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Dustin Poirier has no time for Colby Covington.

Since Covington turned his back on his old gym, American Top Team (ATT), he’s made enemies with seemingly every fighter he used to train with. In terms of venom spat towards those old friends, Poirier has received plenty over the years.

While Covington loves the idea of a fight at Welterweight with the one-time interim Lightweight champion, Poirier doesn’t even want to look in Covington’s direction. However, they had an impromptu encounter recently that may not have gone as “Chaos” claims it did, according to Poirier.

“I crossed paths with him about three months ago at NYY Steakhouse in Coconut Creek casino,” Covington told Submission Radio. “I looked at him eye-to-eye and I said, ‘What’s up, b*tch? It’s on-site? Say something. Do something,’ and he just walked out of the restaurant because he knows [what would happen].”

“The dude is such a liar,” Poirier told MMA Junkie. “I’m not even gonna give him the air time. It’s a lie.

“We ran into each other, yeah, that’s true,” he continued. “The way he said it went down, is completely not true. He wants you to talk about him.”

Both Poirier and Covington fought for titles in their last fights at Lightweight and Welterweight. Unfortunately for them, they lost. Poirier via fifth round brabo choke against Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 in June 2024 (watch highlights) and Covington via unanimous decision against Leon Edwards at UFC 296 in Decmeber 2023.

Covington, 36, claims he’s been recovering since the fight after he broke his foot in the first exchange of his bout with Edwards. A match up against Ian Machado Garry looked like it was going to get organized, but it never materialized.

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At the UFC Abu Dhabi official weigh-ins, all 28 fighters on Saturday’s fight card step on the scale early Friday morning in Manchester, England. A live stream of the official weigh-ins will be made available to watch above as soon as possible.

In the main event, top bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Umar Nurmagomedov face off. Sandhagen is currently No. 4 at 135 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, while Nurmagomedov sits at No. 8.

The headliners can weigh no more than 136 pounds, the maximum limit for a non-title bantamweight bout.

In the co-main event, middleweights Shara Magomedov and Michal Oleksiejczuk can weigh no more than 186 pounds, the maximum limit for a non-title middleweight bout.

UFC Abu Dhabi official weigh-ins are set to begin at 1 a.m. ET.

Ceremonial weigh-ins take place at 10 a.m. ET.

Main Card (ABC, ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET)

Cory Sandhagen vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

Shara Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

Marlon Vera vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

Tony Ferguson vs. Michael Chiesa

Mackenzie Dern vs. Loopy Godinez

Joel Alvarez vs. Elves Brener

Preliminary Card (ESPN2, ESPN+ at 12 p.m. ET)

Alonzo Menifield vs. Azamat Murzakanov

Mohammad Yahya vs. Kaue Fernandes

Shamil Gaziev vs. Don’Tale Mayes

Guram Kutateladze vs. Jordan Vucenic

Viktoriia Dudakova vs. Sam Hughes

Jai Herbert vs. Rolando Bedoya

Sedriques Dumas vs. Denis Tiuliulin

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Former undisputed featherweight champion, Jose Aldo is set to make his second outing of the year since his Octagon return, taking on bantamweight contender, Mario Bautista at UFC 307 in October at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Aldo, a fan-favorite veteran and inaugural UFC featherweight champion, made his return to mixed martial arts at UFC 301 back in May in his native Brazil, landing a one-sided unanimous decision win over Jonathan Martinez – in the final fight on his deal.

As for Bautista, the current number twelve ranked bantamweight contender is currently in the midst of an impressive six-fight winning spree in the Octagon, most recently beating Ricky Simon in a unanimous decision effort at UFC Vegas 84 back in January.

News of Jose Aldo’s return to action against Mario Bautista at UFC 307 was first reported by Brazilian outlet, AgFight.

Making his return to action on home soil at UFC 301 earlier this year, Manaus striking veteran, Aldo made good on his comeback to mixed martial arts with a decision win over the above-mentioned, Martinez.

Aldo, an inductee into the promotion’s Hall of Fame, made his return to action following a two-year layoff – following a prior decision defeat against incoming Noche UFC headliner and title challenger, Merab Dvalishvili. 

Prior to that defeat, the streaking Aldo had turned in consecutive victories over Marlon Vera, compatriot, Pedro Munhoz, and Rob Font in impressive displays.

Jose Aldo makes return at UFC 307 with Mario Bautista

While an official headliner for UFC 307 has yet to be determined at the time of publication, an undisputed bantamweight title fight between Raquel Pennington, and former champion, Julianna Pena is expected to feature in the organization’s return to the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

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Terence Crawford and Israel Madrimov were all about business during a pre-fight press conference just days away from their boxing match in Los Angeles.

The fighters shared an intense and stoic faceoff ahead of their fight, although both athletes remained respectful during the customary stare down. While Crawford is the smaller fighter on paper, he actually looked just as big if not bigger than his opponent when they came face-to-face.

While it is Crawford who is moving up in weight to challenge for Madrimov’s WBA super welterweight title, it’s “Bud” who sits as the overwhelming favorite to win. Odds on Crawford are at 7-to-1 that he’ll accomplish his goal to win a title in another weight class after already conquering championships across multiple divisions.

Many rank Crawford as the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world with a perfect 40-0 record, which includes his one sided drubbing of Errol Spence Jr. in his last outing back in July 2023. Now over a year later, Crawford returns with hopes to add another belt to his growing collection.

As for Madrimov, the 29-year-old fighter comes into the matchup with far less experience than Crawford with only a 10-0-1 record in his career. Back in March, Madrimov claimed the WBA title with a fifth round knockout over Magomed Kurbanov.

Now Madrimov seeks the biggest win of his career while also pulling off a massive upset when he faces Crawford on Saturday night from the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles with the card airing on DAZN pay-per-view as well as PPV.com and other outlets where pay-per-view is available.

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After upset at the Olympics, Jake Paul has presented a huge opportunity to Angela Carini.

Carini fought all her life to put her in a position to represent her country on the grandest stage. The boxer proudly carried her Italian heritage into the ring, but withdrew just 48 seconds into her fight against Imane Khelif. The European broke down in tears in the ring and later revealed that the power she felt from her opponent was unlike anything she’d ever felt before.

The Olympics has received a lot of backlash for sanctioning the bout between Carini and Khelif, with Jake Paul being the latest to speak out against them.

Jake took to social media to announce his displeasure at what he had just witnessed.

“This is sickening. This is a travesty,” Jake said. “Doesn’t matter what you believe. This is wrong and dangerous.”

This is sickening. This is a travesty.

Doesn’t matter what you believe. This is wrong and dangerous. https://t.co/mddORfaK2D

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August 1, 2024

Jake later offered Angela Carini a chance to fight on one of his cards — which would give her the chance to showcase herself on a respectable stage.

“To Angela Carini, although your dreams couldn’t come true today because of the crazy agendas that are at play in our world at the moment,” Jake said.

Related: Joe Rogan says the Olympics is a ‘giant scam’

“I would love to offer you to fight on an MVP undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform and not against a man.”

After several setbacks, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson has been confirmed for November 15. With three months until proceedings get underway, Carini may have the chance to compete on the undercard of one of the most talked about fights of the year.

To Angela Carini although your dreams couldn’t come true today because of the crazy agendas that are at play in our world at the moment, I would love to offer you to fight on an MVP undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform and not against a man.

Internet…

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August 1, 2024

There is a lot of confusion surrounding Imane Khelif and their biological gender.

Amidst the uproar, one thing remains true: Khelif did fail a gender test and was denied entry to compete in last year’s World Championships by the International Boxing Association.

Watch as Imane Khelif beats Angela Carini in just 46-seconds below.

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