Kamaru Usman wants Islam Makhachev or JDM. Former NDP Leader of Canada Jagmeet Singh apologizes to Drake.

Mixed Martial Arts

Justin Gaethje is eyeing life changing money for his next bout should he not be granted the next shot at the UFC Lightweight championship.

“Since [defeating Rafael Fiziev], [Islam Makhachev] had been saying he wants to fight me. They could’ve easily set that up but they didn’t. Then he [Islam Makhachev] vacates and then [Charles Oliveira] is 2-2 in his last [four bouts], already has a loss to Makhachev and they bring a brand new guy [Ilia Topuria] in. And I get f**ked again. So I’m not going to fight any of these motherf**kers for fun unless they pay me so much more money. If I’m going to take a risky fight, if I lose, I’m going to bet set up [financially] and if I win, I’m fighting for a belt – or I’m not doing it.”

Ian Machado Garry takes shots at Sean Brady whilst calling him out. 

Petr Yan on why he accepted a bout against No. 13 ranked Marcus McGhee.

“I was told that I can wait and I’ll be next in line for the title but I don’t want to wait and I don’t want to be an inactive fighter. I want to fight twice this year if possible.”

Joaquin Buckley thinks that Islam Makhachev was praying on Belal Muhammad’s downfall.

“I think Islam was praying to Allah for Belal to drop that ball.”

Kamaru Usman defeats Joaquin Buckley via Unanimous Decision at UFC Atlanta. 

Kamaru Usman with Evander Holyfield backstage before UFC Atlanta. 

Belal Muhammad calls out Kamaru Usman after Usman’s win at UFC Atlanta. Usman responds.

“Who is that?”

Belal Muhammad on a fight with Kamaru Usman.

“You’re not going to take me down like that. You can pick the date, the time, the place and I’ll be ready. The 5th round [against Joaquin Buckley] will look like the whole fight when we fight.”

Kamaru Usman says he wants the winner of the next UFC Welterweight title fight between Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev.

“Me, winner of Islam-JDM, simple.” 

Kamaru Usman says he’s not going to predict the winner of Islam Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena but warns to not sleep on JDM as he’s very talented. That being said, Islam Makhachev is Pound-For-Pound No. 1 too so he’s not sleeping on him either. 

Ilia Topuria explains why he left the UFC Featherweight division to move up to Lightweight.

“When you’re cutting weight and you can’t eat or drink water, you don’t care about any material things. They can give you bags of money, they can give you all the cars you want, you don’t care at all. I had to close that chapter because I didn’t want to suffer.”

Kamaru Usman’s disclosed purse for UFC Atlanta was $300,000; no win bonus. 

Paddy Pimblett says in a fight with Ilia Topuria – not only would he beat him but hurt him too.

“I know how to beat him. I know I’d beat him up and I reckon I proper hurt him and just shut everyone up even more, like I love to do.”

Paddy Pimblett says that nobody goes for Ilia Topuria’s weaknesses and everyone simply tries to box him. 

Dana White admits that UFC 318 in New Orleans, LA headlined by the third fight between Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier for the BMF title was created specifically for Poirier’s retirement fight.

“He’s accomplished a lot in the sport. This is for him. He wanted to have his last fight and end his career in New Orleans so here we are.”

Arman Tsarukyan will serve as the official backup fighter for the UFC 317 main event between Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira for the UFC Lightweight championship. 

Interim UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall wants to do more charity work with a focus on autism.

“I want to get more into charity stuff. I want to do some stuff for autism because my son is autistic. I want to get a funding thing where you can put stuff in public places that cater to autistic people because I know what it’s like to be in a public place with an autistic kid.”

Umar Nurmagomedov praises UFC Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili’s toughness.

“I’ve hit Merab clean myself – he didn’t even flinch. Tough guy. He’s really hard to knock out. He’s got cardio for days and he’s just got brute strength.”

Boxing

The first press conference between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will be on Friday June 20, 2025 in Saudi Arabia – it starts at 2:30pm ET. 

Culture

Canadian politician and former leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Jagmeet Singh, apologizes to Drake after Drake called him out for attending Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s concert in Toronto, ON on June 13, 2025. Drake and Kendrick Lamar have previously famously feuded in 2024 in perhaps hip-hop's biggest feud of the past decade, with serious allegations made.

Donald Trump's family business has launched a new mobile service and a $499 smartphone under the name ‘Trump Mobile’ leveraging his presidential brand. The service, unveiled at Trump Tower, will use existing U.S. wireless networks and cost $47.45 per month—a nod to Trump’s position as the 47th president. A gold-coloured smartphone, promoted as designed and built in the U.S. will accompany the service. The manufacturer and production details remain undisclosed with this venture is one of several efforts by Trump's children to monetize the family name during his presidency. Eric Trump suggesting initial phone deliveries may not be U.S.-made.

"Eventually, all the phones can be built in the United States of America." -Eric Trump

Lewis Hamiton, F1 driver for Ferrari reveals he ran over and killed a groundhog at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, QC on Sunday. Groundhogs are common in Montreal’s circuit with incidents regarding them having occurred in previous races.

“I got a good start [to the race], held position, I was holding onto the group and managing tyres well, so I was feeling optimistic. Then, and I didn't see it happen, but I heard I hit a groundhog. That's devastating, I love animals and that's so, so sad. That's never happened to me here before."