Alex Pereira stops Magomed Ankalaev in Rd. 1!
Mixed Martial Arts
🚨 Alex Pereira stops Magomed Ankalaev in Rd. 1. at UFC 320.
🚨 Jiri Prochazka stops Khalil Rountree Jr. in Rd. 3. at UFC 320.
🚨 Dana White was impressed by Merab Dvalishvili’s dominance at UFC 320.
“Cory is a very tough guy. It wasn’t the most exciting fight of the night but Merab dominated.”
🚨 Dana White shuts down Conor McGregor’s claim that he’s negotiating directly with The White House.
“Conor wants to fight on that card but nothing is done yet.”
🚨 Dana White says Alex Pereira has shown high interest in moving to Heavyweight but he’s unsure as there’s still fights in the Light Heavyweight division. Calls Pereira a dream to have in the UFC.
🚨 Alex Pereira says he was going to call out Jon Jones after UFC 320 to fight at the UFC White House card but then realized it wasn’t the right time given the event that transpired with Jones’ older brother, Arthur Jones, who sadly passed away.
🚨 Alex Pereira says he’s going to take his UFC title back to the tire shop in Brazil; Pereira also says he believes he broke his foot at UFC 320.
🚨 Merab Dvalishvili says he doesn’t consider himself the UFC Bantamweight GOAT despite Dana White saying so. Says he’s going to keep grinding and one must be humble otherwise you’ll get humbled.
“I am still a student in this game.”
🚨 Magomed Ankalaev releases statement since losing at UFC 320. Ankalaev’s manager says Ankalaev may have been injured too.
“It’s for him to talk about, not me. If it was up to me, should never have fought.”
🚨 UFC 320 bonuses: Performance Of The Night – Alex Pereira, Jiri Prochazka, Joe Pyfer [$50,000 each]. Fight Of The Night – Jiri Prochazka [$50,000].
🚨 UFC Middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev with a call-out to Alex Pereira. Pereira says he isn’t interested in this bout; wants a superfight and to fight at Heavyweight.
🚨 Conor McGregor on his current state.
🚨 Conor McGregor says being a promoter and a fighter at the same time – as he was back in the day, was extremely draining; to promote or fight on its own, is easy & fun.
🚨 Dana White on the possibility of Ronda Rousey returning to MMA.
"Her and I are still very close and we talk. I would say we probably talk once every three months or something like that. She was in Vegas recently and she came by the offices, but I don't know what her plans are. I think she's just training again. She just had three babies and she's in a whole other place in her life. But I will say this: She's just had another baby and she's in great shape right now. So I don't know."
Boxing
🚨 Dana White says Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford couldn’t have gone any better than it did.
“It was as close to flawless as it could be.”
Culture
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