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Dustin Poirier didn’t capture Lightweight gold at UFC 302, but he impressed just about everyone watching in his gutsy attempt to upset Islam Makhachev (watch here). A notably impressed viewer was former United States President Donald Trump, who was attending live in Newark, New Jersey back in June.

On a recent episode of This Past Weekend with comedian and fight fan Theo Von, Trump recalled the Lightweight title clash and heaped praise on Poirier. In particular, Trump was impressed by Poirier’s resilience and refusal to go down easily to the overwhelming wrestler.

“Oh, he’s great,” Trump said of Poirier (via SportsKeeda). “… He’s a warrior! That last fight he had [versus Makhachev]. Whether you like it or not, he is a warrior.”

Trump continued, “No, he didn’t lose that fight. He really… Man, his fighting was tough. He was tough and didn’t expect that same fight. But he oftentimes, well he makes people suffer. There’s no question about it. You know, he’s all, he’s a pro. He’s a professional. As that fight went along he just got stronger and stronger. And he was getting pounded, and he was going to be choked out about four different times and he just wouldn’t let it happen.”

Alas, Poirier did, in fact, lose that fight. “The Diamond” gave Makhachev hell and landed more strikes than anyone else on the bloodied champion, but ultimately a fifth round ankle pick and subsequent d’arce choke kept the title in Dagestan.

Speaking of, Trump recently revealed that Makhachev’s coach and longtime training partner, Khabib Nurmagomedov, was his favorite UFC fighter … much to Conor McGregor’s chagrin. Think we’ll get another response from “The Notorious” for this praise of his other rival?

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Sean O’Malley is looking fast, loose, and accurate in this mitts footage.

Pure Robocop energy in these shots.

Get to know one of the latest Ultimate Fighter (TUF) finalists!

Oh yeah, this clip definitely belongs in Midnight Mania.

I hope this man is being paid well to suffer Ilia Topuria’s body punching this often.

Casey Kenney’s domestic abuse allegations combined with a two-fight losing streak would appear to be the end of his UFC career.

The only thing more surprising than Henry Cejudo being able to make 125-pounds at 37 years of age would be if he actually performed well afterward. Bad idea!

Slips, rips, and KO clips

A few nasty left hooks in this clip with different setups each time.

Threw that same left hand to the body three times in a row then all of a sudden …

Doubling up on same-side punches catches opponents off-guard all the time, stance shift or no shift.

Random Land

Inside an Alaskan glacier.

Midnight Music: Samba, 1963

Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.

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Former multiple time and weight world champion, Floyd Mayweather has praised Jake Paul’s entrepreneurial skills to lure former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson into a November boxing match – claiming the Ohio native is simply “stealing” money. 

Paul, an outspoken professional boxer and social media influencer, turned in his tenth professional victory earlier this year against UFC alum turned BKFC (Bare Knuckle FIghting Championship) star, Mike Perry – stopping the Flint native with a stunning sixth round knockout win in Tampa, Florida. 

And now booked once more to take on former heavyweight world champion, Tyson in a much-scrutinized professional boxing match in November, Paul’s skills to apparently “steal” money from fans and promoters is second to none.

Floyd Mayweather talks Jake Paul’s boxing career

“What he’s (Jake Paul) doing is kinda cool,” Floyd Mayweather told Treasure Hustle. “If he can continue to steal money and they match him the way they match him, I can’t knock his hustle.”

“If they can match him the way that they have been, more power to him,” Floyd Mayweather explained. “

Despite his inactivity and time away from the squared circle, Tyson predicted earlier this week how he would land a vicious and definitive win over Paul when they share the boxing ring before the end of the year in ‘The Lone Star State’.

“Very painfully,” Mike Tyson warned Jake Paul during their press conference overnight in New York. “Be in shape. Be in good shape because your health depends on it.”

“I think he’s (Mike Tyson) a mitt warrior,” Jake Paul replied. “The Instagram videos are cute but we’ll see what happens in the ring on November 15. At the end of the day, we’ll see if he’s still got it.”

“Listen, as soon as I catch this guy, he’s going to be running around,” Mike Tyson responded. “As soon as I catch this guy, it’s going to be totally over. He’s going to run like a thief.”

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In arguably the biggest fight of his career, Merab Dvalishvili will challenge Sean O’Malley for the UFC bantamweight championship. The bout will headline the Riyadh Season Noche UFC event at the Las Vegas Sphere on September 14, 2024.

While O’Malley avenged his only MMA loss to Marlon Vera in his first title defense, Dvalishvili is riding a 10-fight win streak in the UFC. The contender holds wins over big names like Marlon Moraes, José Aldo, and Petr Yan. This explains the hype behind the bantamweight title bout.

However, the main event was temporarily in jeopardy as Dvalishvili revealed a cut under his eye. UFC President Dana White wasn’t happy about the situation, and Michael Bisping couldn’t agree more…

Michael Bisping Explains Why Merab Dvalishvili Shouldn’t Have Posted His Cut Before Sean O’Malley Fight

Bisping discussed Dvalishvili’s injury on his official YouTube channel recently. He highlighted that fighters now usually post most of their life on social media to increase engagement with fans. Naturally, this wasn’t the case a couple of decades back, and being silent about injuries during camps was preferred.

“Dana’s right when he talks about boxers. Of course, he’s probably talking about the boxers of his generation. Dana knows a lot about boxing as well as mixed martial arts of course. Back in the day, social media wasn’t a thing. The new generation, though, they live on social media. Your entire life is on social media”

The former UFC middleweight champ then explained why White was right in being upset with Dvalishvili’s behavior. For starters, a crisp striker like “Suga” can easily target the cut and make “The Machine” bleed early on in the fight.

“I tell you what, if I was fighting for a main event against Sean O’Malley to become the UFC champion of the world, and I got cut, I would not post it on social media. I’m not talking s**t on Merab. I think Merab is awesome, he’s a great guy, he’s an incredible fighter. The performance against Cejudo solidified that he is the next man in line, but not everything needs to go on social media!”

Bisping also looked back at major injuries he sustained before some of his biggest UFC fights. He had stitches near his eye before the first fight with Luke Rockhold and infamously broke his ribs a week before the Georges St-Pierre fight. “The Count” kept these injuries secret and expects modern-day UFC fighters to follow suit.

• Read More: Dana White ‘Takes Responsibility’ For Francis Ngannou Erasure In UFC 305 Video, Apologizes To Israel Adesanya

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Top bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili is scheduled to fight champion Sean O’Malley in the UFC 306 main event at the Sphere on Sept. 14.  On Tuesday, Dvalishvili posted a video revealing a small cut over his left eye the required stitches.    

“Calm down – its all good- just a little training injury. Never pulled out of a fight – and Never will! I’m coming for you O’Malley – stronger than ever,” Dvalishvili captioned the social media post. 

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UFC CEO Dana White was not happy that Dvalishvili revealed to the world, and his opponent, that he suffered a laceration in training.  White went so calling Dvalishvilli’s decision to make the cut public ‘next-level stupid.’    

“The whole world knows about Merab’s cut, he posted it,” White following Tuesday’s Dana White’s Contender Series event in Las Vegas. “Our guys are so dumb it’s next-level unbelievable. All the stuff I talk about boxing, what I will give boxing, is when something happens in a camp, let me tell you what, it does not leak. Our guys can’t f**king wait to throw it up on social media. It’s a small cut. It’s no big deal, but obviously needed to be posted.”

“And why the f**k would you want [O’Malley] to know that?! It is next level stupid. Some of these guys are so stupid it’s mind-boggling. It’s unbelievable,” White continued.  

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Three-time UFC featherweight title challenger Chad Mendes still has fights left on his UFC contract, but isn’t very interested in returning to the octagon anytime soon.

Having been away from the UFC since losing to future champion Alexander Volkanovski in December 2018, Mendes spoke with MMA Fighting following a grappling win over Diego Brandao at ADXC 5, and discussed the possibility of putting on MMA gloves again.

“I don’t know. I still I’m under contract with the UFC though,” said Mendes, who challenged Jose Aldo twice and Conor McGregor for UFC titles in the 2010s. “I think I still have three or four fights on that last contract that I’ll just never fight, so I can’t fight MMA anywhere anyways, which I really don’t have any desire to do it, but I was able to do the bare-knuckle boxing and I can come do these grappling events anytime.”

Mendes fought twice under the BKFC banner, knocking out Joshuah Alvarez in 2022 and then losing a split decision to Eddie Alvarez a year later.

“[UFC] would have to pay me a lot of money [to fight again], honestly, and they’re not willing to do it, so no,” Mendes said with a laugh. “Honestly, at this point in my career, I have zero desire to cut any weight. I usually walk around like 175 [pounds]. Unless it’s like big money, it’s not really anything at this point I want to do. I love competing and I absolutely hate cutting weight. If it’s something that I can compete, make some money, have fun and not have to cut weight, sign me up, I’m all for it.”

“I got nothing planned as far as any other competitions,” he added. “I keep saying I’m retired — I left the UFC in 2018, but I started doing bare-knuckle the last two years and my last fight I said I was done. The first one I said I was done, then I ended up coming back and fighting Eddie Alvarez, and then I said I was done again. We’ll see, but I don’t have anything locked up. I mean, I got two little girls at home and a wife and multiple businesses that I’m trying to blow up and make it successful. There’s a lot of time that gets snatched up from all that. It’s honestly hard to put in the amount of time that I actually really want to. I’m the type of guy that wants to train and be 100 percent prepared going into any type of competition because I absolutely hate to lose, so it’s hard for me.”

Mendes was originally slated to grapple against Kevin Lee at ADXC, but Brandao stepped in as a late-notice replacement. The Team Alpha Male representative said he “didn’t have a ton of time” to prepare for the match as he had to split his attention between growing his other businesses, but still won. Mendes is open to competing again for ADXC if the opportunity is interesting, but would appreciate a proper camp next time.

“His wrestling was a little bit better than I was expecting,” Mendes said of Brandao. “I figured I’d be able to control top position a little bit better, but he did a good job of not staying in any bad position. He would explode out, get back up to his feet. We basically just had to turn it into a takedown clinic. And there was a few submissions I attempted that I saw for a split second, but he’s strong and just I wasn’t able to get it done. All in all, I felt it felt good. That’s the first time I’ve competed in any grappling in like four years, so I felt good to get back home.

“I like going against wrestlers better. I have NCAA top-level wrestling, so when I have somebody that’s OK engaging in wrestling and is there to wrestle, I feel great. I was actually expecting Diego to pull guard more and not want to stand up with me, but he was allowing me to do the snapdowns and that stuff gets you tired if you’re not used to it, and he let me do that throughout the whole match. I don’t think it would have been any more difficult, I actually would have probably enjoyed having somebody that was there mixing in more wrestling. We’ll see for next time. Either that fight with AJ [Agazarm] sounds good or somebody else maybe even in the UFC.”

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