Dana White
The promoter admitted that he tried to set up a fight with Nate Diaz, but the American turned the fight down. At the moment we don’t have a fight for Chimaev, but we are working on it. We are trying to arrange a fight for him, we are trying to arrange a fight for Diaz. Whether it will work out to bring them together in the octagon – who knows? But I don’t see the point in dramatizing the situation, White said. We will be distributing the Challenge Reward by the end of the week. Congrats to those who…
“Edwards deservedly got a title fight. He is incredibly talented. The whole welterweight division is now overflowing with talented fighters. So I think it’s undeniable that Kamaru Usman is the greatest welterweight in history. Usman is in his second round beating guys who are incredible fighters. This is not some faded division where there is only a champion and no one else. This division is home to some real killers,” believes White. The fight between Usman and Edwards will headline UFC 278 in Salt Lake City on August 20. “I have no idea where that is”. Edwards – on taking…
“Dealing with Nate is always fun, exciting, and interesting. I don’t know what we’re going to do, so we’ll see. We’re trying to do the best we can. We try not to crap on anyone and show respect to everyone. But you can’t talk about Kamaru Usman here, which his team is asking for. Nate Diaz has won one fight in five years. We’re trying to decide his future. He should probably fight Jake Paul. That fight makes sense,” White said.
“Frankly, this is the first time since we started communicating that Dana hasn’t responded to me. I texted him, ‘Hey, nobody else should fight for the title. It should be Islam.” I texted him something like that, but I didn’t get a reply. I think Dana was busy. This is the first time this has happened, but it’s normal. Everybody makes mistakes. He’ll come back stronger,” ESPN MMA quoted Nurmagomedov as saying. Makhachev has 22 wins and one loss in mixed martial arts under his belt. Oliveira has 33 wins and eight losses in MMA on his record. Could a…