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After her UFC Denver win over Fatima Kline, Jasmine Jasudavicius had a simple response to the fans who booed her performance.

“Suck it, man,” Jasudavicius declared.

The standout Canadian flyweight picked up her second straight victory at UFC Denver. The fiery post-fight promo certainly captured a lot of people’s attention, and perhaps, caught them off guard. Days later, Jasudavicius understood it got a reaction, but it doesn’t mean she wasn’t a little bit uneasy about it.

“I’m still embarrassed by it a little,” Jasudavicius said recently on The MMA Hour. “I get it, as long as my name is in people’s mouths, it’s good. But at the same time, I don’t want to be known as, ‘Hey, suck it, man,’ like that Hawk Tuah girl.”

Jasudavicius was originally slated to face top-10 fighter Viviane Araujo at the event before Araujo was forced to withdraw for undisclosed reasons. Jasudavicius admits she was a little annoyed that she had to face a promotional newcomer, but was happy to remain on the card with the attempt to add another win to her UFC résumé.

The leftover adrenaline from the pre-fight shift still needed to get out after the victory, and it certainly did on the microphone — although, she still had to mind her Ps and Qs.

“I still think I had the poison in me from the fight, it was still kind of [lingering] and hadn’t released yet,” Jasudavicius said. “I felt like I was in there, I worked so hard, I tried my hardest and I’m trying to talk. I had these nice things to say in my head, and [then all I hear is], ‘Boo, boo,’ and it just kind of caught me off guard.

“But I knew I couldn’t swear, and I couldn’t say, ‘F you.’ I know I can’t do that, so that was the first thing that came out.”

Whether she regrets the octagon interview or not, Jasudavicius knows she wants to set a better example for the younger fans who are getting into the massively popular UFC brand.

“I’m trying not to swear as much because I think I have a potty mouth, and I know that little girls are watching me and I don’t want them to have the mouth that I do,” Jasudavicius said.

“I want them to be better. So I’m trying to be better, to be a better representation.”

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Valentina Shevchenko has her first finalist on The Ultimate Fighter 32.

In the opening bout of this season’s middleweight semifinals, Ryan Loder (6-1) used old-fashioned American wrestling to grind out a win over Finland’s Omran Chaaban (6-1). It was a hard-fought win for the Team Bullet fighter who advances to the finals with a shot to win a six-figure UFC contract.

He awaits the winner of the second middleweight semifinal bout between Team Alexa Grasso’s Paddy McCorry and Robert Valentin.

Loder stuck to the gameplan to secure his victory, waiting for the right chance to use his wrestling and ground the more striking-minded Chaaban. After a slow start, Loder took Chaaban down at the end of Round 1 to edge out a close frame, then did the same halfway through Round 2 with plenty of more time to work. Loder’s standup was good enough to keep Chaaban honest as he mixed in stiff leg kicks and a timely counter right.

A Round 3 charge from Chaaban had Loder retreating for much of the final five minutes, but Chaaban needed a finish to steal the win after falling behind on the cards. Loder weathered the storm and is now one more strong performance away from landing a UFC deal.

This week’s episode featured little drama outside of the cage, with everyone getting along after the conclusion of the quarterfinals. Giannis Bachar cooked a traditional Greek dinner for the entire house, and Loder praised his castmates for embracing diversity on the show and respecting each other’s culture and religions.

Next week, we find out who the first TUF 32 featherweight finalist will be as Team Grasso’s Kaan Ofli takes on Team Bullet’s Roedie Roets.

Plus, Grasso and Shevchenko face off in the season’s Coaches Challenge, which sees them shoot some hoops in front of WNBA star Kelsey Plum.

The Ultimate Fighter 32 airs live every Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

Following the season finale, Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko are set to face off in a flyweight championship trilogy bout at UFC 306 on Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas.

The finalists of the TUF 32 middleweight and featherweight tournaments will also compete for a six-figure UFC contract at the show’s live finale. A date for that event is yet to be announced.

Here are the TUF 32 rosters divided by team:

Team Grasso

Featherweights

1. Guillermo Torres (Mexico) (7-1)
2. Kaan Ofli (Australia) (10-2-1)
3. Bekhzod Usmonov (Tajikistan) (11-4)
4. Mairon Santos (Brazil) (13-1)

Middleweights

1. Robert Valentin (Switzerland) (10-3)
2. Paddy McCorry (Ireland) (4-1)
3. Omran Chaaban (Finland) (6-1)
4. Tom Theocharis (Canada) (9-5)

Team Shevchenko

Featherweights

1. Roedie Roets (South Africa) (7-1)
2. Zygimantas Ramaska (Lithuania) (9-2)
3. Nathan Fletcher (England) (8-1)
4. Edwin Cooper Jr. (USA) (6-1)

Middleweights

1. Shamidkhan Magomedov (Russia) (7-1)
2. Mark Hulme (South Africa) (12-3)
3. Ryan Loder (USA) (6-1)
4. Giannis Bachar (Greece) (9-2)

See the semifinal results below:

Middleweight

Ryan Loder def. Omran Chaaban via decision

Paddy McCorry vs. Robert Valentin

Featherweight

Kaan Ofli vs. Roedie Roets

Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Mairon Santos

See quarterfinal results below:

Roedie Roets def. Guillermo Torres via decision

Robert Valentin def. Giannis Bachar via KO (strikes) (R1)

Kaan Ofli def. Nathan Fletcher via decision

Omran Chaaban def. Shamidkhan Magomedov via technical submission (anaconda choke) (R2)

Zygimantas Ramaska def. Bekhzod Usmonov

Ryan Loder def. Tom Theocharis via submission (arm-triangle choke)

Mairon Santos def. Edwin Cooper Jr. via split decision

Paddy McCorry def. Mark Hulme via submission (guillotine choke) (R1)

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Umar Nurmagomedov will get a chance to prove how legit of a contender he is against Cory Sandhagen at UFC Abu Dhabi this weekend (Sat., Aug. 3, 2024).

The Bantamweight division has always been competitive and exciting. That hasn’t changed as we enter the second half of 2024 and contendership will be decided ahead of the upcoming title fight at Noche UFC on Sept. 14, 2024.

For Nurmagomedov, the No. 2-ranked Sandhagen will be his first-ranked opponent. Should he win, Nurmagomedov says he’s been promised a title opportunity against the winner of the champion, Sean O’Malley, vs. top contender, Merab Dvalishvili.

“I hope I will fight next, they said I will fight whoever will win [between O’Malley and Dvalishvili],” Nurmagomedov told MMA Junkie. “Yes, [they told me I will be next].”

Nurmagomedov, 28, has been flawless in his 17-fight career. The Sandhagen match up isn’t the first time the pair prepared to collide as they weren’t supposed to do so in Nashville, Tennessee last year (Aug. 5, 2023). Unfortunately, Nurmagomedov was injured out of the bout and replaced by Rob Font, who Sandhagen defeated via a unanimous decision.

Regarding the next title fight, Nurmagomedov isn’t sure who will get the job done, but he doesn’t think either O’Malley or Dvalishvili wants to fight him.

“I think they pray [they don’t fight me],” Nurmagomedov said. “They hope I will pull out and will not take this opportunity to fight for the title. They wish this. For me, it doesn’t matter who wins. It’s a very hard fight for both. One is a wrestling, one is a striker weight height. He is tall. Stylistically, for me, personally, it’s very difficult to say who is going to win. I don’t know.”

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Jack Jenkins now faces Herbert Burns at UFC 305 after Gavin Tucker withdrew from the featherweight bout due to undisclosed reasons. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting after Jenkins announced the change on social media.

The UFC officially announced the bout on Tuesday.

UFC 305 takes place Aug. 17 in Perth, Australia, and features a middleweight showdown between champion Dricus du Plessis and two-time champion Israel Adesanya in the main event.

Jenkins (12-3), a native Australian, attempts to get back in the winning column after suffering a gruesome arm injury fighting Chepe Mariscal in September 2023. Jenkins was 2-0 in the UFC going into the Sydney card with victories over Don Shainis and Jamall Emmers.

Burns (11-5) has his back against the wall after dropping three in a row in the UFC, suffering TKO defeats to Daniel Pineda, Bill Algeo and Julio Arce. The ONE Championship veteran and brother of one-time UFC contender Gilbert Burns now holds a UFC record of 2-3 with wins over Nate Landwehr and Evan Dunham.

See the updated UFC 305 lineup revealed recently by the promotion.

Main Card

Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya

Steve Erceg vs. Kai Kara-France

Mateusz Gamrot vs. Dan Hooker

Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Li Jingliang vs. Carlos Prates

Preliminary Card

Junior Tafa vs. Valter Walker

Joshua Culibao vs. Ricardo Ramos

Casey O’Neill vs. Luana Santos

Stewart Nicoll vs. Jesus Aguilar

Song Kenan vs. Ricky Glenn

Jack Jenkins vs. Herbert Burns

Tom Nolan vs. Alex Reyes

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Mike Perry may have been unsuccessful in his fight with Jake Paul but he still received praise for his toughness.

“Platinum” may not be an experienced boxer or someone that can match Paul for size but he was always going to be a tough opponent to get out of there.

He did eventually get stopped in the sixth round but as expected with someone like Perry, many would have crumbled much earlier on.

What makes this even more impressive, and something that Perry is able to take out of this fight, is that he was compromised from the very first punch that his opponent landed.

Mike Perry Reveals That Jake Paul Broke His Rib With The First Punch That He Landed

Perry appeared on BS w/ Jake Paul where they spoke about the fight and revealed new details about how it all went down.

During the podcast, the former UFC fighter said that he is going to take some time off for his rib to recover after it was broken in the opening 10 seconds of the fight.

He said that he was so focused on keeping his hands up that it left an opening for Paul which he successfully took advantage of from the opening bell.

With his body badly injured, Perry was forced to drop his guard which left him more susceptible to head strikes which eventually closed the show on him.

“First 10 seconds, that first punch you hit me with, you popped me. Because look, I knew people were going to be like, ‘Put your hands up,’ Right, so I come out and I’m like this with my hands up and my rib was wide open. You hit me in the rib and I was like, ‘F*** that’s it, I’m putting my hands down.’ You popped it right away and I fought through it I mean there’s something, there’s pieces I can take that I can be proud of but you know, I think it was fair and square.”

Read also: Jake Paul Reveals Verbal Agreement With Mike Perry To Rematch In PFL, Dirty Boxing Down The Line

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Terence Crawford chases a fourth title this weekend.

The pound-for-pound great moves up to 154 pounds to take on WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov in the main event of a loaded boxing card at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday. Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) looks to add Madrimov’s belt to a list of achievements that includes title reigns at lightweight, light welterweight, and welterweight.

Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs) seeks the biggest win of his career. The experienced amateur standout is undefeated since turning pro in 2018.

Backing up Crawford and Madrimov is a lineup with several notable names, including former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) taking on Jarrell Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs), and Isaac Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) defending his WBA super lightweight title against Jose Venezuela (13-2, 9 KOs).

The Crawford vs. Madrimov fight card airs live on DAZN, ESPN+, and PPV.com starting at 4:30 p.m. ET.

See the full fight card below.

Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov

Andy Ruiz vs. Jarrell Miller

Jared Anderson vs. Martin Bakole

Isaac Cruz vs. Jose Venezuela

David Morrell vs. Radivoje Kalajdzic

Andy Cruz vs. Antonio Moran

Steve Nelson vs. Marcos Ramon Vazquez

Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Michal Bulk

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