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Alexander Volkanovski and Merab Dvalishvili have day jobs as elite UFC fighters but in their spare time, they both like to churn out some rather hilarious skits on social media.

It’s actually become a calling card of sorts for Dvalishvili after he adopted the nickname “Professor Machine” to mock Henry Cejudo’s inability to say his last name ahead of their fight back in February.

This time around, the Georgian bantamweight decided to play hero after he approached a building and saw smoke pouring out of one of the windows. Dvalishvili springs into action, straps on some firefighter gear but soon discovers the “fire” is coming from UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley.

Dvalishvili has been going out of his way to take small shots at O’Malley’s passion for marijuana as he continues to wait for a date for their fight, which is expected to take place sometime later this year.

Meanwhile, Volkanovski decided to live through the good old days while laying some concrete alongside his mates at a construction job.

The former UFC featherweight champion joked about that one guy who can’t stop talking s*** on the job and that’s when he lays out some of his most legendary moments, much to the chagrin of people just trying to get some work done around him.

Do you remember that time Volkanovski escaped a nasty submission attempt from Brian Ortega?

Did you know Volkanovski beat new “BMF” champion Max Holloway three times?

Well if you don’t have a recollection about those iconic moments, Volkanovski has no problem telling those stories over and over again.

Check out the videos featuring Dvalisvhili and Volkanovski at their comedic best.

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Max Holloway may have delivered one of the most iconic knockouts the world has ever seen and a video has now surfaced of his instant reaction whilst backstage.

‘Blessed’ had everything stacked against him heading into his UFC 300 bout against Justin Gaethje on April 13. Despite competing in a higher weight class against one of the most vicious fighters to ever grace the octagon, Holloway showed exactly why he’s one of the greatest fighters of his generation.

To celebrate his big win, Max Holloway shared a behind the scenes look at the aftermath of UFC 300. The footage saw Holloway share moments with former UFC champion Kamaru Usman, Gaethje’s coach Trevor Wittman, and comedian Theo Vonn after his triumphant night in the cage.

While undergoing medicals, Holloway discussed the fight on a phone call immediately following the victory.

“That last 10 seconds was for you. All week, you told me, ‘Just throw,'” Holloway said. “All week.”

“I was hurting him. I was hurting him but if anything, a hurt lion’s more dangerous. Everytime I hurt him, he had the craziest look in his eyes. I was like, ‘F*** this.’ I ain’t trying nothing dumb.”

Related: Joe Rogan reacts to Max Holloway’s ‘greatest knockout of all time’

Having completely outclassed Justin Gaethje for the entirety of the fight, Max Holloway just needed to coast to the finish line. Instead, with 10 seconds remaining on the clock, the Hawaiin pointed to the center of the octagon and lured his opponent into one of the most memorable knockouts the sport has witnessed, landing the finishing blow with just one second left on the clock.

All signs now point towards Holloway competing for the unbeaten Ilia Topuria’s featherweight title next. Although his plan is to return to 145, the 32-year-old now finds himself ranked within the top 10 at lightweight–which is regarded as one of the most stacked divisions in the UFC.

Check out Max Holloway’s behind the scenes footage below.

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UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira fractured a toe two weeks before his UFC 300 main event clash with Jamahal Hill and still won via first-round knockout, breaking another toe during the match. “Poatan” still doubled down on the idea of turning around and fighting 21 days later as a heavyweight at UFC 301, but his manager Jorge Guimarães wants to slow down those talks.

Guimarães said on MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca podcast that Pereira was concerned about the injury going into UFC 300, but urged him not to inform the promotion, because “I want to fight no matter how” at UFC 300. With his first successful title defense now in the books, Pereira needs to relax and heal before booking his next assignment.

“That won’t happen, no way, especially now that he has another broken toe,” Guimarães said of Pereira fighting on May 4 in Rio de Janeiro. “He has to go to the shipyard and let the dust settle and celebrate the victory. Maybe [go to Brazil] to watch the event, but no fights for him.”

UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall was cageside at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday and later posted a picture on his social media watching Pereira prepare to enter the octagon, and Guimarães joked that Pereira’s performance “made Aspinall’s hair stand on end.” That said, discussing a champion vs. champion clash in Manchester, likely in July, would be “premature.”

“I don’t think [fighting Pereira] is a good idea for Aspinall at this moment,” Guimarães said. “We have to see what’s going to happen. I think it’s still too premature. Aspinall is the interim champion, why would he risk fighting ‘Poatan’? I don’t think it makes much sense [for Aspinall], I don’t think it’s a good idea [for Aspinall]. For us, it is [a good idea].”

Guimarães said the plan right now is for Pereira to defend his light heavyweight title next, but is open to the idea of moving up to heavyweight if the UFC makes the right offer.

“He has the desire, and I’ll tell you this, he’s going to do an incredible job at heavyweight,” Guimarães said. “He’s a super tough fight for anyone in the heavyweight division as well. He’s hungry to fight. He says his time is running out, and he wants to achieve the most he can. He’s extremely confident, and I think he would shine at heavyweight. Let’s see what the UFC has on the table for us, but he won’t be fighting in Rio de Janeiro.”

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Charles Oliveira came close to choking out Arman Tsarukyan on multiple occasions during their UFC 300 bout this past Saturday in Las Vegas, but the Armenian lightweight dug deep to emerge victorious via split decision at the T-Mobile Arena.

The former UFC champion said in an interview with Canal Encarada on Tuesday that he thought Tsarukyan went out in the third round, when he had a D’Arce choke locked in the final moments of the three-round contest.

“30 seconds [left], it was tight, one of the submissions I like the most, D’Arce choke,” Oliveira said. “I thought he went out, that’s why I had my tongue out, joking, you know? But I don’t know, it’s part of the game.”

Six of Oliveira’s 21 career submissions came by way way of guillotine choke, and he lamented not being able to finish Tsarukyan with that move in the opening stanza.

“Some things aren’t meant to be,” Oliveira said. “Guillotine, I don’t lose this position. Arman was a super tough guy. I connected some strikes, had bad and good moments. Three rounds, three submissions locked in, and time ran out. It wasn’t meant to be.”

The fight was tied 19-19 in all three scorecards going into the final round, and only one judge scored it in favor of the Chute Boxe talent.

“I had to finish him,” Oliveira said. “It went to the judges, and it’s their call, there’s nothing we can do. If you go back tot he first round, you’ll see I tried to finish him more and they scored it for me. The second one was closer and I ended up with a triangle choke locked in, and they gave it to him. The third, he was on top, holding me there, but wasn’t doing jiu-jitsu or anything, and I finished with a choke locked in, and they still have it to him. There’s not much we can do.”

Oliveira said he’s eager to go back to the gym to train and prepare for his next bout but is in no hurry, leaving it up to his managers Diego Lima and Jorge Patino to sit down with the promotion and decide his next move. “Do Bronx” was asked of potential rematches with Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje, who met for the BMF title later that night at the T-Mobile Arena, and wonders if they’re doable right now.

“We don’t need to get desperate [to return],” Oliveira said. “I want to come back [to training] as soon as possible. Of course, a fight with Max Holloway would be wonderful, but he will definitely go back to his weight class to fight for the 145 title. Justin Gaethje hurt his nose, so we have to think [what’s the next move for me].”

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Joe Rogan has boldly claimed that Max Holloway’s knockout of Justin Gaethje is the greatest the UFC has ever seen.

Rogan has been present for almost every significant moment inside the octagon since making his commentary debut back in 1997. He has seen it all during his long tenure, but he believes that no knockout exceeds the one he witnessed at UFC 300.

Shortly after seeing Justin Gaethje hit the canvas followed by the fans erupting in support of Max Holloway, Joe Rogan shared his views on the finish.

“That’s the greatest knockout of all time,” Rogan said during the UFC 300 broadcast. “With so many people counting him out, with so many people thinking he was outgunned, with so many people thinking he wouldn’t have a chance against the firepower of Justin Gaethje.”

“The fact that he called for that with 10 seconds left in the fight and put the lights out on one of the most dangerous men to ever fight in the sport.”

“The fact that he did it this way, too, that he pointed to the center of the octagon, pointed to the floor and said, ‘Let’s throw down right here’ and then sleeps Justin Gaethje with one punch. In a fight where a lot of people thought he was gonna get outgunned. Where a lot of people thought he was going to get hurt.”

Max Holloway silenced a lot of critics who continued to doubt his chances at the heavier weight division. ‘Blessed’ fought at lightweight just one time before UFC 300, losing a one-sided decision to Dustin Poirier five years ago.

Holloway now has a number of options at his disposal following his showcase against fan favorite Justin Gaethje. Joe Rogan immediately praise on the Hawaiin in the aftermath of the promotions iconic pay-per-view card.

Related: UFC fighters share live reaction to Justin Gaethje’s devastating knockout loss at UFC 300

“He looked so good. But it’s all about giving Max the time to prepare for lightweight. He looked thicker, he looked denser, he put muscle on, and he prepared for a terrifying fighter. And he knew what he was going in against, and that’s what a guy like Max Holloway needs with all these years in the game.”

“We’ve got to remember [that] Max Holloway is 32, but he was in here at 20 years old. And he needs something like that for us to see how great he truly is.”

“Listen, Max Holloway is one of the greatest, if not the greatest featherweight of all time. And what you saw is that he’s one of the greatest fighters of all time, period. And he’s still 32. I think a lot of people forgot that.”

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