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Latest 10 UFC fight announcements, today's in bold
•Rustam Khabilov vs. Diego Ferreira at UFC Fight Night 145 on 2/23 in Prague
•Jussier Formiga vs. Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night 148 on 3/23 in Nashville
•Jorge Masvidal vs. Darren Till headlines UFC on ESPN+ 5 in London on 3/16
•Leon Edwards vs. Gunnar Nelson co-headlines UFC on ESPN+ 5 in London on 3/16
•Curtis Blaydes vs. Justin Willis at UFC Fight Night 148 on 3/23 in Nashville
•Edson Barboza vs. Justin Gaethje is in the works for UFC on ESPN+ 6 on 3/23 or UFC on ESPN 2 on 3/30
•Anthony Pettis vs. Stephen Thompson to headline UFC Fight Night 148 on 3/23 in Nashville
•Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Curtis Millender at UFC on ESPN+ 4 on 3/9 in Wichita
•Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Mariano at UFC 234 on 2/9 in Melbourne
•Jair Rozenstruik in for Dmitriy Sosnovskiy vs. Junior Albini at UFC on ESPN+ 2 on 2/2 in Fortaleza
Congratulations T.J. Dillashaw, first on the scale
UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw was first on the scale at the UFC on ESPN+ 1 weigh-ins, and as he predicted, easily made weight at 124.6, weighing boxers. It was a weight he had not made since he was a teenager and is an extraordinary testimony to his own determination, as well the remarkable expertise of Sam Calavitta and his The Treigning Lab in Anaheim, California. Calavitta, who uses a data-driven approach to sports performance, utilizing proprietary algorithms, was the first to suggest the drop. With a win Saturday over the first Olympic gold medalist in wrestling + UFC champ, Dillashaw will reportedly challenge at 145, and if successful there, could well become the G.O.A.T.
Khabib on Conor rematch: Nyet for now
'The Eagle' was asked about McGregor's talk about a rematch, which would the most lucrative fight of the year. "But he doesn’t deserve this. Rematch for what? Before last fight he talked too, but when we were inside the cage he don’t do nothing. ... But we have to wait for court. We’re just waiting for Nevada Athletic Commission on January 29. I have a call. We will see.” h/t TMZ
Cejudo: Once Dillashaw was trying to unionize, now he's trying to shut down 125
“Everybody [is rooting for me]. My worst enemies. Even Joe Benavidez is cheering for me. It’s at that point. This was his main training partner. He’s shaking my hand like, ‘Hey, I’m rooting for you, man.’ Like damn, this is a guy that I had bad blood with. ... This dude is a guy that was trying to start the union, start the union with the UFC to getting paid a $#!@load of money to get rid of a division. Siccing him down to dethrone the reigning champ. T.J., I’m not doing this just for me, man ... You have friends like Joe Benavidez. You have guys like ‘Shorty’ Torres. These are all flyweights, bro. Where’s your respect, man? This is much bigger than me. This is for the guys, this for the all the flyweights that are not big enough to make 135 pounds. I’m fighting for those guys. I’m fighting for their family. I have flyweights that actually live with me. Every time I wake up in the morning, I start to think about them. Like damn, these guys have helped me become the best in the world and I want to kind of return the favor for them.” h/t MMA Fighting • Watch on pre-fight press con
Dana White comments on Colby Covington's complaints
“I haven’t heard one thing about Colby Covington. ... When opportunities pop up, take ’em. When opportunity knocks, answer the door. Period, end of story. You can ask anybody who’s been on this stage for a long time, when we call, if you take the fight, you take the fight. And if you don’t, other people will. That’s how this thing goes. It keeps rolling. When we call and we make an offer, you take it. He didn’t. He’ll get another shot. It’s just not going to be when he wanted and when he thought it was coming. Usman went in there and fought that fight [vs. Rafael dos Anjos]. I said that night, I wasn’t shy about it, ‘Usman looked good tonight. I’d actually like to see Usman versus Woodley,’ and we got it done.” h/t MMAjunkie
