Sean Strickland SUSPENDED by NSAC. Nate Diaz takes shots at Khamzat Chimaev.
Daniel Cormier reveals the offer UFC gave Khabib Nurmagomedov to come out of retirement. Nate Diaz not impressed with Khamzat Chimaev. And more!
Mixed Martial Arts
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended Sean Strickland for six months for his physical altercation in a MMA event in June 2025.
Daniel Cormier says the UFC offered Khabib Nurmagomedov $40M to come back in which Nurmagomedov declined.
Daniel Cormier on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s trash talk during his fight with Conor McGregor.
“[Khabib] was going to kill [Conor McGregor]. He was going to put him to sleep. He was holding him and he said ‘I kicked your a**. I kicked your a**.’”
Daniel Cormier says Khabib Nurmagomedov’s disdain for Conor McGregor still holds true.
“Khabib won’t say Conor’s name still today. He hates him. They’re in the octagon and Conor whispers after the third round to Khabib ‘It’s just business’. Khabib goes ‘No it ain’t’. Khabib was holding him in that [choke] and said ‘I kicked your a**’”.
Reinier de Ridder and Robert Whittaker both agree that Marc Goddard’s standup in Rd. 5. between Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus du Plessis was abysmal. De Ridder says Khamzat was in control and raining down punches. Whittaker said it was just to give du Plessis a chance to land a bomb, which isn’t fair.
Herb Dean defends Marc Goddard’s decisions to stand up Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus du Plessis.
Nate Diaz doesn’t buy the narrative that Khamzat Chimaev is a scary fighter.
“He’s supposed to be the big scary guy right? He comes off as this big intimidating guy but it’s a big old scared f**king child.”
Jon Jones takes offense to Daniel Cormier leaving him off his personal Mount Rushmore list.
Khamzat Chimaev with praise for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
“When I broke down, he brought me back and said ‘If you train, you’ll become champion’ and as he said, we returned to the sport. He brought me back to the sport and I became champion.”
Daniel Cormier says Conor McGregor teases a fighting comeback because he wants to stay relevant in the news cycle, and fans jump at the news.
Jon Jones with praise for Khamzat Chimaev’s performance at UFC 319.
Firas Zahabi says Khamzat Chimaev is the greatest Middleweight ever in that Khamzat against any Middleweight, past or present, he’s picking Chimaev. Says no one can hold a candle to him and that he [Chimaev] is the Khabib of the Middleweight division.
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