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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is giving up a sizable amount of weight to John Gotti III.

This Saturday, Mayweather and Gotti rematch each other in an exhibition boxing match at Arena CDMX in Mexico City; and while Mayweather may have the edge in experience and skill, he is giving up a lot of size.

In their first matchup in June of 2023, Gotti tipped the scales at 181 pounds, while Mayweather refused to weigh in. This time around, Mayweather deigned to step on the scales, albeit fully clothed, coming in at 160.38 pounds, and with Gotti again coming in at 181 pounds, that means the 47-year-old boxing legend is giving up over 20 pounds of weight come Saturday night.

Mayweather and Gotti’s first matchup was one of the more chaotic scenes in recent combat sports history. After five rounds of action that predominantly featured Mayweather showboating and taunting, Gotti became frustrated and began trash-talking Mayweather, with things escalating between the two to the point that referee Kenny Bayless stopped the bout due to the trash talk. That encited a brawl between the two fighters and their corners. Order was eventually restored and Gotti was initially suspended for six months for the fiasco, though that was later reversed.

But despite the rough history between the two, things went down smoothly at the weigh-ins on Friday. After both fighters made their marks, they shared one final faceoff without issue. Now the only thing left is for the two of them to settle their differences a bit more definitively this Saturday.

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More than a decade later, Ronda Rousey is apologizing for sharing a controversial conspiracy video claiming that the Sandy Hook massacre was staged.

The shooting incident occurred on December 14, 2012, when Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and opened fire, killing 20 children and six staff members. Following the incident, conspiracy theories about the shooting ran rampant, many of them perpetuated by disgraced political commentator and former InfoWars host Alex Jones.

A month after the shooting, Rousey shared a YouTube video on X (formerly Twitter) that perpetuated claims that the entire incident was a work of fiction. The post included a caption from Rousey: “Extremely interesting, and must-watch.”

Rousey was immediately hit with outrage prompting her to delete the video quickly. While mainstream media failed to pick up the story, the incident was addressed by UFC CEO Dana White at a press event in March 2013. White unsurprisingly came to Rousey’s defense saying that “everybody has an opinion” and suggesting that the bigger problem was that “people are f*cking p*ssies.”

The whole thing was seemingly forgotten until recently when Rousey engaged in a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). The MMA icon was immediately inundated with scathing questions about her past comments related to the massacre.

Ronda Rousey Will Regret Sharing Sandy Hook video ‘Until the day i die’

Shortly after, Rousey took to X and issued a lengthy statement apologizing for the 11-year-old post.

“I didn’t even believe it, [the conspiracy video] but was so horrified at the truth that I was grasping for an alternative fiction to cling to instead. I quickly realized my mistake and took it down, but the damage was done.

“By some miracle it seemingly slipped under the media’s radar, I was never asked about it so I never spoke of it again, afraid that calling attention to it would have the opposite of the intended effect — it could increase the views of those conspiracy videos, and selfishly, inform even more people I was ignorant, self absorbed, and tone deaf enough to share one in the first place.”

Rousey added that she’ll regret the decision to share the video “until the day I die.”

“I deserve to be hated, labeled, detested, resented, and worse for it. I deserve to lose out on every opportunity, I should have been canceled, I would have deserved it. I still do. I apologize that this came 11 years too late, but to those affected by the Sandy Hook massacre, from the bottom of my heart and depth of my soul I am so so sorry for the hurt I caused.”

Rousey also revealed that she had drafted an apology to include in her latest memoir, but “my publisher begged me to take it out, saying it would overshadow everything else and do more harm than good.”

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Alex Pereira will return at UFC 307 to defend his UFC light heavyweight championship against Khalil Rountree. A couple of weeks later, no. 2 ranked contender Magomed Ankalaev will fight no. 5 ranked Aleksandar Rakić in a potential title eliminator.

The announcement has left fans divided with many complaining about the no. 8 ranked fighter getting a title shot. Top UFC light heavyweight contenders like Jamahal Hill and Jan Błachowicz have questioned the matchmaking process as well.

On the flip side, admirers of Rountree’s explosive striking are expecting him to put on a great performance against Pereira. Here’s how Daniel Cormier looks at the UFC 307 main event and why he thinks it’s the right move by the UFC…

Daniel Cormier Explains Why He Wouldn’t Put Alex Pereira Against Magomed Ankalaev Despite Him Being The Obvious Choice

Cormier and Ben Askren discussed Pereira vs. Rountree on the former’s official YouTube channel recently. While Askren seemed perplexed by how “The War Horse” is fighting for the title, Cormier understood the decision because of Pereira’s growing stardom.

“Ankalaev seems so obvious a choice but not really the choice because I wouldn’t put him in there with Alex right now. Like honestly, Alex Pereira is actually selling pay-per-views and he’s making money for you as a company. I don’t know if Ankalaev can do that right now.”

By frequently fighting in major events like UFC 300, UFC 303, and now, UFC 307, “Poatan” has quickly amassed millions of fans. However, as per DC, he’s yet to be as big a star as Conor McGregor.

The former UFC champ further explained that McGregor’s unprecedented stardom helped his opponents make a name for themselves by beating him. Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier are fine examples of the same.

“If you beat Conor McGregor, you become a pay-per-view attraction. If you beat certain guys, you kind of take their shine and you become that attraction. I don’t know if you beat Pereira, you become that attraction. I don’t know, I think he is the attraction. I don’t know, just by beating him, if he’s the big enough star yet to elevate the next guy to the point that they’re selling a whole bunch of paper.:

Cormier believes that Pereira is yet to reach McGregor’s levels of popularity where he generates new stars, even while losing. As a result, the UFC would want to give “Poatan” favorable matchups and make him the center of attention for as long as possible. At the moment, the promotion won’t risk ending the reign of its biggest star in recent times.

Read also: Sean O’Malley ‘Annoyed-ish’ At Noche UFC Fight Promotion After Getting Nod To Headline Over Holloway vs. Topuria, Conor McGregor

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UFC Vegas 96 takes place on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by middleweight bout between fifth-ranked Jared Cannonier and twelfth-ranked Caio Borralho. On Friday, the two officially weighed in ahead of Saturday’s showdown.  

Cannonier (17-7) enters the fight coming off a loss to Nassourdine Imavov in June. He had won his two previous bouts. “Tha Killa Gorilla” holds wins over former middleweight champion Sean Strickland, former title challenger Marvin Vettoriand middleweight GOAT Anderson Silva, among others.

Borralho (16-1, 1 NC) last lost a fight nearly a decade ago in 2015. He’s on an incredible winning streak and undefeated inside the octagon. “The Natural” is coming off a knockout win over Paul Craig at UFC 301 in May.

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The Mayweather vs. Gotti III weigh-in video features all 24 fighters stepping on the scale for the Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III fight card.

In the main event, Floyd Mayweather and John Gotti III will possibly step on the scales Friday afternoon. Gotti III weighed 181 pounds for their previous exhibition, while Mayweather refused to step on the scale.

Check out the Mayweather vs. Gotti III weigh-in results below.

Main card (DAZN and PPV.com at 7:30 p.m. ET)

Floyd Mayweather vs. John Gotti III

Victor Ortiz vs. Rodrigo Damian Coria

Alan David Picasso vs. Azat Hovhannisyan

Curmel Tramayne Moton vs. Victor Vazquez

Prelims

Luis Ocana vs. Cesar Espinoza

Aaron Silva vs. Alfonso Flores

Silvia Torres vs. Cecilia Rodriguez

Luis Arjas vs. Francisco Amezquita

Jursly Vargas vs. Bryan Carrillo

Sekaye Terry vs. Carlos Rosas

John Easter vs. Luis Duran

Trenton Brown vs. Jose Antonio Guadaramma

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The UFC Vegas 96 weigh-ins will have 24 fighters hitting the scale on Friday leading to the main event between middleweights Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho.

Following a loss to Nassourdine Imavov in his last outing, Cannonier attempts to bounce back while maintaining his position in the middleweight rankings while the upstart contender in Borralho attempts to get the biggest win of his career.

The upcoming UFC Vegas 96 card also features the finals in the new season of The Ultimate Fighter with champions being crowned at middleweight and featherweight.

The action kicks off at 12 p.m. ET with the full card listed below:

Main Card (ESPN/ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET)

MAIN EVENT: Jared Cannonier vs. Caio Borralho

Angela Hill vs. Tabatha Ricci

Robert Valentin vs. Ryan Loder (TUF 32 middleweight final)

Kaan Ofli vs. Mairon Santos Alves (TUF 32 featherweight final)

Neil Magny vs. Michael Morales

Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Gerald Meerschaert

Preliminary Card (ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET)

Dennis Buzukja vs. Francis Marshall

Zach Reese vs. Jose Medina

Viacheslav Borshchev vs. James Llontop

Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Josiane Nunes

Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Nathan Fletcher

Wang Cong vs. Victoria Leonard

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