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Paddy Pimblett is currently recovering from shoulder injuries he suffered prior to his UFC 296 win over Tony Ferguson.

But by this summer, Pimblett is ready to face the fighter that recently called him out: Renato Moicano.

“That is who I want next,” Pimblett said on his YouTube channel. “Renato Moicano — ‘Money’ Moicano — you owe me money, lad. I’m coming for you, little sausage.”

Moicano called out Pimblett for a showdown on his home soil at UFC 301, which takes place May 4 in Rio de Janeiro. Pimblett responded that such a timeframe isn’t possible.

“I saw something the other day on Twitter … I’m meant to be fighting Renato Moicano at UFC 301,” the U.K. star said. “No, no. My kid’s going to be about two weeks old. I’m not fighting that soon. I won’t be fighting until, like, June or July.”

Pimblett said his shoulders are still sore from the injury that he suffered. Paul Reed, the UFC lightweight’s strength and conditioning coach, said he suffered multiple labral tears, one of which was “quite extensive.” Thus most of Pimblett’s work has consisted of recovery exercise.

Pimblett is no stranger to injury layoffs. He suffered an ankle injury in a controversial decision win over Jared Gordon at UFC 282 and spent most of 2023 on the mend. He said his shoulder injury took place in camp while training for the bout with Ferguson.

“I went into that last fight injured, but I never said nothing, I just got on with it,” Pimblett said. “I’m back in the gym, training in the new year. My shoulders are still sore even after two, three weeks off, so I got them looked at, had an MRI on both. I’ve got a tear in both shoulders, so all I’ve done for the past month is lots of kicking.”

Pimblett is on a four-fight winning streak. A win over Moicano would allow him to crack the UFC’s top-15 rankings, where the Brazilian currently sits at No. 13. (Moicano is ranked the same in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings.)

Moicano most recently appeared in the octagon at UFC Vegas 85, where he outpointed fellow vet Drew Dober in a grinding fight. Afterward, he revealed his plan to get Pimblett to fight him.

“If I go over that and I say, ‘Hey, Paddy Pimblett, I’m going to beat you up,’ everybody does that,” Moicano said on The MMA Hour. “So I said, ‘OK, I’m going to make him get the bait.’ Because if I beat Drew Dober and I say Drew Dober will beat you, he’s going to get mad, because he’s going to say, ‘Hey, I can beat you. You beat Drew Dober.’ So at the end of the day, ‘Money’ Moicano is winning again. This is chess, not checkers.”

From Pimblett’s response to Moicano, it looks like the Brazilian’s plan is coming to fruition. Below is Pimblett’s full video blog.

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Marcin Tybura wants to keep climbing the charts.

The Polish standout can expect to see a slight boost in his ranking after scoring a first-round submission of Tai Tuivasa on Saturday in the UFC Vegas 88 main event. Though Tuivasa’s power punching had Tybura in trouble early, Tybura countered with his wrestling and dominated the fight on the mat before securing a rear-naked choke for the win.

Tybura’s efficient victory drew a variety of reactions from social media, including a mention from fellow heavyweight contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who appeared to suggest a future matchup.

At the evening’s post-fight press conference, Tybura was asked about the possibility of fighting “Bigi Boy.”

“I kind of feel like I’ve always been a fighter who never rejects a fight, but I’m not the one [asking] exactly for him. But if the UFC wants to do it, I will agree,” Tybura said. “I’d rather have someone higher ranking.”

Tybura and Rozenstruik have twice been in line to fight one another. They were first scheduled to fight at a February 2022 Fight Night event, then rescheduled for UFC 287 the following April. Unfortunately for Tybura, an illness forced him to withdraw from the contest and the bout is yet to be booked a third time.

Comparing Rozenstruik and Tuivasa’s styles, Tybura said that a fight with Rozenstruik could play out in similar fashion to his UFC Vegas 88 win, but he still understands why the matchup could happen.

“The thing is I a little bit owe it to Jairzinho, because our fight was scheduled a year ago or so and I have to reschedule it, and then I pulled out from the fight because I had some health issue, so that may be the fight,” Tybura said. “I will have to do it to make it right for him.”

Tybura bounced back from a disappointing loss to Tom Aspinall this past July and has now won three of his past four fights. The heavyweight veteran also won as a UFC headliner for the first time.

It was touch-and-go for Tybura early on and he admitted that he may have been too adventurous on the feet at times, something he may want to avoid in a future fight with Rozenstruik.

“I actually applied everything we were working on with my team,” Tybura said. “We were planning to feel his power a little bit in his standup and whenever it would be too risky, just go for wrestling and grappling and it was a little bit too risky because of that cut and everything.

“Once the cut happened, I just knew I had to rush it forward because I didn’t know how bad it is and it might stop me from fighting, so I rushed forward to take him down and worked really hard on the submission because I just wanted to finish him with the punches, but his head is very hard. He didn’t care about any of my punches from the back, so coach started yelling to switch to a submission and I did.”

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Mike Tyson continues to document his training camp for his upcoming return to boxing and just released another eye-popping video clip that should have Jake Paul fans trembling in fear.

The two fighters will meet this July as part of a special event on Netflix, which is largely due to the popularity of “Problem Child.” While Paul could have picked somebody else to fight he chose a 57-year-old retired Tyson. That may seem like a crime against the elderly, but Tyson looks downright incredible at this point and ready to destroy the world in four months. He’s like a fine wine being saved for the big day.

On Saturday, Tyson posted another training session showing his progress on the pads and his bulky stature. Paul remains adamant that he still wants to tango with “Iron Mike” despite his terrifying video posts over the past week, but maybe “Problem Child” should start taking a longer look in the mirror.

Check it out in the above video player.

“Day 4, you know, it was okay,” said Tyson via Twitter. “But you don’t know what you got in store, baby. You got to face the ‘God of War.’ And get ready, baby. Fire in the house.”

Fight fans know what to expect from Paul after seeing his professional boxing career play out over the past few years. He has some decent technique accompanied by legit power and a pretty solid chin. But what will happen when a reinvigorated Tyson steps into the ring coming off four months of training and tries to take Paul’s head off?

Well, it’s very likely that the YouTube star will “panic” after Tyson’s first punch lands.

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Ian Machado Garry has a new stipulation for Colby Covington.

After landing on the receiving end of a crass callout this past week by Covington, Garry responded with a callout of his own, challenging Covington to an all-or-nothing retirement match in an Instagram response on Sunday. Garry attacked Covington for his failures in three consecutive UFC title shots and criticized the American’s résumé, which lacks a victory over a single fighter currently ranked in the UFC’s welterweight top 15. Garry then challenged Covington to a WWE-style “I quit” match, where the loser will be forced to retire.

Garry’s response can be seen below.

“Listen here, Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington, you are in no position to tell me what I should be doing in life,” Garry said. “You’ll do as you’re told. You gave me three stipulations, all of which had nothing to do about fighting and were all talking about my wife. I don’t know how you were raised, but women aren’t property and my wife definitely ain’t no trophy. You should be focusing on me. I am the one who’s in that octagon with you. I’m the one who’s going to punch a hole in your head. So stop swerving me and keep Layla’s name out your mouth. You’re not America’s favorite fighter. What you are is a peak underperformer.

“You’re the only person in UFC history to lose three world title fights, and you haven’t got a single win against anybody in the top 15 right now. So Colby, why should I fight you? I can think of one reason. I challenge you to an ‘I quit’ match, where one of us has to say, ‘I quit,’ and whoever says the words ‘I quit’ has to retire — gloves off, center of the octagon, sayonara, my friend. I’m going to be the final chapter in your legacy of failure. I’m going to rid the UFC of Colby Covington for good, and I’m going to make MMA great again.”

Garry (14-0) is currently MMA Fighting’s No. 8 ranked welterweight in the world. The undefeated Irishman has won all seven of his UFC appearances, a run capped off by recent victories over Daniel Rodriguez, Neil Magny, and Geoff Neal.

Covington (17-4) is unranked on MMA Fighting’s welterweight rankings but remains one of the more renown names in the UFC’s division. The 36-year-old American has won just two of five contests since December 2019, sandwiching wins over the now-retired Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal between title losses to Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards.

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