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Dana White really wasn't happy about Islam Makhachev turning down January, and now we've got Michael Morales vs. Carlos Prates for an interim belt. Whether you agree with needing an interim belt or not, five rounds of Michael Morales vs. Carlos Prates with gold on the line is going to be absolute chaos. 🔥

Best UFC rivalry? Bisping vs Henderson / GSP vs Hughes / Hughes vs Penn / Nunes vs Pena #UFC

Rodtang and Nong-O both made weight and passed hydration for ONE: The Inner Circle 38. Rodtang came in at 134.6 lb, Nong-O at 134.4 lb. Their flyweight Muay Thai Grand Prix quarterfinal goes down today at 6:30 a.m. ET, and per ONE Championship the winner gets "a spot in the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix semifinals." 🔥

Jim Miller knows walking away at 50 won't be easy 🙏: "All the guys that I've talked to that have retired, every single one of them is like, man, do it as long as you can." "It'll be hard, but you know what? Like I am ready. I am ready to move on... The sport takes a lot from you and I'm trying to take as much... back as I can before I'm done." 🎥 via BJPENNDOTCOM

Jim Miller got called "old and weathered" online, and he wears it with PRIDE 💪: "To still be dangerous, to still be finishing guys with all this gray hair and all this scar tissue. Um you know it's a badge of honor man." "Nobody that retires and steps away from the sport really wants to... Their body was broken and they wanted more and they couldn't do it. I don't want to get to that point." 🎥 via BJPENNDOTCOM

Ciryl Gane isn't losing sleep over the "cheater" label ahead of his UFC 334 title defense against Josh Hokit, per MMA Mania. "When you ask the referees—the biggest referees in UFC—they're going to tell you, 'No, there is nothing special with Ciryl.'" "I'm confident in who I am when I look in a mirror... I know I'm not a cheater." 😤

Jim Miller says his 50th UFC fight will be his LAST 👀: "Uh yeah, yeah, that's it. That's it... I've dragged this on for a long long time. You know, I was preparing to retire at UFC 200 before I found out I had Lyme disease." "It's been an absolute privilege... Like I said, I am ready. I am ready to move on." 🎥 via BJPENNDOTCOM

51 years ago today November 13, 1975 🥊 Elisha Obed challenged WBC super-welterweight champion Miguel de Oliveira in Paris. After a competitive fight, Obed took over in Round 10, dropping the champion twice. De Oliveira could not answer the bell for Round 11, making Obed the new WBC world champion. A title fight carries a different kind of pressure because every exchange is measured against the standard of a champion. The build-up made the stakes clear long before the result was official. In the aftermath, the performance mattered beyond one night. It changed how the division viewed the winner and became part of the larger story of that championship era. The details remain compelling because they show how preparation, belief and execution can turn a scheduled contest into a lasting piece of sporting history.

The Boys in the Back crew on whether the UFC still signs Usman Nurmagomedov after the brawl 👀: "I would be shocked if the UFC doesn't sign him... They 1,000% will sign him. It's just a matter of time before it gets announced." "It's hard to look at that footage and be like, yeah, yeah, we want to be in business with this guy. Give it a week, give it two weeks, and it becomes a lot easier." 🎥 via The Ariel Helwani Show

The Boys in the Back crew on Merab's teammate Saba blowing UP after the brawl 🤯: "And now Saba has become a bit of a hero among people, not just for the performance of backing up his boy. But dropping two guys." "He has risen from less than 10,000 followers yesterday to over 352,000 now." "I haven't seen a story go this nuclear in MMA in a long time." 🎥 via The Ariel Helwani Show

Georgian journalist Kristina Avsarkisova says people have asked her if Usman Nurmagomedov's attack on Merab was PLANNED 👀: "Do you think that maybe this was kind of like planned from Usman side? Again, I'm not saying that this is what happened..." "Perhaps because... there's just this anticipation of Usman Nurmagomedov... being signed by the UFC, right? Once his, um, exclusive negotiating period with PFL runs out, uh, that he kind of tried to like, accelerate these... events." 🎥 via The Ariel Helwani Show

Jake Paul ROASTED Cedric Doumbe to his face 😂: 🗣️ Jake Paul: "So are you down to bet your whole entire purse?" 🗣️ Cedric Doumbe: "If you win, I'll retire." 🗣️ Jake Paul: "No one cares about you retiring. I didn't even know you existed before this... No one in America knows who the f*ck you are. My dog has more followers than you on Instagram." 🎥 via The Ariel Helwani Show

Geoff Neal vs Chris Curtis is reportedly booked for UFC Dallas on January 16, per @BigMarcel24 🔥

Jon Anik on Josh Hokit's act before UFC 334 😳: "Well certainly the Michelle Obama line was very off-putting, right?" "But everything else when it comes to his act, right, I do take with a grain..." "His ability to stay in character even in a fighter meeting is pretty insane, right. I think a lot of people would break." 🎥 via MMA Crazy

Paulo Costa to Josh Hokit two days before his UFC 334 title shot: "Buy your own, bro." 😂 🎥 via @BorrachinhaMMA

Toughest sport to be world-class in? #UFC

Jon Anik says Kayla Harrison vs Amanda Nunes tops even Nunes vs Ronda Rousey 🔥: "I would argue men or women, this is maybe the biggest fight that we can put together between Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes." "And it's bigger than, you know, Nunes Rousey, right?" "This is the biggest fight that we can make." 🎥 via MMA Crazy

A guest on The Ariel Helwani Show says people have been messaging a theory about Usman Nurmagomedov's attack on Merab Dvalishvili 👀: "Do you think that maybe this was kind of like planned from Usman's side?" "Again, I'm not saying that this is what happened, but I'm just saying that I had a couple of people message me." The idea: Usman needed to "stir up the pot a little bit and kind of insert himself into that conversation" in a crowded lightweight title picture. 🎥 via The Ariel Helwani Show

Kalle Sauerland just put a CLOCK on Dana White vs Eddie Hearn 💰: "The offer's still on the table for 28 days." "I just up it. I threw in a private jet, that's about 250g from Vegas." Dana's move 🤔 🎥 via iFL TV

Eddie Hearn wants the Dana White fight money to go somewhere USEFUL 👀: "People are offering 10 million, 15 million, 20 million for us to fight. Let's do something positive with it." "I will give 5 million to the ex-boxers association and grassroots boxing in the UK. He does the same." Then the shot: "Things are so embarrassing for him on a business sense where Zuffa is collapsing on the floor." 🎥 via Ring Magazine

Josh Hokit doesn't think Tom Aspinall is coming back to the UFC 👀: "When I'm champion, anybody could get a fight... I'm not gonna hold the belt and be sidelined." "I don't think he wants to come back. You sign with Eddie Hearn, you know, Dana's arch nemesis." "To me that's just like you're just trying to get to the money, get a money fight in boxing." 🎥 via MMA Crazy