Lil Wayne to walk out with Dustin Poirier at UFC 318. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio rematch rumours!
Lil Wayne will walk out with the hometown hero and fellow Louisianian Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 – full circle moment. Floyd Mayweather Jr to be in attendance for Manny Pacquiao's championship fight. Turki Alalshikh to discontinue the PPV model. And more!
Mixed Martial Arts
Lil Wayne will be walking out with Dustin Poirier for his final bout at UFC 318 on July 19, 2025 in New Orleans LA for the BMF title against Max Holloway. In Poirier's first UFC fight, he walked out to a Lil Wayne song.
Dustin Poirier has one last plan for his legacy at UFC 318.
“If I can get my hand raised Saturday night, walk out of there with the BMF belt – I’m the Baddest Motherf**ker forever.”
Despite the money, Dustin Poirier wants to exit the fight game on his terms.
“I don’t want to disrespect it to squeeze out every paycheck I can get because I’m leaving a lot of money by walking away. I don’t want this sport to retire me.”
Max Holloway says a spectacular moment akin to UFC 300 at UFC 318 puts him right there for another shot at UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria, or at the very least a No. 1. contender bout.
Michael Bisping doesn’t expect to see any wrestling between Poirier and Holloway at UFC 318.
“I don’t think we’re going to see any wrestling out of this. They’re both going to go toe to toe, they’re going to throw down. It’s going to be absolutely sensational.”
Alexander Volkov (No. 3. ranked) vs Jailton Almeida (No. 7 ranked) is announced for UFC 321 in Abu Dhabi on October 25, 2025.
Paulo Costa wants to fight Khamzat Chimaev for personal reasons – says Chimaev messaged his girlfriend on Instagram.
“I want to fight [Chimaev] very badly. I want to hurt him. It doesn’t matter. We need to fight. He talk very bad things about me in my girl’s Instagram DMs so this is totally personal. I feel angry just to hear his name. Dirty things. Like ‘You should look for a better man’ something like that. Not the king of things a real man, confident man would do. Why he message her? Why he didn’t message me instead of her? Coward. He is a coward.”
Conor McGregor has re-entered the UFC’s testing pool as he wants to fight on the UFC’s White House event in 2026.
Boxing
Darren Till vs Luke Rockhold and Tony Ferguson vs ‘Salt Papi’ are announced at Misfits Boxing in Manchester, UK.
Ring walks for Manny Pacquiao vs Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas, NV on July 19, 2025 is set to happen at around 11pm ET. Pacquaio is looking to break his own record and become the oldest fighter to win the welterweight championship at age 46.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be in attendance at Manny Pacquiao's fight and teases a potential rematch. Team Mayweather has said:
“Conversations are already happening. If Manny wins, this rematch could be worth billions.”
Turki Alalshikh to discontinue the PPV model.
Culture
Donald Trump says a change will be coming to Coca-Cola.
