“I think Usman has got everything that Colby has, just a bit better. [I] think he’s got more power. I don’t know who’s got the bigger gas tank. I know Colby’s got an unbelievable gas tank. Usman just edges it. But when I look at what he did to Lawler, many said Lawler wasn’t the same. But I don’t feel like that. I feel like Colby was too much for Lawler. Because people hate Colby so much and take what he says so personal, they just want Usman to win. They’re not looking at Colby. Colby’s an actually terrific fighter. Forget all the f@$%ing bull$#!@ he says because he’s just an idiot. He’s actually a terrific fighter.” Covington and welterweight champ Kamaru Usman fight at UFC 245 on 12/14. h/t Body Lock MMA

Professional wrestling sensation Melissa “Thunder Rosa” Cervantes will make her MMA debut vs. Nadine “Too Much” Mandiau at strawweight • U.S. Airforce Staff Sergeant and MMA upstart Chris “Dirty Texas” Cortez will face Spain’s Oscar “Jacare” Suarez at a 130 catchweight •  Plus Ray “The Judge” Rodriguez vs. Andy “Golden Boy” Perez at a 140 catchweight, bantamweights Justin “The Therapist” Governale vs. Peter Caballero, and featherweights Roy “The Red Rooster” Sarabia vs. Carlos Melara. Additional bouts for the TS-1 Promotions hosted, Combate Americas live television event in San Antonio will be announced soon.

McGregor’s latest visit to Russia coincides with his recent announcement that his brand of Irish whiskey, Proper No. Twelve, is soon to be released to the Russian market. The press conference, which was revealed by Russia's largest news agency, Tass, comes in conjunction with Parimatch, a sports betting company of which McGregor is an ambassador. “McGregor will meet with reporters on October 24. This is the first such event involving McGregor in Russia,” the release stated, also going on to say that the Dubliner will provide an update as to his plans in Russia, his training regime and his current physical condition. “Perhaps he will make statements about his imminent return to the Octagon,” it continues. h/t The Mac Life

"Despite all the bitterness that can become an experience, we always look for the positive side of things and improve as human beings. I had a pending account against a great rival, I knew it would be a hard test in my career but I feel grateful and blessed by God for the opportunity to win this victory. ... I go with everything and everything but I do not go alone. I HAVE A GREAT TEAM! My respects for this warrior who, despite all that happened before this fight at the end, showed respect and that this is only part of the business. I only seek to face the best of the best in the division and I hope that the UFC after 9 fights for them, within which 8 are victories, 7 bonuses for fight and performances of the night, give me the opportunity to fight soon for a world title." h/t Instagram

“She’s a gangster, this girl. I love everything about this girl. You should see the crazy texts she sends me all the time, including tonight. As soon as the fight was over she started texting me. She wants to fight everybody and she wants to do this and: ‘I told you! I told you I was gonna do this!’ ... She’s fun and it’s going to be fun for all of us and the fans to watch her grow over the next couple of years. ... I don’t know if I’d call her Ronda Rousey, but if you look at a young Ronda Rousey, she was arm-barring everybody. This girl put on a striking clinic ... I think Maycee is Maycee. She’s somebody completely different. But I love her intensity, I love her attitude I love that she wants to be a world champion before everybody else was. ... she speaks really well, she’s very smart and, yeah, I can’t say enough good things about her. She’s fun.” h/t MMA Junkie • Watch post-fight press conference

When Edson Barboza lost to Paul Felder in Abu Dhabi by 27-30, 30-27, and 29-28, Barboza's manager, the highly-principled Alex Davis appealed. When Davis's Dhiego Lima won in Australia via split decision Luke Jumeau, Davis appealed to make the win unanimous. Davis appealed Alex Oliveira’s loss to Nicolas Dalby in Copenhagen. The odds of success are vanishingly slight, but Davis is undeterred: “I’ll appeal every time there’s a mistake, not because I think I’ll win, but because we have to fight it. A mistake happens, everyone forgets about it in three or four days, and life goes on. We can’t let that happen. The mistake in (Oliveira’s) fight cost him half of his purse. The mistake in Dhiego Lima’s fight almost cost that. I’ll complain every time something like this happens, and I think everyone should, too. If we don’t do this, no one else will. My fighters, their teams, and myself are the ones who lose with that. It’s a matter of principles.” h/t MMA Fighting