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[pawel7777]

There have been some news circulating recently about DDP pulling out of the Khamzat fight due to an injury.
Fortunately these were false and DDP made an announcement:
“I found it all very entertaining, unfortunately none of it is true myself and [UFC] already discussed a fight date and opponent, the June fight was never signed I did not pull out of any fight, I am the champion I know when I fight you as a contender just show up when we tell you to. Fight announcement coming soon stay tuned.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2025/4/24/24415487/dricus-du-plessis-releases-statement-on-injury-rumors-fight-announcement

[electronicash]

There have been some news circulating recently about DDP pulling out of the Khamzat fight due to an injury.
Fortunately these were false and DDP made an announcement:
“I found it all very entertaining, unfortunately none of it is true myself and [UFC] already discussed a fight date and opponent, the June fight was never signed I did not pull out of any fight, I am the champion I know when I fight you as a contender just show up when we tell you to. Fight announcement coming soon stay tuned.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2025/4/24/24415487/dricus-du-plessis-releases-statement-on-injury-rumors-fight-announcement

their fight is months away so if ever the injury is real, it wouldn't matter by the time the schedule here, DDP will be able to fight. i would however see it a very risky fight for him knowing Khamzat can break jaw by squeezing alone.

Khamzat is a very scary dude to fight with. it could be the reason why UFC wasn't open to make him fight often or else he would have dominated  and be the champ in his early days in UFC.

[pawel7777]

Last chance to place bets on tonight's event.
Odds for the main card are as follows:

Aliskerov, Ikrom x1.2 Vs Muniz, Andre x4.2
Elder, Evan x1.47 Vs Young, Gauge x2.55
Schnell, Matt x1.6 Vs Flick, Jimmy x2.25
Brown, Randy x1.33 Vs Dalby, Nicolas x3.1
Pereiro, Michel x1.67 Vs Magomedov, Abusupiyan x2.1
Chikadze, Giga x2.4 Vs Onama, David x1.52
Smith, Anthony x3.85 Vs Zhang, Mingyang x1.23
Garry, Ian x1.65 Vs Prates, Carlos x2.15

Garry is taking a gamble by fighting Prates, who is ranked 13th. He doesn't have much to win and a lot to lose.
Prates may have 6 losses in his record, but he's undefeated since 2019. He's on an 11 win streak and has 10 straight KO/TKO finishes, which is pretty impressive.

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Last chance to place bets on tonight's event.
Odds for the main card are as follows:

Aliskerov, Ikrom x1.2 Vs Muniz, Andre x4.2
Elder, Evan x1.47 Vs Young, Gauge x2.55
Schnell, Matt x1.6 Vs Flick, Jimmy x2.25
Brown, Randy x1.33 Vs Dalby, Nicolas x3.1
Pereiro, Michel x1.67 Vs Magomedov, Abusupiyan x2.1
Chikadze, Giga x2.4 Vs Onama, David x1.52
Smith, Anthony x3.85 Vs Zhang, Mingyang x1.23
Garry, Ian x1.65 Vs Prates, Carlos x2.15

Garry is taking a gamble by fighting Prates, who is ranked 13th. He doesn't have much to win and a lot to lose.
Prates may have 6 losses in his record, but he's undefeated since 2019. He's on an 11 win streak and has 10 straight KO/TKO finishes, which is pretty impressive.

Gary is up to get a title shot so who ever wants to fight him he will gladly take it. he even fought Shavkat who seem to be avoided by many fighters.  but he survived the fight against Shavkat.

just today he proved to be a good fighter vs Prates, he really outsmart Prates in a standing fight with just jabs. before Prates could even take a position he already have thrown jabs. i think he could have KO Prates in the 3rd round he was just too cautious.

but in the last round he caught some big blows. almost lost if he Gray was knockout.

[pawel7777]

Anthony Smith lost to Zhang Mingyang and announced his retirement. He never made it to the top but he had a good career. Smith is not even that old, he's 36, so younger than many of the top light heavyweights, but I guess he knows best when it's time to call it a day.
I've learned that Mingyang is on 12 wins streak, all of them finished within the 1st round. Obviously he hasn't fought any big names yet (other than Smith), but he's a rising threat to the top guys, especially the ones at advanced age. Win over Smith will probably place him in the last place of the top 15, which should open the door for him to fight high-profile fighters.

Garry Vs Prates was a bit weird. Prates lost by decision, but it looked like he could bag a TKO win if he got all out in round 5. Referee was ready to stop the fight if he landed one/two more punches when he had Garry on the ground, but he hesitated (or had his gas tank empty), which cost him a win and broke his 11 win streak.

[pawel7777]

Why didn't anybody tell me that Max Holloway is fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 in July? I just noticed that in the events, but I don't recall hearing about that before.
They fought twice before, and Poirier came up victorious both times. In their first fight, Dustin served Max his only submission loss in his career; the second time around, Dustin won by decision.
Despite losing to Topuria, Max still holds the BMF belt, so there's something on the line there, so that's some motivation for Dustin and winning it would be a perfect ending to his career (I believe this is supposed to be his last fight). However, I wouldn't be very surprised if Dustin decides to keep fighting for a little bit longer if he were to defeat Max effortlessly.
It will be a good show.

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Why didn't anybody tell me that Max Holloway is fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 318 in July? I just noticed that in the events, but I don't recall hearing about that before.
They fought twice before, and Poirier came up victorious both times. In their first fight, Dustin served Max his only submission loss in his career; the second time around, Dustin won by decision.
Despite losing to Topuria, Max still holds the BMF belt, so there's something on the line there, so that's some motivation for Dustin and winning it would be a perfect ending to his career (I believe this is supposed to be his last fight). However, I wouldn't be very surprised if Dustin decides to keep fighting for a little bit longer if he were to defeat Max effortlessly.
It will be a good show.

another rematch, why not? i like this two because they can really make people sit on the edge to wait for whats going to happen in the middle when they clash. the last best fight we have seen from Max is with Gaethje.

Max pointing the floor with Dustin might just be one of the biggest fight as well. i'm sure dana would love to see a big KO happening between the two, whoever it is, the fight will be appreciated by fans.

[pawel7777]

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another rematch, why not? i like this two because they can really make people sit on the edge to wait for whats going to happen in the middle when they clash. the last best fight we have seen from Max is with Gaethje.

Max pointing the floor with Dustin might just be one of the biggest fight as well. i'm sure dana would love to see a big KO happening between the two, whoever it is, the fight will be appreciated by fans.

It will be the trilogy.
I too like this match-up, despite some guys on other forum complaining about it.
Given that Dustin decided to fight only once before retirement, that's probably the best possible option. And there will be something on the line there for Dustin, the BMF belt. Maybe he could win it and toss it in the bin, so we can see an end to that retarded idea.

[pawel7777]

Still no date for Jones Vs Aspinall heavyweight title fight, but I've just learnt that Aspinall has just broken the record for the longest-reigning interim champion in UFC history:
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/14142992/jon-jones-tom-aspinall-fight-dana-white-strip-ufc/

Apparently it's not the type of record fans would be happy about, and the pressure is mounting for the UFC to finally get the fight done.