Then why are you not fighting top contenders in the WW division?
Sean Brady got knocked out in the same fight card when you fought JDM and Brady still took less time than you to come back.
The Welterweight division is screwed with Islam as a champion. #UFC
😳 Islam Makhachev says he AGREED to fight Ilia Topuria at UFC White House and says he never had an injury, despite Dana White saying he did.
“I don’t have any injuries, I can show you the chats with my manager. He called me saying ‘The White House event, a fight against Topuria’. And I said ‘Let’s go’, right away. But then the next day Ali called me and said it’s cancelled. He told me that Topuria asked for some insane money, and that was it.
Ilia claims that I pulled out because of the hand injury. It had nothing to do with the hand. I said ‘yes’ right away, without asking for more money and stuff like that.”
(via @RedCorner_MMA)
Then why were you pushing for the Kamaru Usman fight? Did you forget he lost his last three fights out of four? And you turned down a fight against Morales in January and then turned down a fight against Ian Garry in May. #UFC
Islam Makhachev says facing the undefeated Michael Morales would do more for his legacy than fighting Ian Garry. 😲💯
"If we pick between Ian and Morales in terms of my legacy, I would go with Morales because he's still undefeated. If I beat Ian Garry, some will say, 'Shavkat beat him too a few months ago.'"
No injuries and still Islam is taking more than 260 days to defend the belt. Meanwhile they forced Merab to fight against Umar while he was injured. #UFC
🚨 Islam Makhachev says he agreed to fight Ilia Topuria at the White House and claims he was never injured, despite Dana White previously saying he had a hand injury 😬
"I don't have any injuries... I can show you the chats with my manager. He called me: 'The White House event, a fight against Topuria'. And I said: 'Let's go', right away.
But then the next day [Ali] called me and said it's cancelled. He told me that [Topuria] asked for some insane money, and that was it.
[Ilia] claims that I pulled out because of the hand injury. It had nothing to do with the hand. I said 'yes' right away, without asking for more money and stuff like that."
(via @RedCorner_MMA)
Alexander Volkanovski is in Washington DC and says he's ready to step in if anyone pulls out 👀
"Just so you know, I'm always ready."
(via @alexvolkanovski)
🚨🤼♂️ In 2019, Josh Hokit faced Bo Nickal on the wrestling matts and it was complete domination from the Penn State legend.
🇺🇸 Fast forward to 2026 and both are on
the UFC White House card this weekend.
Dana White was unaware of Ilia Topuria's point-down gesture to Max Holloway at the beginning of their fight. 😳
"I didn't even remember that until you showed it to me. That's absolutely brilliant."
(Via @ufcontnt )
No way. Josh Hokit can't be champion in the Heavyweight division. Dude is small for the HW division.
There are so many heavy punchers in the division. They are going to hurt him. #UFC
Jorge Masvidal believes Josh Hokit will become UFC heavyweight champion
Jorge: He can wrestle, he’s all American, he played football at a high level. We’re dealing with a high level athlete that can fight
Eddie: The shots he takes and his vulnerability makes me scared for him
To be honest, one of the biggest things for me in this fight is the reach advantage of Gane. Alex has always fought shorter fighters with reach disadvantage.
His opponents always have to use combinations to land on Alex. Let's see what game plan Alex has for this one. #UFC
👀🏆 Ciryl Gane explains how the eye poke against Tom Aspinall happened:
"Unfortunately, I did a mistake during middle kick. He tried to go wild and my hand was there.
I tried to push him and the first thing that I had was his head. Unfortunately, I touched his eyes."
🎥 @ufc
Justin Gaethje doesn't have one punch knockout power. List the name of fighters Justin was able to knockout with one punch.
Josh Emmett has knockout power and when Ilia fought him for 5 rounds, he dominated Josh from start to finish. #UFC
Diego Lopes says Justin Gaethje will beat Ilia Topuria 👀 and breaks down his reasoning as to why believes so simplifying it that Ilia has not fought accurate one hit KO fighters until Gaethje.
🗣️“Volk is a great opponent he smart but doesn’t have powerful KO.”
🗣️“Charles Oliveira he has the power but he not connect like Topuria.”
🗣️“Max Holloway the same he has power but no KO in one punch.”
🗣️“Justin Gaethje is different he knock people out just like one big punch.”
Will the power from Justin Gaethje’s Mexican DNA lineage spring a shock on South Lawn at the White House ?