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Today’s scuffle at RAF Abu Dhabi appears to be a continuation of tensions that first emerged between Merab Dvalishvili and one of the Dagestani wrestlers at RAF Georgia in July. This is something Islam Makhachev also suggested in his post about the situation. Thoughts?

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Josh Hokit roasts Daniel Cormier during pre-fight interview: "His second language is echolocation with his dolphin forehead.

“Not good now. I'm sitting next to you... You were over there talking all this shit online... He's just mad that he knocks himself out every time he fucking takes off a turtleneck, you know what I'm saying? Big ass head... He's just mad that his second language is echolocation with his dolphin forehead... You want to get on my bad side, I'm roasting you.

Daniel Cormier: "Josh, you crazy, I will kick your ass.

Via: @dc_mma

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Josh Hokit on Tom Aspinall's status and wanting Alex Pereira next: "I want to put Pereira's name to the test.

“I can't predict those things... I don't know if Aspinall's healthy or what he's going to be... especially [if] he wants to sign with Eddie Hearn, Dana White's nemesis... He wants the boxing, so I don't know when he's going to come back... Pereira made sense, he has the biggest name in the game... I'm focused on Ciryl Gane right now, but I want to put Pereira's name to the test.

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Marlon Moraes who is set to wrestle Merab Dvalishvili at RAF Abu Dhabi says he hopes that their match will still happen this Saturday.

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Paddy Pimblett on Ilia Topuria's rise: "He wouldn't have built up that fast if he didn't use my name for clout"

“When all that tweeting shit was getting done, I'm just tweeting back to people... I didn't even know who the fuck [he] was. Really? Yeah, how the fuck am I meant to know who he is? He's just some little dickhead... And then I think the next time we seen each other was at the press conference... But then I was out for a year because I got injured in the Gordon fight... Give him his due, he built up fast. But as I said, I don't think he would have been built up that fast if he didn't use my name for clout.”

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Josh Hokit rips Alexander Volkov's title ambitions: "Three bonuses out of 20 fights? Get out of here.”

“You talking about Volkov? Do you hear what Volkov said about you?... He's over here asking Dana a question, Dana doesn't even recognize him... He has 20 fights. How many bonuses? Three bonuses out of 20 fights? And you want to [ask] what do I got to do for a title shot? It's like get out of here, dude... We're rewarded in this life by our courage, not our intelligence. We're rewarded by how much we risk.”

Via: @Ninadrama

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Islam Makhachev has taken to Instagram to address today’s incident in Abu Dhabi, claiming that today’s events were a continuation of the conflict Merab started back in July during the RAF event in Georgia.

“To those currently condemning Usman and the other guys and hurling insults at them, why were you silent when Merab hit a Dagestani wrestler for no reason and disrespected him? The man had simply approached him to talk, with no ill intent,” he wrote in Russian.

“What happened today was a continuation of something Merab himself started back in his home country, when he struck a guest and insulted someone’s mother.”

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Yaroslav Amosov was pleasantly surprised when the UFC came calling with Ian Machado Garry:

"It was a surprise for me. I saw a lot of fighters had fights, and I thought maybe the UFC would give me somebody from the top 10, maybe number eight or seven.

I was very happy because I thought, ‘Oh, this is a very big chance for me.’ Of course, I'm ready. I said I'm ready. Doesn't matter when, doesn't matter who. Just let's go."

Via: @arielhelwani

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🚨 Full footage of the scuffle between Usman Nurmagomedov and Merab Dvalishvili

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🚨ILIA TOPURIA COMMENTS:

Ilia Topuria posts footage showing Usman Nurmagomedov and his team attacking Merab Dvalishvili.

“You’re a bunch of cowards, and you’ll be held accountable for what you’ve done. You’re anything but real men.”

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🇷🇺 Zabit Magomedsharipov arrives at the wrestlers’ hotel in Abu Dhabi, where he will make his RAF debut this weekend 🇦🇪 #RAFAbudhabi

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🚨UPDATE: Merab Dvalishvili claims his 21-year-old wrestler friend fought both Usman and Umar Nurmagomedov during the altercation, and now wants to switch to MMA.

“My young friend, he’s only a 21-year-old wrestler from Georgia, and he was with me. He fought both brothers, Usman and Umar. He said, ‘I’m moving to MMA if two guys can only do this to me.’ And then he also fought the other guys. Oh my God. Security was holding me, and they were kicking and punching us. What the heck? Life is good, guys. Everything is good. Everything is good.”

Via @MerabDvalishvil

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🚨JUST IN: Merab Dvalishvili says Usman Nurmagomedov and his friend attacked him

"Was doing an interview for RAF in hotel lobby and Usman and his buddies came up from behind and started punching me and my young friend. Security was holding me - They kept kicking us when we were down like losers."

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🇷🇺 Umar Nurmagomedov arrives at the wrestlers’ hotel ahead of RAF Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪

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🇺🇸 Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs arrives at the wrestlers’ hotel ahead of #RAFAbuDhabi 🇦🇪

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🇺🇸 Kyle Snyder and Kyle Dake arrive for #RAFAbuDhabi 🇦🇪

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Ciryl Gane says the Jon Jones loss changed his mindset, but the criticism afterward made him want to prove himself again.

“I think it was after the Jon Jones loss, because it was a real loss. After Jon Jones, something changed in my mindset, because also the pressure of social media from everywhere. Like, ‘Ciryl Gane, we overestimated him,’ blah, blah, blah.”

Asked whether it broke his heart: “No. I mean, I was disappointed. But because I’m a competitor and because I want to prove to myself, I’m gonna stay. I’m gonna prove to myself.”

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🚨Daniel Cormier pushes back on the idea that Islam Makhachev is scared of Carlos Prates: “He’d fight him anywhere.”

“Now I know people are gonna say, ‘Well, DC, of course you’re gonna defend Islam.’ It’s not about defending him. I’m giving you an inside perspective of a champion’s mindset and what you feel whenever you have these opportunities. Islam’s not afraid. He’s not afraid.

He’d probably fight Carlos Prates in the Octagon, outside the Octagon. He’d fight him anywhere. This is gonna be a great fight. Prates needs to handle the Morales issue, though. I would encourage him, forget about Islam right now, because you don’t get to him unless you get through Morales. Forget about him.”

Via: @dc_mma

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Josh Hokit on pushing boundaries: "When I'm on my deathbed, I'm gonna regret that I didn't go harder.

“I'm going off gut instinct with this whole thing. Something was telling me from the beginning that something needed to be done. Whether it's outrageous or not, I'm not gonna play it safe. When I'm on my deathbed, I'm gonna look back and regret that I didn't go harder. That's all I'm doing right now. I'm just going hard, throwing shit at the wall, and it is what it is. Don't be afraid to put yourself out there, but then slowly learn from everything you do.

Via @arielhelwani

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Sean Strickland breakdown & prediction: "Hokit takes Gane down and gets the stoppage in round 2 or 3.

Via: @SStricklandMMA