Arman Tsarukyan makes a statement.

Arman Tsarukyan makes a statement.

Mixed Martial Arts

🚨 Arman Tsarukyan stops Dan Hooker at UFC Qatar.

🚨 Beautiful choke escapes by Arman Tsarukyan at UFC Qatar.

🚨 Arman Tsarukyan called out UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria as they trade online jabs.

🚨 Arman Tsarukyan says he can beat Ilia Topuria so easily.

🚨 In regards to their backstage scuffle at UFC Qatar, Ian Machado Garry says UFC Middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev has little d**k energy and that he’ll get him one day; Chimaev says Garry was tapping his back and if he wanted to show respect, should respectfully touch him but rather was trying to create some hype. Says Garry is trying to be Conor McGregor but will never be him.

🚨 Ian Machado Garry as to why he should be next for UFC Welterweight champion Islam Makhachev: Kamaru Usman is irrelevant, Shavkat Rakhmonov is out for awhile, Michael Morales is just a flash and he [Garry] just beat Carlos Prates.

🚨 Dricus du Plessis on Islam Makhachev’s performance against JDM.

“It looked a lot like my fight against Chimaev. These guys have a style that needs to be figured out. Right now these Russian-style wrestlers just have something above the rest.”

🚨 Islam Makhachev says Ian Machado Garry’s performance at UFC Qatar didn’t surprise him. Also says that Shavkat Rakhmonov has been out for over a year and a contender can’t sit for a year with injuries and then come fight for the belt.

🚨 Sean O’Malley doesn’t think the UFC will book Ilia Topuria vs Arman Tsarukyan because the UFC loves Topuria as champion and they don’t want Tsarukyan to be champ. O’Malley notes that Tsarukyan has a legitimate chance of beat Topuria.

🚨 Dan Hooker says he’ll probably never get his hands on UFC gold but will stick around and ruin as many people’s chances as possible in that if he can’t have nice things, no one can.

🚨 Islam Makhachev says he’s not young in this sport anymore and that every weight cut takes years off your health; it’s not as easy to cut weight anymore.

Boxing

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Culture

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