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Joe Rogan saved a nightclub guard from getting his ass handed to him by the welterweight world champion.

During a recent episode of his JRE Fight Companion podcast, the longtime UFC commentator recalled back to a 2021 incident when he had to intervene and stop a bouncer from making “the biggest mistake” of his life. After hosting ‘Rocky’ on his show, Rogan went out to a club with Edwards and comedian Dave Chappelle.

As their evening came to a close a security guard became overly aggressive toward Edwards, seemingly unaware that he was attempting to push around one of the best fighters on the planet.

Recognizing the potential disaster about to unfold, Rogan stepped in and informed the guard of the mistake he was about to make.

“I brought Leon to a show,” Rogan recounted. “Me and him were hanging out then afterwards we all went out to this club. There was this dude, but he was a bodyguard and he talked shit to Leon Edwards. It was at the end of the night and this guy decided he was going to kick everybody out. For some reason, he singled out Leon and he got in his face and said something like, ‘Hey man, I f*cking told you it’s time to leave.’

“And then I got in between and said, ‘I know you’ve probably made some f*cked up mistakes in your life, but you’re about to make the biggest one.’ I go, ‘That’s one of the baddest motherf*ckers on the planet and you’re about to make one of the biggest mistakes of your life’ and he’s like, ‘I’m sorry.’

Leon Edwards goes for his third successful title defense at uFC 304 in Manchester

After scoring his second-straight defense of the welterweight title against an undeserving Colby Covington at UFC 296 in December, ‘Rocky’ will return to the Octagon on July 27 for a clash with the division’s top-ranked contender, Belal Muhammad. The pair will headline UFC 304 when the promotion heads back to Manchester.

The fight will serve as a rematch between the two after their first meeting in March 2021 ended in a no-contest after Edwards inadvertently poked Muhammad in the eye, bringing a stop to the fight 18 seconds into the second round.

‘Remember The Name’ is currently sitting on a nine-fight win streak dating back to April 2019. His last four victories have come against Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, Vicente Luque, Sean Brady, and Gilbert Burns — all top 15 opponents in the 185-pound division.

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All the fights for the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois card on Saturday 21st September 2024. With betting odds, start time, date, fight card, and information on how to watch.

• Event: Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois
• Date: Sat, Sep 21, 2024
• Location: Wembley Stadium, London, UK
• Broadcast: DAZN Worldwide, Sky Sports Box Office, TNT Sports Box Office in UK

Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Full Fight Card

• Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois: IBF Heavyweight Championship
• Tyler Denny vs. Hamzah Sheeraz: Middleweight
• Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington: Featherweight
• Liam Smith vs. Josh Kelly: Welterweight
• Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson: Light heavyweight
• Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley: Lightweight

*Fight card, bout order, and number of fights are subject to change

Tale of the Tape

Start date and time

Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois takes place on September 21st at Wembley Stadium, London, UK Start times will be released soon.

Betting Odds

TBC

Tickets

If you are lucky enough to be nearby or in London or have plans to be there on the 21st of July at Wembley Stadium, London to see Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois, tickets are available from Friday 28th June and you will be able to purchase them here.

Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois Press Conference

PPV price and Live streams

Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois will be live on DAZN Worldwide and Sky Sports Box Office, TNT Sports Box Office in the UK.

What is Next after Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois?

TBC

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Jiri Prochazka is requesting that Alex Pereira lay down his magic stones and Shamanic spells and meet him inside the Octagon mono e mono.

In November 2023, ‘Poatan’ scored a second-round knockout against Prochazka inside Madison Square Garden to capture the light heavyweight championship, his second title in the span of a year. Seven months later, they’ll run it back on just 16 days’ notice when they step into the main event spotlight at UFC 303 on June 29.

Both fighters are coming off big wins at UFC 300 in April. Prochazka scored a stellar come-from-behind KO against Aleksandar Rakic while Pereira closed the show with a highlight-reel knockout of former champion Jamahal Hill.

“I saw how he was working against Jamahal and after the fight against Jamahal,” Prochazka said during an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. “I don’t want to be bad in (saying this), but I think he believes a lot in help of spiritual things, and that’s something that I think he can’t fight without because I want to keep that in a clear line.

“Just the sport performance, pure performance, man versus man, but I think he doesn’t know how to fight without that because he used these things every time, so I think right now, I’m looking forward to that” (h/t MMA Mania).

Asked to clarify what he meant by “spiritual things,” Prochazka shared his belief that ‘Poatan’ is using Shamanic magic to win his fights.

“Everybody knows he is working with some Shamanics, with some Shamans from his hometown and he believes in some spiritual help from them.

“I believe too, but I believe in the best performance, in human performance right here right now, without no magic, and let’s see if Alex will still work like that because it’s working but I believe in a clear way, and I will do that and I want to win by that way,”

It sounds like Jiri Prochazka is accusing Pereira of using a new type of PED — Performance Enhancing Deities. Or perhaps ‘BJP’ has been playing a little too much Elden Ring.

Jiri Prochazka is no stranger to unusual training methods

Of course, Alex Pereira isn’t the only one using unusual training methods in between fights. Prochazka is well-known for locking himself in a dark room for days at a time with nothing, but some water and his thoughts.

“It was great, three and a half days without food, just you, water and training, spending time with your best ideas and best motivations, going through your fears, that’s all,” Prochazka said.

Prochazka is 4-1 under the UFC banner, his lone loss coming against Pereira at UFC 295. All of his wins inside the Octagon have come via second-round KO with the lone exception being his Fight of the Year candidate with Glover Teixeira in June 2022.

‘BJP’ finished the Brazilian in the fifth round via RNC to claim the light heavyweight title.

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Conor McGregor is once again targeting his forever foe Khabib Nurmagomedov after a former member of the ex-lightweight champion’s gym was found to be part of the militant group that carried out a horrific terrorist attack in Dagestan.

On Sunday, reports emerged of assailants targeting multiple places of worship and a police outpost in Derbent and Makhachkala. Per CNN, at least 15 police officers and four civilians including a priest were killed in the attack.

According to the Russian state news agency TASS, the gunmen responsible for the violence included relatives of a regional official and former mixed martial arts fighter Gadzhimurad Kagirov, who had previously represented Nurmagomedov’s Eagle MMA.

As a result, all MMA gyms in Dagestani are to be investigated for “religious extremist elements” per a report from James Porrazzo on X.

“The FSB has announced through Dagestani media that ALL Dagestani MMA gyms are being investigated and INSPECTED for religious extremist elements – especially Eagles MMA, the gym of Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, where at least one terrorist trained. Expect his to not be a “timid” campaign.”

Following the attacks and news of Kagirov’s involvement, Eagle MMA released a statement on Instagram, saying:

“Peace be upon you. We all witnessed yesterday’s terrorist act that left no one indifferent. On behalf of the school, we want to say that we are against any aggression and similar acts of terrorist. The management and coaching staff pay great attention to continue the work of the founder of our school, Honored Coach of Russia, Abdulmanap Magomedovich Nurmagomedov in educating our youth. Our school has grown and nurtured many worthy and educated athletes who represent our country and country worldwide.

“Our school is regularly visited by athletes from all over our country and all over the world, they go through a training and preparation phase for their competitions and upcoming fights. We would like to say that a participant in yesterday’s events has just completed a training kit for an upcoming professional fight and at the request of a teammate was allowed to practice at our school.”

Conor McGregor goes off on Khabib Nurmagomedov and the ‘fake lying rats’ at Eagle MMA

After making an initial statement of his own condemning the terrorist attack in his hometown, Khabib Nurmagomedov posted a follow-up, presumably once learning of Kagirov’s role in the massacre.

“May the Almighty disfigure the face of this creature and all its followers, who, under the slogan of freedom of speech, offend the feelings of more than one and a half billion Muslim believers,” Nurmagomedov wrote. “May the Almighty humiliate them in this life, and in the next. Allah is quick in calculation and you will see it.

“We are Muslims. We love our prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) more than our mothers, fathers, children, wives, and all other people close to our hearts. Believe me, these provocations will come back to them, the end is always for the God-fearing.”

Given the intense history between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, it should come as no surprise that the Irish megastar chimed in on all the unwanted attention being directed at the UFC Hall of Famer and his gym.

Aside from a post that refers to Nurmagomedov and his gym as “fake lying rats” and telling them to “rest in piss,” McGregor also kickstarted a couple new hashtags while sharing the Dagestani’s most recent statement.

“#Conorwasright #payyourtaxes #deadrats,” McGregor wrote in a since-deleted post on X.

The dig about taxes refers to a previous report claiming that Nurmagomedov owes the Russian Federal Tax Service a whopping $ 3.3 million. Multiple accounts associated with ‘The Eagle’ were frozen as a result.

“That’s typical rat behavior,” McGregor said on a Duelbits live stream. “Scurrying rat. So, he has bills to pay. Two main events or something he has in the UFC and he owes his bollocks to the Russian government. So, he’s gonna pay his f*ckin’ money that he owes instead of siphoning it out through to other countries. I’m ecstatic and delighted that that’s coming on top of him.

“We all will welcome him back into the fight game where he’s ran from. It’s a rat trap. The rat trap has been set. We’re excited about that and to see where it goes. We noticed a little rat scurrying on back. We see him back around. The fat rat we call him” (h/t BJPenn.com).

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After waiting patiently for the last year and a half, what’s a few more months for Michael Chandler?

Originally, the former Bellator MMA champion was set to make his return to the Octagon on June 29 for a clash with former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor at UFC 303. Sadly, the fight fell through after McGregor broke his pinky toe, forcing him to bow out of the bout, leaving us with a light heavyweight championship rematch to headline International Fight Week.

Fortunately, McGregor’s injury should only postpone the fight for a few months.

Recently, Chandler took to social media, teasing that a new date was already on the way. Whether it’s for his long-awaited clash with McGregor or a new fight altogether for ‘Iron’ remains to be seen.

“Time well spent in progress is never time wasted,” Chandler wrote on Twitter. “New date LOADING. Walk On. See you at the top!”

Dana White continues to remain tight-lipped on rescheduled conor mcGregor vs. Michael Chandler fight

While backstage at the Bellator Champions Series event in Dublin on Saturday, Conor McGregor offered some insight into his injury and, more importantly, when we might see him back inside the Octagon. ‘Mystic Mac’ suggested that August or September is the goal.

However, UFC CEO Dana White was quick to dispell any rumors that a new date was being worked on while McGregor is still nursing an injury.

“I don’t know right now,” White said of McGregor’s return during the UFC Saudi Arabia post-fight press conference. “Our schedule is laid out. We’ll see. I’m not doing anything until I know that Conor is healthy. It’s not even worth talking about. What about September? What about October?

He’s not ready. So why even talk about that? … I’m not thinking about Conor fighting anybody right now. I have no time frame, I have nothing. McGregor’s not even healed yet. McGregor’s hurt.”

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Veteran color-commentator, Joe Rogan will call the action for a flagship card for a second straight event this weekend at UFC 303 during International Fight Week – joining a three-man booth, with former interim champion, Dustin Poirier taking desk analyst duty to boot.

Rogan, a veteran color-commentator, returned to the booth at UFC 302 last month – calling the action in the above-mentioned, Poirier’s fifth round D’Arce choke submission loss to pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev in New Jersey.

And featuring alongside play-by-play lead, Jon Anik in the booth, Joe Rogan will also call the action with former two-weight champion and Hall of Fame inductee, Daniel Cormier – ahead of a huge light heavyweight title headliner, as per a report from MMA Junkie.

Joe Rogan calls the action this weekend at UFC 303

Returning on short-notice in place of former duel-division champion, Conor McGregor – who has been struck off the card through a toe injury, incumbent 205lbs champion, Alex Pereira will take on former titleholder, Jiri Prochakza in a championship rematch at the T-Mobile Arena.

Making his first appearance since his championship fight loss to Makhachev last month, Poirier – who has been linked with a retirement from mixed martial arts defeat, will join the desk alongside former title challenger, Chael Sonnen, and iconic boxing coach, Teddy Atlas – as well as host Brendan Fitzgerald. 

Also featuring at the T-Mobile Arena following the promotion’s premiere event in Saudi Arabia, fan-favorite roving reporter, Megan Olivi replaces John Gooden – and will conduct pre-fight and post-fight interviews with athletes and personalities during the card, as well as providing real-time updates.

Furthermore, veteran Octagon announcer, Bruce Buffer continues in his vein of duty following last weekend’s Riyadh event. 

UFC 303 takes place this weekend from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada – with undisputed light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira taking main event honors in a rematch with Jiri Prochakza.

In the night’s impromptu co-headliner, former multiple-time featherweight title challenger, Brian Ortega returns in a high-stakes clash with the surging Brazilian, Diego Lopes.

Are you happy to see Joe Rogan call the action at UFC 303 this weekend?

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Alex Pereira is tired of hearing how dangerous Magomed Ankalaev is.

On Friday, June 28, ‘Poata’ will once again save the day when he steps into the UFC 303 main event on 16 days’ notice to defend his light heavyweight championship against ex-titleholder Jiri Prochazka.

Following his big first-round KO of Jamahal Hill at UFC 300, Ankalaev appeared to be the next man in line for Pereira, though the ‘Brazilian Boogeyman’ didn’t seem too terribly interested in that fight, instead pushing for a rematch with ‘BJP’ following their November 2023 barnburner.

However, Pereira appears to have had a change of heart, revealing in a recent interview that he would more than welcome a fight with Ankalaev once he takes care of a bit of business with Prochazka.

“Magomed Ankalaev is a guy I would like to test myself against,” Pereira told Stake. “A lot of people talk about that match up and say that he will submit me really quickly. I would like to shut a lot of those people up and show a lot of my ground game as well. It won’t be an easy fight, but it will be a very interesting fight.’’

Magomed Ankalaev itching for his shot at Alex Pereira

Magomed Ankalaev has been chomping at the bit to get another shot at the gold since his split draw with Jan Blachowicz for the vacant 205-pound title back in December 2022.

Since then, the belt has been held by two different men but defended only once.

No matter who leaves T-Mobile Arena with the gold on Friday night, Ankalaev will be waiting to emerge from the shadows and take the strap that barely slipped through his fingers almost two years ago.

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Former UFC lightweight world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov issued a statement following the horrific terrorist attack in his hometown of Dagestan, Russia.

According to a report from CNN, gunmen opened fire on multiple places of worship in what appears to have been a coordinated attack. At least 15 police officers and four civilians were killed, including one Orthodox priest. Sergey Melikov, head of the Dagestan Republic, said at least six “militants” were also killed following the attacks on churches, synagogues, and police posts.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Nurmagomedov took to Instagram following the attacks, sharing a black box to mourn the victims and writing:

“My condolences to all the relatives and friends of the victims. May Allah save us all from such institutions and grant us a peaceful sky over our heads. Take care of yourself and your loved ones and let everyone look around themselves and around their children with whom they interact with and who is around them. Educating souls is more important than educating bodies.”

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One of the militants identified as an MMA fighter with ties to Khabib Nurmagomedov and his father

According to Sports Politika founder Karim Zidan, five of the gunmen were killed by Russian Special Forces, one of them identified as Gadzhimurad Kagirov, an MMA fighter who had ties to Nurmagomedov and his late father Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.

Kagirov, 28, was a master of sport (an honorary title for successful athletes in Russia) in freestyle wrestling before transitioning to mixed martial arts under the tutelage of Abdulmanap. He competed in two fights in 2021 while representing Nurmagomedov’s Eagle MMA gym, a training facility founded by jailed Dagestani oligarch Ziyavudin Magomedov.

Making his pro MMA debut in April 2021, Kagirov scored a first-round knockout against Basyr Ibragimov under the GC Entertainment banner. He followed that up with a unanimous decision victory over Dzhambulat Bagaev at the promotion’s follow-up event in November that same year.

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Putting his final preparations in place for his short-notice return this weekend, undisputed light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira took in some sparring rounds with 6ft 6in heavyweight boxer, Dempsey McKean – ahead of his UFC 303 return against Jiri Prochazka on Saturday night.

Pereira, a former undisputed middleweight gold holder and the incumbent light heavyweight titleholder, is slated to make his return this weekend in a short-notice headliner during International Fight Week at UFC 303.

Taking on former-foe, Prochazka, Pereira looks to rack up his second win over the Czech Republic star as well as his second successful defense of the 205lbs crown in his return to Las Vegas.

Headlining the monumental UFC 300 card earlier this year, Sao Paulo striking phenom, Alex Pereira stopped returning former gold holder, Jamahal Hill with a stunning opening round KO – improving his winning spree to three straight fights at the weight limit.

And replacing an injury-stricken, Conor McGregor at this weekend’s UFC 303 card during International Fight Week, Brazilian fan-favorite, Pereira more than held his own over the course of four rounds against the above-mentioned Australian heavyweight puncher, McKean.

Alex Pereira spars Demsey McKean before UFC 303

Sparring the Ipswitch native, Pereira managed to land notable shots on the 22-1 former WBO world championship victor – whose sole loss came in the form of a final round TKO defeat to Croat striking star, Filip Hrgovic back in August of last year in London. 

First sharing the Octagon with former light heavyweight champion, Prochakza at UFC 295 back in November of last year at Madison Square Garden, Pereira would stop the Czech finishing ace with a second round TKO in New York, felling him with a slew of elbow strikes at the fence before landing ground and pound blows.

Who are you picking to win at UFC 303: Alex Pereira or Jiri Prochazka?

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Jon Jones has been granted 50/50 custody of his son.

‘Bones’ announced the news on social media recently, much to the surprise of fight fans unaware that the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion even had a son.

“I was just granted 50/50 custody of my son, I’m the happiest dad in the world today,” Jones wrote on X.

Few other details were revealed regarding the situation, but the news was celebrated by many, including interviewer Nina-Marie Daniele who offered her congratulations to the consensus GOAT.

“Congratulations Jon,” she wrote. “God bless!”

Of course, not everyone was as kind as Daniele, many of them taking a dig at Jones with some even suggesting that the child would be worse off with ‘Bones’ in their life.

Besides his mystery son, Jon Jones is well known for being the father of three daughters he shares with his longtime fiancée Jessie Moses.

Jon Jones expected back inside the octagon before the end of 2024

After dominating the light heavyweight division for more than a decade, Jones took three years off from fighting to focus on a transition to heavyweight. That proved to pay off as ‘Bones’ made quick work of Ciryl Gane in his return at UFC 285, submitting ‘Bon Gamin’ in two minutes to claim the vacant heavyweight belt.

Jones has not defended the title, though that’s not entirely his fault. He was scheduled to square off with Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 last year, but a pectoral tear took him out of the fight, prompting the promotion to crown an interim champion. No official announcements have been made, but ‘Bones’ is expected to return to the Octagon in November for his fight with Miocic.

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