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Jake Paul’s eyes are still firmly set on competing against two of MMA’s most popular fighters.

On June 1, former UFC stars Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz collide in a boxing bout that serves as a rematch of sorts of their UFC 244 “BMF” title fight that Masvidal won via doctor stoppage. Masvidal recently appeared on The MMA Hour to promote the Diaz fight and he took a moment to cut a promo on Paul, explaining why the YouTuber-turned-boxer is beneath him.

Paul has previously stated interest in fighting both Masvidal and Diaz under MMA rules, and he’s unsure why neither have taken him up on his offer.

“The one thing I will say, they’re digging their own grave,” Paul said on his BS podcast. “I’m being so serious when I say that I want to fight them in MMA. Either Masvidal or Diaz in the PFL. Ten million dollar offer for either one of those guys. Again, they will literally hide behind the fact — Masvidal, ‘You can’t even box. What the f*** are you going to do coming over to MMA, bro? I’m f****** from Miami, Florida, bro. F****** f*** you, dude, don’t disrespect me you f****** jamoke.’ F****** bird brain, that’s what he hides behind.

“Same with f****** Paddy [Pimblett] and Sean Strickland, all of these guys hide behind these crazy things, but still none of them have shown up to the table to talk any business about anything to make anything actually happen in a real fight, a real spar. Whatever it is. So the offer still stands there. I want either one of those guys in MMA.”

Paul and Diaz met in a boxing match this past August, with Paul earning a decision win over the MMA fan favorite. In the lead-up to their fight, Paul offered Diaz $ 10 million to meet him in an MMA bout with the PFL, an offer that Diaz scoffed at. Paul has also made overtures to spar former UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland, but Strickland claims the UFC did not allow him to accept Paul’s $ 1 million offer.

That’s one part of the story that Paul confirmed, and he thinks it’s because the UFC is scared of what he might do to their fighters.

“That’s why they don’t want Masvidal to box me,” Paul said. “That’s why Masvidal is allowed to box. The UFC gave Masvidal a list of 35 names that he was allowed to box. He’s technically still under UFC contract, so they’re letting him out of his contract to box Nate, but there’s 35 other names and I was not on it.”

Up next for “The Problem Child” is an unexpected boxing match with heavyweight legend Mike Tyson, which airs live on Netflix on July 20 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Once that business is settled, Paul is open to the possibility of making his MMA debut under the PFL banner.

“Obviously, I have Mike, but we’ll just do it after that,” Paul said. “I would do like a six-month camp [to work on MMA].”

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UFC Hall of Famer and two-time Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier has no time for disrespectful fans.

On Friday, Olympic gold medalist Jordan Burroughs was eliminated from the United States team trials in what could be the final match of his career, falling to Jason Nolf in the semifinals at 74kg. Afterward, as Burroughs left the arena, a fan started taunting him while shouting, “Career is over,” which led to the Nebraska alum turning around and yelling back, “What have you done?”

None of that sat well with Cormier, who took to social media to unleash on the unruly fan shouting at Burroughs after what was undoubtedly one of the toughest moments of his career.

“What a piece of trash this guy is,” Cormier wrote on Twitter. “To yell go home to a guy who’s represented our country the right way for 13 years, seven World or Olympic titles is insane. This is why Arman [Tsarukyan] punched that fan. People behave with no consequence.

“This dude possibly wrestled last match of his career and this is what you give him? I love how manning jumped to his guys defense. Sometimes I am so lost in the way people act. It’s mind boggling. J.B., you’re still the man. Time gets us all. Also Jason Nolf is a dog!”

Burroughs, 35, likely goes down as one of the greatest American wrestlers in history, with a long list of accolades on his résumé. Unfortunately, he’s now failed to make the past two Olympic teams, with a loss to Kyle Dake in 2020 and then falling to Nolf ahead of the 2024 games.

In his post addressing the incident, Cormier referenced a different altercation at UFC 300 where lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan got physical with a fan in the crowd during the walkout for his fight with Charles Oliveira.

Tsarukyan explained that a fan flipped him the middle finger and got a little too close for comfort as he was walking to the cage, so he responded.

“He showed me, ‘F*** you,’ and he wanted to punch me and I wanted to punch him back,” Tsarukyan said at the UFC 300 post-fight press conference. “That’s it. So guys, no one show me, ‘F*** you.’ It doesn’t matter who you are, I’m going to punch you in the face. You can show me ‘F***’ from like 200 meters, I’m not going to punch you.

“But when you’re close to me, it’s, like automatically. I’m from Russia. Don’t do that, please, or I’m going to go to prison in U.S.”

It sounds like Cormier agrees with Tsarukyan’s actions, especially after what he witnessed during the U.S. Olympic team trials in wrestling on Friday.

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John Kavanagh is happy with how things are looking with his star pupil as they head towards a June 28th comeback fight with Michael Chandler.

Following a momentous night of fights at UFC 300, Dana White dropped some equally important news: UFC superstar Conor McGregor would make his long awaited return at UFC 303 against Michael Chandler.

The fight announcement has been long awaited, and there were some doubts that McGregor would never sign on the dotted line and step back in the octagon. But with contracts locked in and a June 28th date in place, “The Notorious” is back to training hard at the Straight Blast Gym in Dublin, Ireland.

Head coach John Kavanagh recently spoke with Irish MMA outlet Severe MMA and gave his thoughts on how Conor is performing after such a long layoff.

“He’s looking super slick,” Kavanagh said. “There’s fighters that when they’re not fighting … it starts becoming a job. And it’s hard to keep the level of intensity. Even if it’s not physical, the level of mental intensity to always be thinking about training, always thinking about sequences, always thinking about techniques.

“That’s something Conor’s had naturally his whole career. So even though when there were times where he’s filming and he’s he’s doing this, he’s doing that, we’re still always having conversations back and forward. Whereas some fighters are like, ‘If I’m not fighting, I don’t even wanna look at shows. I’ll just get ready when there’s a fight coming up.’”

“He’s come back on the mats as sharp as ever,” he said. “Of course, we’ve gotta get the rounds in and get the conditioning up so as to be ready for competition, but his technique is as sharp as ever.”

Kavanagh dismissed concerns that McGregor has too much on his plate these days to focus properly on an MMA fight.

“Let’s say he has 20 different areas that he needs to focus on — martial arts will always be No. 1 because it’s because he really enjoys it,” Kavanagh said. “It’s it’s the most fun. Going through the paperwork on a really long complicated property deal, probably not the most exciting thing in the world. But for for martial arts, I feel I I have a trump card. I can always, like, send him a high send him a highlight, send him a technique and I’ll always pop to the top of the list. So I don’t feel I have to compete with those things.”

“Conor’s very good at compartmentalization,” he added. “Training is realistically maybe two 1 hour sessions a day. There’s plenty of other time in the day where he can be focused on other areas. So when you’re in here, you’re on for the hour, you’re on for the 90 minutes, and then when you’re gone, you’re on for whatever it is you’re doing out there.”

While Kavanagh isn’t taking Michael Chandler lightly, he sees the fight playing out like a past McGregor victory.

“I see similarities to the [Chad] Mendes fight,” he said. “I’d be surprised if it can go two rounds. I’d be surprised. He just hits too hard. He’s too sharp. Is there gonna be scrappiness and take down stuff? Maybe. But every round starts on the feet, and his ability to get back there is underestimated. So I I’d be surprised if we see two rounds.”

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Michael Jai White has the skills, but does he have the grit to survive the mean streets of Blood and Bone?

On this episode of This is CineMMA, the MMA Fighting movie review crew break out of the clink to follow the adventures of Bone (White), a man on a mission who batters and bruises his way through L.A.’s underground fight scene while crossing paths with real-life combat sports stars Kimbo Slice, Gina Carano, and Bob Sapp. Featuring plenty of bloody battle —and some very, very NSFW language — this one ain’t for the faint of heart.

Alexander K. Lee, Jed Meshew, and E. Casey Leydon channel their inner “Just Bleed Guy” as they marvel at White’s dazzling martial arts skills, pick out some of the nastiest looking moves in the movie, and try to make heads or tails of some truly befuddling dialogue choices.

How would Bone fare in the UFC? Is Eamonn Walker a better villain than Conor McGregor? And is it really possible to jump in the air and kick four people at once?

Dig into Blood and Bone with us for the answers to these questions and more.

New episodes of the This is CineMMA show come out weekly and are available to watch on YouTube, and in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever else you find your favorite podcasts. This week’s episode can be heard below.

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Officially booked to make his Octagon return this summer atop a UFC 303 card in June, former two-division champion, Conor McGregor has vowed to quit drinking in five days time – as he begins his training camp ahead of a clash with Michael Chandler during International Fight Week. 

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight titleholder under the banner of the promotion, is finally set to make his highly-anticipated return to the Octagon this summer in a grudge fight with rival, Chandler, with the pair headlining UFC 303 in a welterweight scrap.

Sidelined for the prior three years, McGregor has been out of action since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in the duo’s trilogy rubber match.

And without a victory since a 2020 knockout win over Donald Cerrone in his most recent welterweight outing, McGregor is tasked with preventing a three-fight skid as he takes on former lightweight title challenger, Chandler.

Conor McGregor vows to stop drinking ahead of UFC 303

Remaining supremely confident of stopping the Missouri native in his comeback to the Octagon, counter striking veteran, McGregor appeared to hint at an upcoming period of sobriety – vowing to quit drinking in five days time, ahead of his UFC 303 clash with Chandler.

“My brother @justinbieber, the Mac has your back for life!” Conor McGregor posted on his official Instagram account. “From Beverly Hills to the Bahamas! See you in Vegas bro, it’s game on, the Mac is back! Five more nights on the delicious and then that be that see ya’s tonight. I’M NOT F*CKING LEAVING @properwhiskey @forgedirishstout @jennifersalke”

Training at his home gym base in Straffen earlier this week, McGregor was subject to a random drug test from new promotional partners, Drug Free Sport International – before praising last night’s win from Ryan Garcia against massive betting favorite, Devin Haney, urging the Californian to “drink responsibly every night” amid scrutiny over of his mental state.

Do you think Conor McGregor can defeat Michael Chandler at UFC 303?

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