Midnight Mania! Topuria To Corner Merab At UFC 311?

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Merab Dvalishvili is nearing his first official defense of the UFC bantamweight title and the Georgian champion will need all the help he can get. That’s because Dvalishvili will be going up against undefeated sensation Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311 on Jan. 18 from Inglewood, California. Nurmagomedov is the cousin of former UFC lightweight champion and undefeated all-time great, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

$30 million Jon Jones payday being “bullsh-t?”

| Joe Rogan has publicly retracted his comments suggesting Jon Jones has asked the UFC for $30 million dollars to fight Tom Aspinall.

“It is not true, Dana contacted me and said that rumor is bulls***.”

Rogan now claims that Jones is more likely to retire than fight… pic.twitter.com/ao5YPFK6cZ

— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) January 9, 2025

Does this reveal by Raul Rosas Jr. go too hard?

Love him or hate him, UFC CEO, Dana White, usually pulls through with things like this.

Too bad muscles don’t win UFC championships.

Umar Nurmagomedov is already planning on fighting former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley later this year.

Umar Nurmagomedov says he will fight 3 times this year, and believes that Sean O’Malley will face the winner of the fight between him and Merab:

“Whoever wins this fight, I think O’Malley is next. [O’Malley] wants Merab to win, not because of a rematch, he thinks Merab gonna be… pic.twitter.com/8fXKUrJIDd

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) January 10, 2025

A matchup between Gilbert Burns and Michael Morales appears to be headed to UFC 314 this April in Miami, Florida.

Michael Chandler still can’t stand Conor McGregor.

Is Alexander Volkanovski the funniest fighter in UFC?

Who is Diego Lopes in camp for?

Aljamain Sterling is apparently in some heat for posting this one-hour video ranking the hottest UFC fighters while sitting alongside his fiancé.

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Jon Jones vs. Matt Hamill 2 anyone?

Oban Elliott taking his shot at an unlikely clash with Jorge Masvidal.

I’ll break the fourth wall here.
I know the Masvidal fight is unlikely. But could you imagine it in Miami.
Him getting cheered and The Welsh Gangster rolls in cutting promos trashing every single one of his disciples. The build up. Classic Baby face vs. Heel.
A TKO dream!
CINEMA!

— Oban Elliott Official (@obanelliottufc) January 8, 2025

Slips, rips, and KO clips

Here’s a couple of UFC throwbacks you may have forgotten about:

“El Panthera” Yair Rodriguez(11-1) vs Dan “The Hangman” Hooker(12-5)

UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson

October 3rd 2015 pic.twitter.com/FWl3Lpvf75

— Underrated Tribal Chief (@MMAUnderrated) January 9, 2025