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Jorge Masvidal spent most of his MMA career competing at either lightweight or welterweight, but he hit the light heavyweight mark on fight night in his majority decision loss to Nate Diaz this past Saturday.

As part of the California State Athletic Commission’s continued fight against extreme weight cutting, the governing body released the fight night weights from the Diaz vs. Masvidal card on Monday in a message sent to MMA Fighting.

Masvidal actually experienced the biggest weight gain by percentage for anyone competing at the event, stepping foot on the scale at 175.2 pounds on Friday and then weighing 204.1 pounds on Saturday. The 28.9 pounds gained by Masvidal was a 16 percent increase in body weight, which could potentially flag him as a candidate for the commission to recommend a change in weight classes moving forward.

That seems unlikely, however, because Masvidal spent the majority of his career in UFC competing at 170 pounds, so it’s doubtful he’s going to make any drastic changes now.

As for Diaz, he weighed 175.6 pounds at the weigh-ins and then 190.2 pounds on fight night. The 14.6 pound weight gain was only eight percent of his overall body weight.

By the time they threw hands in the ring, Masvidal outweighed Diaz by nearly 14 pounds .

Diaz ultimately earned a majority decision win in an entertaining 10-round affair. Afterward, he called for future fights against Jake Paul and reigning UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards.

Out of the entire 11-fight card, there were a total of 11 fighters who went over the 10 percent threshold the commission flags for weight gain.

Here’s the full list of fight night weights for the Diaz vs. Masvidal card from this past weekend along with the percentage of weight gained for each fighter:

• Nate Diaz (175.6 to 190.2 pounds = 8 percent) vs. Jorge Masvidal (175.2 to 204.1 pounds = 16 percent)
• Daniel Jacobs (169.2 to 188.7 pounds = 12 percent) vs. Shane Mosley Jr. (167.6 to 187.5 pounds = 12 percent)
• Chris Avila (175.6 to 186.5 pounds = 6 percent) vs. Anthony Pettis (175.3 to 184 pounds = 5 percent)
• Curmel Moton (133.5 to 152.7 pounds = 14 percent) vs. Nikolai Buzolin (137.7 to 148.4 pounds = 8 percent)
• Arnado Vargas (134.1 to 143.2 pounds = 7 percent) vs. Sean Garcia (138.1 to 147.1 pounds = 7 percent)
• Devin Cushing (131.9 to 143.6 pounds = 9 percent) vs. Manuel Correa (131.2 to 144.7 pounds = 10 percent)
• Alan Sanchez (146.3 to 161.2 pounds = 10 percent) vs. Dan Hernandez (140 to 154.5 pounds = 10 percent)
• Steve Dunn (213.5 to 213.5 pounds = 0 percent) vs. Gabriel Costa (206.1 to 210.1 pounds = 2 percent)
• Jose Aguayo (149.9 to 166.3 pounds = 11 percent) vs. Bryce Logan (149.7 to 165.8 pounds = 11 percent)
• Kenneth Lopez (175.8 to 196.3 pounds = 12 percent) vs. Andres Martinez (173.2 to 179.7 pounds = 4 percent)

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The ‘King’ is dead, long live the King.

Veteran UFC lightweight Bobby Green no longer needs that nickname after revealing that he actually went through with a name change to become King Green.

He posted a video on Instagram along with his birth certificate to show that he legally changed his name.

“My name is King now,” Green announced. “Just to let people know, I wasn’t playing. I really changed my name.”

Green has teased that he would eventually go through with the name change but now he’ll go by King as he prepares for one of the highest profile fights of his career.

At UFC 304, Green clashes with Paddy Pimblett on the main card of the pay-per-view after previously calling for the fight against the always outspoken 29-year-old Brit.

Green complimented Pimblett for his skills inside the cage but the admonished him for his constant barrage of trash talk that he’s unleashed ever since first arriving in the UFC.

“This is my next lesson for him: He’s solid, he’s not bad,” Green said back in May “He’s not a bad fighter at all. The problem is, he won’t shut the f*ck up. Shut the f*ck up, smile, be that stupid kid with that stupid haircut, being happy and dancing, whatever he does. He does that little stupid dance, you know? Let him do his dance and be happy.”

Green enters the fight with a 3-1 record in his past four fights including a lopsided win over Jim Miller at UFC 300 back in April. He also scored an impressive submission win over Tony Ferguson, who is a common opponent with Pimblett after he beat the former interim lightweight champion by decision six months later

Green vs. Pimblett is a featured bout on the pay-per-view with welterweight champion Leon Edwards defending his belt against Belal Muhammad in the main event.

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Sorry, Charlie.

Charles Oliveira and his team are hoping to sneak back into the lightweight title picture against reigning 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev at UFC 308 in October, thanks to a disciplinary suspension handed down to No. 1 ranked contender, Arman Tsarukyan, late last month in Las Vegas.

Tsarukyan defeated the former champ by split decision at UFC 300.

“Charles and I want the belt, and now with Arman suspended there’s no other names than Charles Oliveira,” Coach Diego Lima recently told Ag Fight. “Charles is second in the rankings, and if you look at the rankings, there’s no one to fight with Makhachev. So the truth is with Arman out of the game I believe there is no one at 155 to fight Makhachev other than Charles. So it’s certainly what we want, it’s what Charles wants.”

Oliveira was submitted by Makhachev at UFC 280.

“I’m the one fighting for the title next,” Tsarukyan (22-3) wrote on Twitter. “The rest of you can take a seat #AndNew.”

Hopefully a chair remains open for No. 6 ranked Michael Chandler, who also claimed to be in the running for a lightweight title shot.

Tsarukyan, 27, drew a nine-month suspension for slugging a feisty fan during his UFC 300 walkout back in April, a timeline that would leave him ineligible for Makhachev in October. That said, “Ahalkalakets” can reduce his penalty by three months if he completes a video on anti-bullying (more on that here).

Goodbye Arman … hello Alex?

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The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time.

1 p.m. ET: We kick things off by recapping a wild weekend in combat sports.

1:35 p.m.: “The Romford Bull” Johnny Fisher stops by fresh off a 36-second knockout of Alen Babić in his first boxing main event.

2 p.m.: Tracy Cortez previews her UFC Denver main event against Rose Namajunas.

2:30 p.m.: Darren Till returns following a crazy but victorious scene at Social Knockout 3.

3 p.m.: Michael Page joins us after his UFC 303 outing against Ian Machado Garry.

3:30 p.m.: The Parlay Boys recap bets from this past weekend, plus more.

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Ahead of his slated return next month in Abu Dhabi, Nick Diaz’s former head coach, Cesar Gracie has voiced his concern for his former student ahead of his slated clash with Vicente Luque – insisting he would have advised the veteran against fighting that opponent, as well as competent overseas this late into his career.

Diaz, a former welterweight title challenger under the banner of the UFC, is slated to make his first outing inside the Octagon since taking on the retired former champion, Robbie Lawler back in 2021, dropping a third round TKO loss in the pair’s middleweight rematch.

And set to snap a three-year hiatus from the sport next month in the United Arab Emirates, it came as a surprise to fans that Diaz was booked to take on welterweight mainstay, Luque in a return to the division – with pundits and commenters alike suggesting he should take on fellow veteran, Tony Ferguson on the same card – who is also set to compete in Abu Dhabi. 

Nick Diaz’s ex-coach shows concern for UFC Abu Dhabi booking

Posting some recent training footage ahead of his comeback to fighting, Nick Diaz’s former head coach in Stockton, the above-mentioned Gracie, voiced some concern for his long-time student, questioning why a pairing with Luque was booked.

“I’m not really involved in that fight,” Cesar Gracie told Submission Radio during a recent interview. “I’m gonna be perfectly honest with you, that wasn’t my idea. If I was advising Nick (Diaz), I wouldn’t have advised him to do that fight. It’s in Abu Dhabi, I wouldn’t advise to go fight overseas at this point. Especially [to fight] (Vicente) Luque – who is a very tough guy.”

“Nick is a tough guy, but it just doesn’t make that much sense to me where Nick is at in his career,” Gracie explained. “It’s not the fight I would have made, and don’t even know what’s going on with that fight, to be honest with you. It’s a toss-up what’s gonna happen. I don’t really see him training with fighters. And I don’t know what’s going on with that fight.”

Do you think Nick Diaz can beat Vicente Luque in the UAE next month?

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