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Conor McGregor’s tweet-and-delete game was strong on Saturday, when he spent the night mocking the PFL during the Battle of the Giants pay-per-view broadcast.

The former two-division UFC champion made several posts throughout the card that highlighted a lack of action with four out of the five fights ending in decision. The only finish came in the main event when Francis Ngannou demolished Renan Ferreira with a vicious ground-and-pound attack in the first round.

McGregor provided commentary for the Johnny Eblen vs. Fabian Edwards fight in a now deleted video as he reacted to the grappling attack from the Bellator middleweight champion. Again and again, McGregor proclaimed his excitement in a sarcastic tone as he watched Eblen chip away at Edwards on the ground.

“Wow!” McGregor shouted “Oh my god! No! What the hell? Wow. Oh my god! No way! F*ck off. This can’t be happening right now. He’s holding him! How’s he doing this? Oh my god! F*ck off.”

He delivered more of the same during the fight between Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco.

“Wow! This is f*cking excitement,” McGregor said. “This is excitement.”

Earlier in the night, McGregor touted his latest business venture with BKFC as a much more exciting product than just about anything else available right now. While he didn’t mention PFL by name, it was rather evident what McGregor was targeting with his message.

“Bare knuckle is where it’s at,” McGregor wrote in a since-deleted tweet. “The future! And the future is now. There is zero feeling of an event dragging on that is ever so prevalent in today’s MMA. More intense. More deadly. More blood. No room for stalling or escaping collision/impact.

“It’s sink or swim in bare knuckle. Nowhere to hide. The nastiest, craziest, wildest sport in today’s market.

As much as he loves bare-knuckle fighting, McGregor still paid homage to the promotion where he fights with a final message that was also deleted at the end of the PFL pay-per-view.

“UFC has zero competition in MMA,” McGregor wrote.

By the time Ngannou was delivering his final punches to dust off Ferreira, McGregor had deleted most of his messages aimed at mocking the PFL in his latest round of social media commentary.

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“Fluffy” has Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold in sight.

Anthony Hernandez notched his first UFC main event win at UFC Vegas 99 last night (Sat., Oct. 19, 2024) when he mauled Michel Pereira to eventually score a fifth-round technical knockout from inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada (watch highlights). “Fluffy,” snapped Pereira’s eight-fight winning streak.

Hernandez never calls anyone out after his win, not because he’s trying to be respectful but simply because he doesn’t watch the sport and doesn’t know anyone in the Top 15 rankings.

The 31-year-old does know who the champion currently is, though, and he believes UFC Middleweight kingpin Dricus Du Plessis is the only 185er who can keep his insane pace.

“I think [what] would be a great fight realistically and who mixes it up really well would be Du Plessis,” Hernandez told MMAMania.com in the UFC Vegas 99 post-fight press conference (watch here). “He mixes it very f—king well, and that’s why he’s champion right now. He’s just a tough motherf—ker, and he goes. He looks like he’s gassed, and he keeps pushing. I’d love to fight him. I’m just going to keep climbing the ladder so I can get to him. Great job to him. Keep up the great work, man.”

Hernandez and Du Plessis were matched up against each other at UFC 273. However, a few weeks after the pair were scheduled to fight, they were rebooked against different opponents. Du Plessis was booked against Kelvin Gastelum (the fight ultimately got canceled), and Hernandez ended up fighting a debuting Josh Fremd.

Obviously, “Fluffy” will not get Du Plessis next, and he knows it.

“Hopefully [I get a No. 1 contender fight next], but probably not,” Hernandez said. “There are guys ahead of me. I’m not stupid. I know how this sh-t works. It’s all about timing and sh-t. I’m just going to keep doing what I do. I’m going to stay ready, and when my time comes, I’m going to show the f—k out, and I’ll get it eventually.”

With the Middleweight division absolutely clogged up at the moment, it’s safe to say Hernandez will have to keep climbing up.

He can rematch Brendan Allen (they fought back in Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) in 2018) or fight former title challenger Jared Cannonier.

Hernandez also told MMAMania.com that he welcomes a fight with former UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.

For complete UFC Vegas 99 results, coverage, and highlights, click HERE.

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Daiane Silva remains hospitalized five weeks after falling ill following a botched weight cut for her Bellator London clash with Eman Almudhaf on Sept. 14, MMA Fighting has confirmed.

Cris Cyborg’s Curitiba-based MMA promotion Nação Cyborg posted on social media Saturday that Silva is currently hospitalized in England. The post has since been deleted, but Silva’s manager Alex Davis confirmed Silva’s status to MMA Fighting.

Bellator officials and have not responded to multiple requests for comment.

The promotion flew one of Silva’s friends from Brazil to be with her at the hospital, MMA Fighting has learned, and that person has updated Bellator officials daily on her recovery. MMA Fighting was told Silva fell ill while dehydrating and had to be hospitalized put in induced coma after suffering kidney failure. She’s currently sedated, and it’s unclear what after-effects may occur once she’s cleared from the hospital.

“As Daiane made weight for her debut in Bellator, she suffered an accident due to dehydration,” Davis stated in a release. “She was promptly seen by the doctor, was rushed to the hospital in delicate condition, was admitted to intensive care. Her condition was serious, but since, she has been improving steadily and our hope is that she recovers fully. Myself, her team, her doctor, the hospital doctors and Bellator have been working closely together in support with whatever is needed to help her recovery. We ask all to join us in our wishes and prayers that she recovers fully.”

Cris Cyborg commented briefly the situation on her post-fight media scrum in Saudi Arabia.

“Really sad,” Cyborg said. “‘Leidy Dai’ had a tough cut. I know when you have a tough cut the responsible for you is your trainers, is your coach around you. I think you have to be cut safe and make an agreement with the event and I know they did, but the corner didn’t follow the rules. It’s really sad. I hope she recovers fast. I know she’s in bad situation but we pray for her and support her so she can come back home soon.”

Silva started her MMA career under the Nação Cyborg banner back in October of 2021, earning a split decision over Carolina Kerr at 155 pounds, and followed it up with a pair of first-round finishes of Mirela Vargas in 2023. Silva agreed to face Almudhaf on short notice at featherweight, a weight she had never made before professionally.

Speaking with MMA Fighting days before the event, Silva acknowledged she expected a rough cut to featherweight, joking she would “jinx it” if she revealed how much she weighed when offered the bout.

“It will hurt. That’s all I can say,” Silva laughed when asked about the weight cut. “I took this fight on 14 days’ notice, but I’m ready because I train four times a day here at CM [System] and we train hard every day. But as for the weight, I’m big and tall, and I have a high muscle mass percentage so it’s complicated for me, but this is the war. We’ll get there fine.”

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Max Holloway has expressed his belief that UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is likely to be named 2024 Fighter of the Year. In 2024, Pereira has fought three times, earning three consecutive finishes. He secured victories against Jamal Hill at UFC 300, Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303, and most recently, Khalil Rountree at UFC 307. Following these dominant performances, Pereira plans to take some time off.

Fighter of the Year Discussion

In a recent interview with Kevin Iole, Holloway was asked about his thoughts on the 2024 Fighter of the Year.

“I mean, I don’t know, man. I don’t know that I would be [the Fighter of the Year]. The way Alex [Pereira] took fights… he’s the fastest guy to defend his title, right? With three title defenses. That’s a hard man to beat.”

He continued, “Every time I’m in the talks for [being Fighter of the Year], somebody’s having a crazy year. I think Alex Pereira has already got that win in the bag.”

Holloway himself is set to return later this month at UFC 308, where he will challenge Ilia Topuria for the featherweight title.

Continue Reading Max Holloway Honest On If He Can Surpass Alex Pereira For 2024 Fighter Of The Year at MMA News.

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UFC 308 Countdown has arrived with a deeper look at the biggest fights taking place on Saturday from Abu Dhabi including the main event where Ilia Topuria puts his featherweight title on the line for the first time against former champion Max Holloway.

Undefeated in his career and coming off a devastating finish over Alexander Volkanovski in February, Topuria looks to add to his resume when he faces one of the best featherweights of all time. Since joining the UFC roster, Topuria has looked almost unstoppable but can he keep his momentum going against somebody like Holloway, who has never been finished with strikes and seemingly has a gas tank days.

Of course, Holloway seeks his second title reign at featherweight after coming up short in three past fights against Volkanovski. He earned this opportunity with a jaw-dropping finish over Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 but afterwards his only desire was going back to 145 pounds to reclaim the title he lost.

In the co-main event, former champion Robert Whittaker looks to get back into title contention when he takes on undefeated mauler Khamzat Chimaev. Whittaker has scored back-to-back wins to put himself in this position but he faces a tall task from Chimaev, who might be one of the most hyped prospects in the history of the sport.

Check out the UFC 308 Countdown to get an inside look at these two crucial fights and more.

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