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UFC News/Rumors
Posted on 4/23/25 at 8:40 am
Posted on 4/23/25 at 8:40 am
Ilia Topuria will be fighting for the lightweight title at UFC 317. His opponent will be Makhachev or Oliviera
Rumors that Islam may vacate & move to welterweight.
Disappointing news for Jones vs Aspinall. There was buzz going around yesterday that it was booked, now Chael Sonnen is saying it’s Aspinall vs Cyril Gane for the interim belt
Would they do 3 “title” fights at 317 or is it possible we get Aspinall at 318? Sounds like it will be 317 LINK
Should get news soon on UFC 318, but it’s almost a lock for Poirier vs Holloway in New Orleans on July 19. Assuming Gamrot will be on that card as well
Rumors that Islam may vacate & move to welterweight.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Disappointing news for Jones vs Aspinall. There was buzz going around yesterday that it was booked, now Chael Sonnen is saying it’s Aspinall vs Cyril Gane for the interim belt
Would they do 3 “title” fights at 317 or is it possible we get Aspinall at 318? Sounds like it will be 317 LINK
Should get news soon on UFC 318, but it’s almost a lock for Poirier vs Holloway in New Orleans on July 19. Assuming Gamrot will be on that card as well
This post was edited on 4/23/25 at 9:01 am
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Posted on 4/23/25 at 8:50 am to JimTiger72
Thought we’d get Derrick Lewis in New Orleans but looks like he’s been announced for Fight Night the week before in Nashville on July 12
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Posted on 4/23/25 at 9:25 am to JimTiger72
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now Chael Sonnen is saying it’s Aspinall vs Cyril Gane for the interim belt
It's A complete joke, but I guess Aspinall wants a fight and a paycheck while Jones sits there and ducks him another 6 months.
Just imagine if Tom somehow loses....what a shite show.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 9:30 am to Jack Ruby
hw is in complete shambles. The fact that Gane would be considered for a interim title shot tells the complete story
Posted on 4/23/25 at 9:54 am to Jack Ruby
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It's A complete joke, but I guess Aspinall wants a fight and a paycheck while Jones sits there and ducks him another 6 months.
I’m sick of the “Jones can do what he wants, he earned it” crowd. If he wants to do what he wants in the sense of Poirier and pick his last couple of fights, sure, but if he wants to be the heavy weight champ, he’s got to get in the fricking octagon with aspinall. It’s going to be 2 years pretty soon.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:01 am to diat150
It’s karma for Dana fumbling the bag with Ngannou/Jones. HW would have been set for years if he would have got that done
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:09 am to JimTiger72
quote:It would be interesting if Islam made that move before the result of Belal-JDM. Would that signal that he's open to fighting Belal? Would be kind of awkward to move up and then not fight / wait for someone else to beat Belal.
Rumors that Islam may vacate & move to welterweight.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:21 am to Big Fat Guy
I figured he probably wouldn’t fight again till September/October. UFC probably told him fight Topuria in June or move up.
Dana has shifted from allowing double champs over the past year. He wants them to give up the title in order to move up
Dana has shifted from allowing double champs over the past year. He wants them to give up the title in order to move up
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Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:22 am to JimTiger72
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It’s karma for Dana fumbling the bag with Ngannou/Jones. HW would have been set for years if he would have got that done
kind of hard to do when Ngannou doesn't really want the fight and is a complete asshat in all negotiations.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:24 am to lsu777
Ngannou doesn’t want the fight anymore. He absolutely would have done it back in 2023.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:31 am to JimTiger72
quote:Would be hard to imagine that the UFC would force Islam's hand--fight Topuria or move to WW--while Jones is beboppin' and scottin' all over Aspinall. Like you'd think they'd make the same ultimatum to Jones--fight Aspinall or vacate.
I figured he probably wouldn’t fight again till September/October. UFC probably told him fight Topuria in June or move up.
Dana has shifted from allowing double champs over the past year. He wants them to give up the title in order to move up
Maybe Aspinall is taking the Gane fight to magnify just how ridiculous the situation at HW is. Defending the interim belt yet another time while there is an active champion who doesn't want to fight him. Or maybe it's in response to Jones saying he needs 6 months, so Aspinall is like fine, but I'm not going to get rusty waiting for you.
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Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:32 am to JimTiger72
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Ngannou doesn’t want the fight anymore. He absolutely would have done it back in 2023.
then why was he such a pain in the arse to deal with back then? Dana is pretty straight shooter and has went on record about this and how Ngannou is a terrible person overall.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:34 am to lsu777
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then why was he such a pain in the arse to deal with back then? Dana is pretty straight shooter and has went on record about this and how Ngannou is a terrible person overall.
Sounds like you only got 1 side of the story. I don’t think there’s many people who think Ngannou is a terrible person
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:50 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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It’s going to be 2 years pretty soon.
I agree with the rest of your post, but he fought in November.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:51 am to castorinho
Dustin was supposed to announce this week.. I think they are waiting for the 317 card to be announced first
Posted on 4/23/25 at 10:53 am to Keep Stirring
Islam obviously ducking Topuria if he moves up
Posted on 4/23/25 at 11:02 am to castorinho
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I agree with the rest of your post, but he fought in November.
If Aspinall fights in June, they aren’t fighting in 2024, so maybe not 2 years, but 18 months. And they should have fight when Jones fought Stipe so it will have been 2 years since they should have fought, which is my point.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 12:25 pm to uscpuke
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Islam obviously ducking Topuria if he moves up
why do people say this? its ridiculous.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 12:55 pm to diat150
I don't think he's ducking but his reasons are ridiculous since he fought Volk under the same situation.
Posted on 4/23/25 at 1:15 pm to diat150
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why do people say this? its ridiculous.
Why else would he not want to fight Topuria? Who would he prefer to fight at 155? Arman blew his chance, and he's already beaten him. He's already beaten Charles, too. Don't think Gaethje is getting the shot yet, I believe he even said after his last fight that he wanted one more fight before a title shot. Dustin and Max are fighting. That's pretty much everyone in the top 5.
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