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According to UFC president Dana White, Diaz’s camp requested a change in weight class. Lawler eventually gave the request the green light. Their five-round clash at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas will be a 185-pound contest. During UFC 266 media day, former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler claimed he had no complaints about the late change in his upcoming fight. Lawler then spoke about how he plans on gaining more weight in the last few days ahead of his meeting with Diaz inside the octagon....

Among the amazing fights at UFC 268, the one fight that truly stood out was Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler. It’s a fight that many, including Bisping, are hailing as “one of the best fights ever.” In a reaction video posted to his official YouTube channel, Michael Bisping explained just how incredible it was to witness Justin Gaethje’s three-round war with Michael Chandler. Michael Bisping then showed former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez sitting nearby and noted that ‘The Underground King’ holds wins over both Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler....

A discussion that has been going on for months now, the debate as to who is MMA’s GOAT began, fittingly enough, when Gaethje lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 back in October. Justin Gaethje came up short to Khabib Nurmagomedov, losing by second round submission and failing to capture the UFC lightweight championship for himself. After the fight, Khabib Nurmagomedov stunned the MMA world by announcing his retirement....

He’s 18-2, with 16 of those wins coming via stoppage. Gaethje’s go-for-broke style has endeared him to fans all around the world and garnered him three main events in his four UFC fights. After starting his career undefeated, Gaethje’s lost back-to-back fights to Eddie Alvarez and Dustin Poirier, respectively. The 29-year-old has heard the talk since the loss to Poirier. Many have been saying he needs to alter his style of fighting and implement better use of his wrestling base because going toe-to-toe won’t be effective against the best the UFC has to offer....

What’s the story? Former UFC Middleweight Champion and the greatest pound for pound fighter in the history of MMA is set to star in an upcoming Chinese action flick “Made in Kowloon”, according to Variety. The multi-million dollar movie is backed by Pegasus Motion Pictures and will be directed by Fruit Chan. The movie also stars Stephy Tang, Kevin Cheng and Sumyau Liu. In case you didn’t know… Anderson ‘The Spider’ Silva holds the record of 10 successful title defences in the UFC....

Ben Askren and Demian Maia’s last Octagon outings Ben Askren last stepped into the UFC Octagon back at UFC 239 when he was knocked out within five seconds by Jorge Masvidal in devastating fashion. Masvidal’s win over Askren is also the fastest win in UFC history, as well. As for Demian Maia, the Brazilian grappler has had two fights in 2019, his first being against Lyman Good in February with the former winning via a standing rear-naked choke....

However, the main talking point of the match was not either man. It was the return of the Beast, Brock Lesar, to WWE, and the path of demolition he forged along the way. In case you didn’t know… Brock Lesnar had lost the Universal Championship at SummerSlam to Roman Reigns. Earlier, he had appeared in UFC, where he came up when Daniel Cormier challenged him to a fight. Lesnar entered the USADA testing pool for the prescribed period of six months....

In an interview with Dailystar, CM Punk states that he is working ‘feverishly’ on getting back into the Octagon. He stated that he is currently tossing names out there to UFC President Dana White as possible opponents. Watch the interview below: In case you didn’t know… At the UFC 203, CM Punk lasted 2 minutes and 45 seconds before he was submitted by Mickey Gall. During the fight, Gall took Punk out of his comfort level with a double-leg takedown and had Punk on the ground before it ended, thanks to Gall’s Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu background....

In what appears to be a lengthy rant on his official social media page, McGregor utterly destroyed the man in question—alluding that the latter is an out-of-shape individual, whilst also sarcastically offering fitness advice to the fan. This, in turn, has set the Mixed Martial Arts community abuzz regarding “The Notorious One” and his continual assertiveness as well as dominance in popular culture today. In case you didn’t know… As we’d previously noted, Conor McGregor is all set to fight reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 early next month....

Barboza has, however, caught the eye of fellow Brazilian Lightweight, Francisco Trinaldo. Trinaldo most recently fought at UFC Fight Night 164 in Sao Paulo and notched up a unanimous decision win against Bobby Green in the undercard of the show. Massaranduba opened up about his Sao Paulo win before expressing his desire to take on Barboza in his next fight. Trinaldo considers Barboza to be the best Muay Thai fighter in Brazil and feels that he could have a great fight with the UFC veteran....

Brian Ortega’s injury After an initial report from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, it was eventually confirmed that Brian Ortega has indeed pulled out from the upcoming UFC Fight Night Busan event due to an ACL tear that he suffered in training recently. Ortega, who last competed in the Octagon at UFC 231 against Max Holloway, took to Instagram and posted the following: The Featherweight fighter revealed that due to an ACL tear, he had to pull out from his scheduled fight against ‘The Korean Zombie’ but due to the tear being partial, Ortega is already in the rehabilitation stage....

Sandhagen expressed some sadness over having to put the stamp on Edgar’s career, stating that a move down to 135 was probably not the best idea and also revealing that Edgar’s post-fight interview at UFC 240 indicated that the legend needed to retire. Edgar, however, remains positive and when appearing on UFC Unfiltered, seemed excited about the prospect of facing the #3 ranked guy on his Bantamweight debut (H/T Credits MMA Junkie):...

“I just heard Luke Rockhold is coming back in February or March, and that’s when I’m planning to fight. I’m going to take a break. It’s too soon for me to fight now. I’m not going to fight anytime sooner, I am going to take my break, and hopefully March. Nothing confirmed,” said Mousasi about next possible bout on Monday’s edition of the MMA Hour. Luke Rockhold was forced out of his UFC 101 fight against Ronaldo Jacare Souza, due to a knee injury that left him no choice but to withdraw....

Coach Hansi Flick made four changes to the team which won at Dusseldorf over the weekend. Jerome Boateng returned to central defence in place of David Alaba, and in came Thiago, Leon Goretzka and Kingsley Coman respectively in place of Joshua Kimmich, Thomas Müller and Serge Gnabry. Goretzka opened the scoring for Bayern before Robert Lewandowski ran amok, hammering four goals in next to no time. Corentin Tolisso applied the coup de grace in the 89th minute as Bayern sealed the top-spot in the group with a ‘bagel tennis-set’ win in the Serbian capital....

The programme was presented over the past few months to integrate football into the Albanian education system and Platini has shown exclusive interest in pushing ahead with the initiative, reports Xinhua. After being informed about the Albanian government initiative, Platini decided to visit Tirana to affirm the UEFA support in this field. The idea has been developing for a long time and has already received the support of UEFA and FIFA, while a pilot project, jointly funded by UEFA and the Albanian Football Federation, is likely to be kicked off next year....

The Italians triumphed in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 draw that persisted through extra time. Italian goalkeeper Gigi Donnarumma, who was named the top player of the tournament, came up with two big saves in the shootout, including on the final England kick which clinched the title. Italy also advanced from the semifinal stage via a penalty shootout. It’s the second European title for the Azzurri, which last won it in 1968....

In the co-main event, Tyron Woodley defeated Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision in welterweight action. UFC 183 had some highs and lows. Here is the good, bad and dirty from Saturday night’s UFC 183. The Good No one knew what to expect from Silva heading into the UFC 183 headlining fight after the long layoff. Would he throw leg kicks? How would he be mentally? The former middleweight champion answered those questions pretty early as he threw those leg kicks and was mentally fine as he stayed focused and let Diaz try to rile him up with his antics....

Not only did Jones do that, he made an emphatic statement, winning by TKO at the 3:01 of the third round to once again become the UFC light heavyweight champion. Sporting News had the fight 20-18 for Cormier before the stoppage. “I made it back, man," Jones told Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview. Before the fight even began, Jones and Cormier touched gloves, to the shock of many. The fighters were both aggressive at the outset — it didn’t appear to be a good strategy for someone who fought as infrequently as Jones....

The fight was incredibly bloody as Arce was cut open in the second round. In the end, despite a good showing, he could not pick up the win. In case you didn’t know… Julio Arce was set for his third fight in the UFC, with his most recent fight pitting him against Sheymon Moraes. Not only was Julio Arce undefeated in his run in the UFC, but he had also only lost two fights in his 17-fight career....

The news was initially broken by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Holloway’s last featherweight title defence was a four-round TKO victory over Brian Ortega, but the Hawaiian lost to Dustin Poirier in an interim lightweight title fight at UFC 236 in April. Edgar most recently earned a three-round decision win over Cub Swanson in April 2018, and has battled injury ever since. MORE: McGregor’s charges dropped after cellphone drama | UFC 237: 10 things we learned The UFC has attempted to book this fight twice in the past, with injury scuppering both bouts....