After the Arman Tsarukyan fight, Justin Gaethje still hasn’t made a decision on whether he will fight again:
“Everyone’s like ‘fight Arman’. I have injuries I need to take care of. I haven’t made a decision.
I’m 37 years old. I’ve had 40 fights. I don’t know. I don’t need to [fight again].”
(via @Flagrant2Army)
Justin Gaethje says Ilia Topuria is too undersized for lightweight and should move back down to featherweight 😬
“I don’t think he’ll ever be champion at lightweight. He can’t beat Arman, he’s gonna have a difficult time with Paddy. There’s a bunch of dogs.
I think he’s undersized for lightweight. That’s what I felt.”
(via @Flagrant2Army)
🚨 Ciryl Gane reveals he was offered to fight Alex Pereira in January for the first UFC Paramount card, but Pereira turned it down
“They offered me Pereira on two weeks notice for the launch of Paramount with the UFC. For the launch in January. And I accepted, as always. I always accept quickly. But the other side didn’t accept, so it happened in June.”
(via @ZackNaniTV)
🚨 Carlos Prates says the Islam Makhachev fight is locked in 👀
"Yea [it's locked in]. I don't know when, but I will. I wish it's in Vegas in December, but I don't think so. Maybe January, something like that."
(via @N3onOnYT)
Joshua Van says a superfight with Petr Yan can wait, his main mission is to make people care about flyweight:
“Nobody gave a shit about flyweight, and now they’re starting to care about flyweight. I can’t leave them hanging, man.
I don’t give a f*** about [Demetrious Johnson’s] record. I’m just gonna fight until I don’t enjoy it.
My job is to make people care about flyweight, and I think not just me, but the flyweight division is doing pretty damn good at that. I’m very proud to be a flyweight.”
Justin Gaethje responds to Ilia Topuria's accusations that he loaded his gloves:
"People don't believe that. I've done that to everybody's face that I fought.
Am I willing to [rematch him]? I just beat the sh*t out of him, of course I would."
(via joy.of.everything/IG)
Mauricio Ruffy defends his teammate Alexander Volkanovski after Arman Tsarukyan said he can't wrestle:
🗣️ Arman: "We need someone to teach Volk how to wrestle first."
🗣️ Ruffy: "You gotta respect a champion like Alexander Volkanovski."
🗣️ Arman: "Nobody said I don't respect him, I just said he doesn't know how to wrestle."
🗣️ Ruffy: "After all the storied history he's built in the UFC, everything he's done even with Islam, you're gonna tell me he doesn't know wrestling? Ok bro." #UFC331