Paddy Pimblett suggests Ilia Topuria vacates title.
Mixed Martial Arts
🚨 Michael Bisping warns UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall to not rush back to sparring too soon after eye surgery as to not further complicate things as things can never be the same again if things go wrong. Bisping says he rushed back too soon to sparring and competition and never saw out of the eye again.
🚨 Tom Aspinall says people think if he doesn’t finish the fight in the first minute that he’s not looking good when the reality is it’s an even matchup and they’re having a fight; haven’t had the chance to punch him properly yet.
🚨 Tom Aspinall wants UFC Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski to retire after UFC 325 where he rematches Diego Lopes on January 31, 2026 in Sydney, AUS.
🚨 Jon Anik says the UFC White House card is looking to move in a direction that will have six or seven undisputed title fights on the White House lawn.
🚨 Jon Anik reveals he’s not under a guaranteed contract with the UFC and can be fired without cause at any time.
🚨 Joe Rogan says MMA fighters who aren’t in the UFC, he doesn’t care, as if you want to be the best in the business, have to be in the UFC.
🚨 UFC Referees who oversaw the most fights in 2025:
Jason Herzog – 59 fights.
Herb Dean – 51 fights.
Mike Beltran & Mark Smith – 44 fights.
🚨 UFC Welterweight champion Islam Makhachev says he has one loss and always had a chance to close it out with a rematch but it’s now no longer possible – but Umar Nurmagomedov has this chance.
🚨 Jack Della Maddalena wants Shavkat Rakhmonov next because a win over him gets him right back to a title shot.
🚨 Jack Della Maddalena is open to fighting Carlos Prates – says Prates has good striking but reckons he [JDM] would finish Prates; wants the fight to be a five round bout for sure.
🚨 Paddy Pimblett says if UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria will be on the sidelines for awhile, to just vacate the title and let the division move on. Pimblett notes rumours of Topuria being out for one, two years potentially.
🚨 Sean O’Malley says 2026 might be the year he retires – will defeat Song Yadong and Petr Yan and then call it.
🚨 Sean O’Malley’s coach says rumour has it that the UFC is trying to cut fighters who pin people and just try to stall it out; says it’s a smart move and is a sport people want to watch.
🚨 Conor McGregor calls out Floyd Mayweather Jr. to a MMA bout at the UFC White House card.
🚨 Daniel Cormier says he’s going to kick Jon Jones’ a** in a freestyle wrestling match.
🚨 Reinier de Ridder says he’s going to get a VO2 max test because his cardio is “sh*t”.
🚨 Charles Oliveira says the punch taken from Ilia Topuria was the hardest punch he’s ever felt.
🚨 Ariel Helwani with an update on Alexandre Pantoja.
Boxing
🚨 Terence Crawford says he wouldn’t compete in MMA because MMA doesn’t pay enough and too many injuries.
🚨 Tyson Fury has announced his return back to boxing in 2026, coming out of retirement for the fifth time in his career.
🚨 Jake Paul says with the jaw surgery from the injuries suffered in his bout against Anthony Joshua – he’s a bit tired these days as it’s difficult to sleep.
🚨 Anthony Joshua’s driver has been formally charged following a fatal car crash. The charges include dangerous driving causing death, reckless and negligent driving, driving without due care and attention, and driving without a valid national driver’s licence.
Culture
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