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Charles Radtke continues to find new ways to push the buttons of his audience.

Fresh off a highlight-reel knockout of Gilbert Urbina at UFC Vegas 85, Radtke used his post-fight presser time for the usual mix of reflection and bravado. Then he took things in an entirely different direction.

“With a knockout like that, you know people are going to be talking, wanting to see more of you,” a reporter asked at the UFC APEX. “How soon do we get you back in that cage? Is there anybody that you would want to match up with?”

“How much money you got?” Radtke replied. “That’s what it is. You guys get these interviews for free. I need to get paid. Let’s go.”

“Up next is….” Radtke added.

Turned out, the answer was…no one. After a long beat of silence, Radtke got off a parting shot to follow up his outrageous demand.

“Good,” the UFC welterweight declared and walked off.

Radtke was on slightly better behavior for his post-victory interview, editing himself slightly for profanity despite dropping at least one curse word following his UFC Vegas 85 win. The 33-year-old fighter publicly apologized for his previous post-fight interview, a profanity-laden tirade after a UFC 293 win that included a homophobic slur.

Radtke is now 2-0 in the octagon and has won his past six fights. But he’s far outpaced others in casting himself as a brash heel who’s ready to vocalize any grievance.

Watch Radtke’s interview and walk-off in the video below, courtesy of Fansided MMA.

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UFC Vegas 85 went down last night (Sat., Feb. 3, 2024) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a Middleweight bout that saw Nassourdine Imavov defeat Roman Dolidze via majority decision (recap here). In the co-main event, Renato Moicano delivered a gutsy performance to outlast Drew Dober in a Lightweight bout (relive it here).

Winner: Nassourdine Imavov
Who He Should Face Next: Allen vs Vettori winner

Imavov picked up one of the biggest wins of his career by edging out the No. 8 ranked fighter at 185 pounds, which will catapult him into the Top 10. Imavov and Chris Curtis got into it during a stall in the fight due to an illegal blow, further intensifying their already bitter beef stemming from their original fight resulting in a No Contest (NC) due to an accidental clash of heads. That said, Imavov is not interested in the rematch since Curtis is ranked No. 13. As far as what could realistically be next for Imavov is to face the winner of the upcoming collision between Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori, who are set to square up against one another on April 6.

Winner: Renato Moicano
Who He Should Face Next: Beneil Dariush

Moicano picked up an impressive win over knockout artist Drew Dober, improving his record to 4-1 over his last five fights, which may be enough to give him a Top 10 ranking. He called for a fight against Dariush after his win, which isn’t a bad idea. Listen, Dariush was at one tpoint a win away from a title fight, but his luck has gone downhill drastically. He is on a two-fight win streak, losing bout via first-round knockout at the hands of Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan, dropping him down all the way to No. 7. He won’t be getting higher-ranked foes at the moment, but if he can defeat Moicano it could get him back on track in a big way.

Winner: Randy Brown
Who He Should Face Next: Michael Chiesa

Brown improved to 6-1 in his last seven fights after scoring an impressive one-punch knockout win over Muslim Salikhov, earning him some cool post-fight bonus cash. If “Rude Boy” doesn’t get a Top 10 ranking next, perhaps a win over Chiesa will get the job done. After all, “Maverick” is still ranked No. 14 despite losing three in a row and having not competed in seven months. Brown expressed his unhappiness with Chiesa holding a ranking spot, and I agree with him. It’s time to defend it.

Winner: Natalia Silva
Who Should Face Next: Tracy Cortez

Silva picked up her eleventh straight win, fifth inside the Octagon, after earning a unanimous decision win over Viviane Araujo. Currently ranked No. 9 in the women’s Flyweight division. At the moment, every single person ranked ahead of her has a fight booked except for Valentina Shevchenko, but that fight is not a remote possibility at the moment. For now, I am feeling a fight between Silva and Cortez. Both women are scorching hot at the moment, with Cortez also winning 11 in a row, five under the UFC banner…just like Silva.

Winner: Charles Radtke
Who He Should Face Next: Kevin Jousset

Radtke earned his sixth straight win, second inside the Octagon, by stopping Gilbert Urbina via strikes with only 13 seconds left in the first round. Currently on a six-fight win streak, Radtke facing Jousset next sounds like a good idea. Jousset was last seen defeat Kenan Song in Dec. 2023, giving him his second win under the UFC banner, just like Radtke. With both men coming in strong, let’s see who takes a huge step forward.

For complete UFC Vegas 85 results, coverage and highlights, click HERE.

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Holly Holm has faced nearly every prominent name in her weight class and there’s one legend she’d be open to fighting again.

Former two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes was recently in attendance at UFC 297 in Toronto and though “The Lioness” has given no indication that she plans to come out of retirement, seeing her that close to the octagon again sparked a few conversations about whether she might have another fight or two in her.

On The MMA Hour, Holm was asked for her thoughts on a possible Nunes comeback and whether she’d like a rematch of their UFC 239 bantamweight title fight.

“[Nunes] might [come back],” Holm said. “That was even one of the things I thought when they were like, ‘We’ve got a fight for you, trust me, we’ve just got to see.’ I wonder if it would be like she’d have to at least have one fight before [a title shot] if she came back and at one point my coach and I were like, ‘No, probably not.’

“I didn’t think anything and then it was like, ‘Did you see something about Nunes maybe coming back?’ I thought about it too, but I don’t know. I do think that she’s enjoying time off. She was pretty active in being a double champion and all that. I have all the respect for her in this sport. Another fighter that’s fought the top girls. You really can’t take anything away from Amanda.”

Nunes successfully defended her title against Holm via first-round TKO in their July 2019 meeting, the last time that Holm challenged for a UFC belt. The former champion has stayed busy since, winning three of her past five fights with the only blemishes being a split decision loss to Ketlen Vieira and a submission loss to Mayra Bueno Silva that was later overturned to a no-contest when Silva tested positive for a banned substance she takes to address her ADHD.

Win or lose, Holm has seemingly always found herself standing across a decorated opponent, whether it’s Nunes, Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko, Miesha Tate, Germaine de Randamie, or even Raquel Pennington, the recently crowned bantamweight champion that Holm holds two wins over.

Holm attributes her willingness to face the toughest competition to the experiences she had as a world champion boxer.

“When I first started fighting, as I was getting into some of my first title fights, I would see some of these girls, I would see this huge record and be really nervous and then I would start to look at who they fought,” Holm said. “They’d be like, 2-0, 1-0, 2-0, 1-0, for 12 fights straight, 20 fights straight. Then I was like, I don’t want to be like that. Those kinds of victories can’t even feel that good and I always wanted to make sure that I fought the best and I didn’t want to be a ‘paper champion,’ I didn’t want to be like that.

“Yes, there’s more risk with it when you’re fighting the best, and I do take pride in the fact that I’ve fought the best while they were currently the best. Not after the fact, I want to fight the best when they’re the best because those are the fights to take. Those are the most nerve-wracking fights, those are the most intense, you have so much to lose. A lot comes with that, but at the end of the day I look back even at my boxing career and I know that I fought all the top girls when they were currently in their prime and I’m very happy about that in that career, so why would I want to do anything here? I always want to take the biggest challenges and I’ve fallen short in some of my fights, but I still want to be able to believe in myself and take these big fights like that.”

Holm isn’t taking a step back for her next fight, which takes place at UFC 300 on April 13.

Awaiting Holm at the landmark event is two-time PFL champion and two-time Olympic gold medal-winning judoka Kayla Harrison, who makes her octagon debut at the event. Harrison has opened as a sizable favorite over Holm and the odds have only made Holm more excited about the matchup.

“I think what it is is being such an underdog gets you—I don’t know, there’s just a different feeling with it,” Holm said. “That’s just kind of how I feel about this fight. It’s kind of intrigued me, it’s a different fight, maybe because it’s also not anybody that has been in the UFC. Because your mind is on all these people, so when this came in it was just kind of a new journey, a new page, a new fighter to really think this could be one of those epic fights in history.”

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The undefeated Ilia Topuria is extremely confident in his abilities leading into the biggest fight of his career at UFC 298.

Although Alexander Volkanovski has never lost at 145lbs, Topuria believes he’ll be able to end the fight early with a first-round knockout. Volkanovski is coming off of a vicious knockout loss at the hands (or foot, to be exact) of the UFC’s lightweight champion: Islam Makhachev.

Volkanovski has battled the featherweight division’s best and brightest and has been tested against some of the greatest fighters to ever grace the weight class. Topuria is no stranger to top-notch competition himself though, and holds wins over the likes of fighters like Bryce Mitchell, and Josh Emmett.

Ilia Topuria Describes Victory over Alexander Volkanovski, claims his time is over

“I see myself finishing him in the first round – knockout,” Topuria told UFC Español (H/T MMA Junkie). “It’s most likely going to be a knockout unless he dives for my legs. I’m going to put his lights out.”

“I’m part of the new generation of MMA,” Topuria continued. “I bring an evolved style in all areas of the sport: on the feet, in the wrestling, in the grappling. I consider myself a far more complete and effective finisher than Volkanovski.”

“The experience is on his side, but the young blood is on my side. This is my moment. God’s timing is perfect, and He’s prepared me for this moment. There won’t be any failure.”

Ilia Topuria is indeed challenging the throne at the perfect time. With Volkanovski coming off of a devastating knockout, there’s no doubt that that has to leave somebody’s confidence a little shaken. Ilia Topuria will be coming into the fight with all of the momentum, while Alexander Volkanovski will simply be looking to get things back on track.

“I’m not going to say it’s been the toughest camp because every camp we do is always hard, but I will say it’s been the most professional camp I’ve ever done,” Topuria said. “We’ve done a deep analysis on my opponent, and we’re prepared for the fight.”

Who do you think walks away as the victor of the Ilia Topuria vs Alexander Volkanovski fight?

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