Logan Storley and Shamil Musaev are set to meet at PFL 3 in the welterweight division in Chicago at Wintrust Arena. They will compete under the Professional Fighters League banner as part of the 2024 regular season.
Henry Cejudo, a former UFC champion in two weight classes, has named Islam Makhachev as the main threat at the moment to the organization's current lightweight champion.
"I don't think Tsarukyan won by split decision. In my opinion, Arman definitely took the second and third rounds. And his ability to get out of the choke hold in the first round says a lot about Tsarukyan in general. This guy is the biggest threat to champion Islam Makhachev. Because Arman can fight, because he's short, and Makhachev has problems with lowly opponents. Arman Tsarukyan should fight the winner of the Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Porier fight," Sehudo said on the YouTube show Pound4Pound.
Brendan Loughnane and Pedro Carvalho are set to face off at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago during the PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season.
The other day David Benavides, who knows no defeats, got into a scandalous situation - he appeared on video in a drunken state. Today his rival, Ukrainian Alexander Gvozdik reacted to this incident.
"I expect to see the best version of Benavides in the ring. Yes, I saw him drunk on TV. But the fight is still two months away, he probably hasn't even started training camp. If David has time to have fun and relax, why not? Sometimes people have a drink, it's not forbidden. It's his own business. I don't care. If he drinks and doesn't train, fine. It's easier for me," said Gvozdik in an interview with Boxing Scene.
Recall, the fight Gvozdik-Benavides will be held on June 22. At stake will be the title of interim world champion in the light heavyweight division of the WBC.
Alex Volkanovski, former UFC featherweight champion, reacted to the outcome of the fight between Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira, former UFC lightweight champion. Alex believes that the referee's decision in this fight is fair.
"Initially I was leaning towards Charles winning. Many were in agreement with me. But Arman showed resilience, got out of several Oliveira sub-misdos and took the victory by judges' decision. Respect to Tsarukyan. And it was a fair decision by the judges," Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel.
Recall that Arman Tsarukyan won against Charles Oliveira only by a split decision of the judges. Their fight took place on April 14 in Las Vegas as part of the anniversary UFC 300.
Retired American mixed martial arts veteran Jorge Masvidal believes UFC women's flyweight fighter Kayla Harrison can take on former two-division champion Amanda Nunez.
Harrison defeated Holly Holm with a choke hold on April 13 at UFC 300.
"They're both good at what they do. Amanda's hands are devastating, and she knows how to defend against tekdowns. But if Kayla moves you to the floor, you have a problem.
Look, Holly Holm is an experienced fighter. I think she threw two knockdowns to Ronda Rousey. She knows how to fight. But you saw for yourself what Kayla did to her - she turns into a freaking gorilla when she moves you to the mat. Her striking technique is getting better and better. I would bet on Harrison to win," MMA News quoted Masvidal as saying.
UFC featherweight champion Elijah Topuria said he will fight former titleholder Max Holloway when he sees fit.
On April 13 at the UFC 300 anniversary event in Las Vegas, USA, Holloway knocked out Justin Gaethje in the fifth round and won the symbolic BMF ("Most Badass Motherfucker") belt.
"Without the BMF belt on the line, I don't need it at all. If he's not going to put it on, I'm going to fight Volkanovski, who deserves it more than he does. Max has that belt, that makes me excited. That's why I want it.
He says, "Right now I have a lot of options." He doesn't really have any options. Right now I'm the champion, the right to choose the time and place is mine. He just needs to be ready and waiting for the call. When I have the desire to meet him, he should be ready," Low Kick MMA quoted the Georgian as saying.
American UFC lightweight Michael Chandler spoke out about his upcoming fight against the promotion's former champion in two weight categories Conor McGregor.
Earlier it became known that the meeting of these fighters will take place on June 29 at the UFC 303 show in Las Vegas, USA.
"This will be the coolest fight in the last five years! The coolest fight since the Conor vs. Khabib fight. I'm not saying McGregor's opponent is as cool as Nurmagomedov. After all, Khabib is the best Muslim athlete on the planet. But on June 29, you will see the return of the greatest combat sports star in history. I will probably inflict such a terrible defeat on Conor that you won't see McGregor in the octagon again," Chandler wrote in X.
The number one ranked UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan is confident that he can defeat the division's current champion Islam Makhachev.
"Islam is a great, versatile fighter. But I think I can beat him. Everyone thinks that Islam is invincible, that he can't be defeated. I don't understand why people don't believe you can beat Islam. I believe in the opposite. Yes, Makhachev is good, but at the top level anyone can beat anyone. These are fights! You can go to the fight sick, not feeling well after the weight cut and so on.
Makhachev looked bad in his first fight against Volkanovski. He wasn't good because of the time zone change. A lot of details affect the fight," Tsarukyan said in an interview with Daniel Cormier.
Recall that on April 13 at UFC 300 Tsarukyan won a split decision of judges against Charles Oliveira.
Henry Cejudo, former UFC champion in two weight categories, shared his opinion on the upcoming fight between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Porier. Sehudo believes that this fight is extremely important for Dustin because it will be his third title shot.
"Stylistically, Makhachev is an improved version of Khabib Nurmagomedov with a better striking game. Great top control like Khabib. Islam continues to learn from Khabib and that makes him extremely dangerous. Khabib has already fought Dustin Puryear. And in general, it's a matter of life and death for Dustin, because this is his third title shot," - said Sehudo on the air of the YouTube show Pound4Pound.
Recall, Makhachev's fight with Puryear will take place at UFC 302 in Newark (USA) on June 1.
