat, who revealed some interesting information. Khamzat told the press that he was the one who actually asked for this fight.

    “After his fight, he’s talking that shit about me. Just called Hunter [Campbell], give me this guy. Let me try his meat.”

    https://x.com/ChampRDS/status/2051838168178057635/video/1?s=46

    Khamzat and Sean have trained together in the past, but,  things between the two have really turned sour. Dana White even went on record to say they’ll need to beef up security for this fight week. It’s going to get chaotic.

  • Quillan Salkilld Reacts To Officially Being Ranked In The UFC

    Quillan Salkilld Reacts To Officially Being Ranked In The UFC

    Quillan Salkilld is coming off the biggest win of his career so far at UFC Perth this past Saturday. In the co-main event, Qullian knocked out Beneil Dariush, long-time contender and veteran in the game, and it only took one round to do so.

    Now, today, the UFC rankings have officially updated and the previously un-ranked fighter has now landed in the Lightweight Division’s top 15, standing at #12. Quillan celebrated by showing off a posing picture reminiscent of Randy Orton, alongside a young photo of himself and the ranking order. He captioned it “Guys we are so fucking ranked”

    https://x.com/quillansalkilld/status/2051620993970635069?s=46

    Quillan Salkilld is one of UFC’s hottest prospects right now, but the competition will only get harder. Above him in the rankings are only killers and former champions, but, Salkilld has the confidence to back himself up against anyone. Congratulations on the first time ranking!

  • EA Officially Drops UFC 6 Video Game Trailer

    EA Officially Drops UFC 6 Video Game Trailer

    EA’s UFC 6 is coming next month, with a release date of June 19, 2026. The video game had a cover reveal last week, which showed Alex Pereira gracing the cover of the base game edition, while Max Holloway is the cover man for the Ultimate Edition of the game.

    The trailer for the video game has now also been released today on social media by the EA team. The trailer features many fighters, but kicks off with a first look at Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor. You can see the full trailer below!

    The game is available to be pre-ordered right now, and fans who do pre-order will receive 7 days early access to the game. You can pre-order here. 

  • UFC Fight Night Perth: Della Maddalena vs. Prates Live Results

    UFC Fight Night Perth: Della Maddalena vs. Prates Live Results

    UFC is live from Perth, Australia with a fight night event that kicked off at 4AM ET. The event is headlined by a high-stakes UFC Welterweight contenders bout between former champion Jack Della Maddalena and contender Carlos Prates.

    Plus, every single fight on the card features an Aussie fighter, and they’re ready to put on a show in their home country. You can check out the live results below!

    Main Card (Paramount+ at 7 a.m. ET)

    • Carlos Prates def. Jack Della Maddalena via TKO (Punch, Round 3) 
    • Quillan Salkilld def. Beneil Dariush via TKO (Punch, Round 1) 
    • Steve Erceg def. Tim Elliott via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

    • Marwan Rahiki def. Ollie Schmid via TKO (Punch, Round 1)

    • Brando Pericic def. Shamil Gaziev via Knockout (Punch, Round 2) 

    • Louie Sutherland def. Tai Tuivasa via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) 

    Preliminary Card (Paramount+ at 4 a.m. ET)

    • Cam Rowston def. Robert Bryczek via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

    • Junior Tafa def. Kevin Christian via Knockout (Elbow, Round 1) 

    • Jacob Malkoun def. Gerald Meerschaert via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 

    • Colby Thicknesse def. Vince Morales via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 

    • Wes Schultz def. Ben Johnston via Submission (Guillotine, Round 3)

    • Jonathan Micallef def. Themba Gorimbo via Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) 

    • Kody Steele def. Dom Mar Fan via Submission (Kneebar, Round 1)