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Mike Perry is set to box Jake Paul on July 20th, and he’ll face the largest “Problem Child” anyone’s ever had to face in the ring.

The 230 pound Paul was adding on weight in preparation for a heavyweight fight against Mike Tyson. That’s been delayed until November, and now “Platinum” will be the one dealing with all of Jake’s extra muscle when they compete at cruiserweight for eight rounds.

In a new interview with FightHub TV, Perry was asked about Paul’s size increase and whether he suspected the YouTuber turned boxer was on the secret juice.

“When I sparred him a couple years ago, I was 180 and he was 195, maybe 205,” Perry replied. “I think he was about to fight Ben Askren [at 190], I don’t think he was really cutting weight at the time. And so to put on 25 pounds, I don’t know how someone does it without a cheat code.”

“It doesn’t matter to me,” he added. “I could just be saying that just to mess with him. He does look flubbery.”

Perry confirmed that there was no special drug testing regiment in place for the bout.

“I haven’t been tested yet,” he said. “I assume that the Florida Commission will test us all on fight week or they might test me a couple of times. Maybe after weigh ins or something like that, I’m sure that they will have a test on fight night when I go to walk in the fight.”

That’s generally the extent of most commission’s drug testing and you have to be a real dope to get caught when you know you’re getting tested on fight day.

Since “Platinum” doesn’t seem to care one bit, perhaps we should leave speculation where it belongs: on body building forums or the More Plates More Dates discord.

Insomnia

Alex Pereira has officially conquered combat sports and is now just completing side quests.

Gotta keep your athlete calm!

I would pay real money to see Georges St. Pierre debate Johnny Walker about dinosaurs and their doom.

Jon Jones in a cyber truck — what could possibly go wrong?!?

Craig Jones and Luke Rockhold are embracing Turkish wrestling culture and a whole lot more.

On a more wholesome note: Robert Whittaker and his kid with a rough slide landing.

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Chilling along the ropes with hands low isn’t a great idea.

Just about 17 years ago:

This is the kind of aggression you love to see in response to a low kick.

Random Land

These lads are lucky that the monkeys bought the bluff.

Midnight Music: Doom, 1970

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

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The UFC matchmakers have been on a run since Conor McGregor pulled out of his fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 303. After successfully securing new main and co-main events, their next challenge is to either reschedule the original headliner or get Chandler to return against someone else.

“Iron” last fought in November 2022, and after waiting for McGregor for almost two years, he might be looking at alternatives. With that, he recently teased that a fight with Islam Makhachev is in the works, but there’s not a lot of optimism around it due to the challenger’s inactivity and record.

Chael Sonnen, though, would be glad to see Chandler fight for the UFC lightweight championship. However, he also expects other stars in the promotion to build a case for themselves…

Sonnen Lists Exciting Matchups For Islam Makhachev, Including Max Holloway & Charles Oliveira

“The American Gangster” discussed the possibility of Makhachev vs. Chandler happening in a video on his official YouTube channel.

He advised “Iron” to accept the fight without second thoughts but also urged other fighters to make the most of the current lack of contenders at 155 pounds.

Arman Tsarukyan is out untlil October due to a suspension for punching a fan while walking out at UFC 300. Thanks to a win over Oliveira on the same night, he would appear to be the only obvious contender in the division.

“This perfect storm, if you will, it has created an opportunity, not to be unmatched by the fact that no other 155-pounder seems to have a problem with it,” Sonnen said. “Like, I read something like Ilia Topuria says that Max Holloway won’t be available so they’re looking for another opponent. Let that go and move down a different road.

“That would be a fine example. Like, Max, as the BMF champ, challenge Islam or to speak up, or to get in the way of Chandler, would just be one of the many potential examples,” Sonnen added.

The BMF champ looked at his best against Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 as he scored an iconic last-second KO. “Do Bronx,” meanwhile isn’t out of the title picture as well, according to Sonnen, due to the close nature of his split decision defeat to Tsarukyan.

“Charles Oliveira, coming off of a loss, same as Chandler, who was in an elimination match with Tsarukyan, which was razor thin,” Sonnen stated. “And somebody somewhere in the world wants to see Charles Oliveira take on Islam. Like, it’d be a really good time for Charles to speak up. And I don’t have to go through each and every 155-pounder.”

Makhachev has also repeatedly shown interest in fighting Leon Edwards for the UFC welterweight championship.

• Read More: Daniel Cormier: Tom Aspinall Can Create ‘Fan Uprising’ Against Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic At UFC 304

Continue Reading Chael Sonnen Urges Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira, & Others To ‘Speak Up’ Amid Islam Makhachev vs. Michael Chandler Rumors at MMA News.

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Michael Chandler believes he may get an unofficial win over Conor McGregor without ever having to throw a strike.

Chandler and McGregor were slated to square off in the main event of UFC 303 this past month, but an injury delayed the long-awaited return of McGregor. Despite there being hope the fight can be rebooked for later this year, nothing has been announced, or remotely been made official in regards to that.

On Tuesday, the former Bellator champion took the time to respond to a few fans on Twitter, and took some shots at his foe in the process. When asked what his strategy would be for McGregor, “Iron” went outside of the box.

“Instill fear,” Chandler responded. “Let him pull out of the fight and embarrass himself, be known as the guy who retired McGregor without ever throwing a punch.”

Chandler also continued teasing that the matchup with McGregor could take place at UFC 306 in September — the promotion’s debut at Sphere in Las Vegas — while also laid down a challenge to longtime McGregor rival Nate Diaz.

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Valentina Shevchenko evened the score with Alexa Grasso.

The Ultimate Fighter 32 coaching matchup is now tied at three wins apiece after Team Bullet’s Ryan Loder (6-1) defeated Team Grasso’s Tom Theocharis (9-5) in this week’s middleweight matchup. It was a standout performance for Loder, who needed a little over a minute to ground Theocharis and submit him with an arm-triangle choke.

Loder vs. Theocharis was a classic wrestler vs. striker matchup, and it was Division-1 All-American Loder that came out on top. Right out of the gate, Loder went for a takedown and it didn’t take him long to push Theocharis to the fence and put him on his back. Loder followed with ground-and-pound to open up a transition to mount and then slapped on the fight-ending submission.

That’s back-to-back wins now for Shevchenko, who sees Loder join Team Bullet featherweights Roedie Roets and Zygimantas Ramaska in the semifinals. Loder is Shevchenko’s first middleweight to advance in the competition.

Loder’s fight wasn’t the only drama he was caught up in on this week’s episode as he had an argument with teammate Edwin Cooper Jr. in training. Cooper infuriated Loder after catching him with an un-padded elbow while sparring. Despite Cooper’s attempts to brush off the accident, coach Shevchenko had to step in to get her fighters back on track.

The episode also showed Cooper’s housemates complaining about his verbose persona in the house, to the point that Bekhzod Usmonov—Cooper’s teammate at Jackson MMA outside of the show—took him aside to talk to him about his drinking.

Next week, Cooper gets to show what he can do as he faces Mairon Santos in the final featherweight matchup of the quarterfinals.

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 expected to face off in a flyweight championship trilogy bout at a date still to be determined.

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 also 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)

Here are the quarterfinal results so far:

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)

Advancing to semifinals: Roets, Valentin, Ofli, Chaaban, Ramaska, Loder

Eliminated: Torres, Bachar, Fletcher, Magomedov, Usmonov, Theocharis

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