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The Notorious has arrived. Conor McGregor pulls up to the press conference with his custom UFC belts. ☘️🏆

Justin Gaethje picks Ilia over Paddy 97 out of 100 times. 🔥

"Ilia is a lot more dangerous than Paddy Pimblett. Paddy is goofy. That's why he has success.

In my mind, 97 out of 100 times Ilia beats [Paddy] up."

Conor McGregor is officially part of Aurora Gaming. ☘️👀

"The Notorious" has been unveiled as the organization's newest ambassador, making a blockbuster crossover between MMA and esports.

Conor McGregor fires back after Dustin Poirier's arrest. 👀

“You know, the old karma is a mirror. It's not good to see. If I was to say something to him, I would say, "Take this with absolute seriousness." Because people—it was funny, it's "I like him more"—and so you start laughing about "Ah, maybe it wasn't so bad.

Maybe I'll keep going." And then the next one's worse, and then you slip deeper and deeper. For him to retire and then go on stërōids for no reason... I found that stüp€d. And then also, even his body didn't look any different, which has me—alarm bells went off in my thought. You don't want to slip further and further. He obviously has to take accountability.

I seen something, he came out and he blamed his father. You have to take accountability, my man, that's it. I'm not going to go deeper. I don't want to go into it. It's not my business. You know... and for the sake of his family, his children, and his new child born, I hope he comes right.”

[via@smashcastmedia]

Mario Bautista believes he's ready to make a statement against Cory Sandhagen. 💥

“Last time we fought I was still working full time, I was in debt, but now things are different.

I’m in the perfect place right now in my life to get a big win against Cory and get into title contention.”

[via@Home_of_Fight/DanTomMMA]

Alex Pereira has his sights locked on a November heavyweight return. 🔥

[via@Shak_Fu]

Shakur Stevenson is officially Zuffa Boxing—and he's bringing big confidence. 👀

“They seem a lot cooler than what you hear about... I’m the best fighter on their roster.”

🚨Israel Adesanya is closing a major chapter of his career, parting ways with Eugene Bareman and City Kickboxing after 16 years. 👀

“Not coming back to CKB. That was something a long time coming behind the scenes, and we have an understanding. Yeah, I won't lie—it sücks.

Grief comes in waves for me, like it does for most people. I've grieved before, so it comes in waves. I've had great days, but also days where I'm like, f. Like I said, it's a long time coming.

I just want to get it out of the way because I want you to hear it from the horse's mouth. No one else has spoken about it, and I guess those who know were waiting for the bãll to drop—so I dropped the ball.

It's bittersweet, but it's the right thing for me, especially where I'm at in my career. It's exactly what I needed. Insanity is doing the same $h£t and expecting a different result.

I think that's it. I just don't want to talk about it. It sü©ks, and I want to grieve in peace. If people want to bring it up, that's cool, but don't ask me about it.

CKB made me into the fighter that I am today. But also, I was one of the main pillars who put CKB on the map on the world stage, taking it to the next level where people from all over the world want to come train. What I need for myself now is focused, individual training. So, I've made the decision to leave CKB for my own reasons. Yeah, I'll leave it at that."

UFC Tale of the Tape: Steele vs. Young

Gauge Young holds a slight experience advantage in total professional fights (14 vs. 9), despite being six years younger than Kody Steele.

They are identical in height and weight, but Steele holds a minor 1-inch reach advantage.

Young brings a bit more proven power with 6 KO/TKOs, while Steele shows a slight edge in the grappling department with 2 submission victories.

🚨FIGHT UPDATE🚨

M.Gafurov out. Abdul Hussein will now fight Cody Gibson at on July 25th.

[first rep. IG]