what's up everyone and welcome back to the MMA Zone today let's get started with Arman suuki not impressed with Islam makev not only is Islam makev widely considered to be the best lightweight in the Galaxy many believe the UFC champion is the best fighter in the sport period but according to the man who will battle him next Armen cukan the dagistan star is overrated and before we continue make sure to leave a like on the video to help support the channel cukin has locked up a rematch with the Champion on January 18th at UFC 311
thanks to the impressive run that he's put together since he faced makev back in 2019 since cian lost by a decision to makev The Armenian Fighters gone 9 and one well ahead of his rematch with Islam Armen sat down with ESPN and while talking about the Renown fighter serukan said this he's not that good like people think people think he's unbeatable like crazy wrestling but like I took him down when I was 22 years old now while it's true that cukin did take makach Chev down in their first bout the latter supporters would likely point
out that the champion also defended 11 takedown attempts all that aside the 28-year-old suian also added this first of all I know how to wrestle very well second I'm young and hungry I've never had the belt so it drives me very well I have a lot of energy for the trainings and I believe I'm the guy who's going to beat him but the most important thing is that I'm very hungry I want that belt so much it's a dream when I got in the UFC I was thinking about that I've been thinking about it for
5 years it's going to be fascinating to see what kind of game plan each man employs and whether makev does try to take the fight down during the interview cukan also noted that game plans can quickly go out the window once someone gets cracked with a solid shot game plan when you got hard punched gets punched hard you forget about the game plan if I heard him is lakev very well he's going to forget about his game plan in my last fight Oliva tried to choke me and like after that moment my game plan was
gone I don't remember what was game plan even who do you see winning the rematch will we hear an still at UFC 311 or an new now let's get to Brandon Royal talks about Nate Diaz altercation leading up to UFC 310 Brandon Royal found a himself smack dab in the middle of a backstage altercation between Nate Diaz and Islam makach chev's team but according to the flyweight Contender he knows for a fact that Diaz should not be blamed for what went down following a press conference to promote UFC 311 which will see makev battle Ain
cukan clips of Diaz and the lightweight Champions team firing water bottles at each made the rounds since Diaz is no stranger to dust ups that involve water bottles getting tossed some folks immediately pointed their finger at the Stockton star but in a recent interview roal did with MMA fighting he claimed that aev's team kicked off the incident a water bottle almost hit me when I was with Nate Diaz and I'm like all right who am I up I don't care who it is Diaz is walking in front of me the water bottle zooms by my
head that's another thing people don't see Diaz didn't throw that first water bottle the first water bottle was thrown at him he was walking that water bottle Zoom pass almost took me out I look up and I'm like who was that and then Diaz turned around and I'm like oh they're going after him but originally I thought these were throwing water bottles at me I was like what the then Royal proceeded to report that teir OV was the guy who fired the first bottle I know exactly who threw the water bottle I seen it Roy
revealed it was the flyweight Russian kid he was one who threw the first water bottle I turned around and saw it I saw who thre it it whiz past head I hear commotion and that water bottle Whizz past my head and I'm like I'm like they're throwing it at Diaz it was just a bad throw if you follow Diaz over the years you know that he's been feuding with team khabib which includes makev for years in fact Diaz and his crew got into it with team khabib at a World Series of fighting event all the
way back in 2015 and Diaz claim that the brawl kicked off after he slapped khabib since according to Nate The Legend and his team were making fun of him okay up next UFC fighter reveals shocking news former UFC fighter Matos mandona is making headlines but unfortunately for the Brazilian he's making news for something men have nightmares about recently it was reported that mandona is recovering from surgery due to injuring his manhood while rolling according to reports the 25-year-old was training without wearing a cup if you train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu you might want to make a
mental note of this if the name and don't doesn't run a bell he made his way into the UFC in 2023 following a win on Dana White's Contender series but after losing three straight bouts he exited the UFC this past October mandona returned to the win column by recording a submission victory at a centurion FC card in Brazil it goes without saying but here's hoping that he has a quick and full recovery now let's take a look at Jon Jones breaks silence on jail experience even casual MMA fans are likely aware that Jon Jones has
had his fair share of legal troubles over the years but recently the UFC heavyweight champ reflected on a pretty pretty terrifying interaction he had after he was sent to jail for the first time recently Jones appeared on Alex G's YouTube show during their interview bones was asked how many times he'd been arrested and the renowned fighter proceeded to tell a pretty memorable story a lot a lot maybe five five times maybe what's the longest you've done the longest I did was 3 months I think 3 months when I was a when I was a young
kid I got in a fight with a guy at his house and uh they considered it burglary I think I was 17 yeah and I think I went to jail for I was like 18 or maybe young 19 in jail did you find anybody in jail no I didn't I didn't a man I had a cat I had a cat tell me he was like bro you not like me he was like you grew up you know on the wrestling team it was like you you probably if you got me down on the floor you
probably think was over and that you won he was like if I knock you out I'm going to drag your leg over to a wall I'm going to put your leg up against the wall and I'm going to stop your kneecaps out right and I I'll never forget when he Stomp The he stomped the floor bro I was like I was like 17 18 I was shook I was shook I was sitting there there with a straight face like I wasn't scared but deep down the side bro I was terrified bro terrified even if Jones
was already building the skills that would lead him to become one of the greatest fighters ever at that juncture any sensible young man would be shaken if that happened to them bones made his UFC debut in 2008 not long after three turn 21 and he proceeded to make history in 2011 by becoming the youngest fighter ever to win a UFC title Jones was only 23 when he put away the legendary shun Hua to secure the light heavyweight Crown up next MMA Community reacts to Yuri praska footage it's no secret that Yuri praska is known to
be shall we say a tad eccentric when it comes to his Persona and training techniques well that reputation is not going to change ahead of his January 18 scrap with Jamal Hill recently the Czech Samurai posted a video clip of him running on a treadmill and striking at the same [Music] time not surprisingly the clip prompted some very interesting feedback online most yri type training video you are the purest martial artist in existence Yuri love your approach to the fight game you're cooked Jamal Hill this is how Legends are made learn boxing that drop hands
technique is what got you in trouble with P Yuri this style will not defeat P against a world class Striker this posture is too open too vulnerable and I've seen you implement this since your debut nothing has changed Yuri you are washed you used to do the same treadmill training outside in the snow while fighting off wolves what happened to you why does he live in a college dorm room so what do you make of Yuri's training techniques and who do you see taking the hill prasa fight it's a big scrap for both men as
both are coming off stoppage losses to the reigning lightweight King Alex P isra aisna talks about fighting on a non- pay-per-view card when it was announced recently that isra adna's next fight will not be part of a pay-per-view card the news kind of didn't sit right after all the last St Bender has been competing in title fights and or pay-per-view bouts almost his entire UFC run but if you were wondering if because adisan is going to battle nazine ovol on a fight night card if that would bother the star well the answer is no recently
it was announced that adna and imov will throw down at the UFC's February 1 first card in Saudi Arabia it'll Mark the first time Izzy has competed in a non-title fight since February 2019 a really impressive accomplishment in the recent video that went up on adna's Youtube channel he was asked if he cares that he's not fighting on a pay-per-view card and the 35-year-old said this no I think people someone else said that to me I still get paid there's still a referee it's two of us in there there's a crowd it's not like in
Apex or something so it doesn't feel any different yeah it's different some are like oh my God it must be eating him alive to be on a fight night it's a Saudi Arabia Fight Night first of all I still get paid is it possible aisna is just saying this maybe but he certainly seems sincere in the video also it's not like he's been relegated to the prelims the former middleweight champion is still headlining further maybe on some level osna will welcome not having to carry the load of promoting a Pay-Per-View event but what do you
think do you believe Izzy is just focused on winning and not whether he's featured in a pay-per-view card bkfc reveals huge tournament barle fighting championship has made plenty of headlines in 2024 in part because of Conor McGregor becoming a part owner but recently the promotion announced plans for for a massive tournament in 2025 which will apparently include $25 million in compensation recently bkfc president David Feldman announced the tournament at a press conference in Florida here's some of what Feldman had to say we're going to have the biggest baddest fight tournament that ever took place and
it's going to start in April it's going to be the $25 million world's baddest tournament it's going to spread out between 9 or 12 months there's going to be tryouts qualifying rounds and those qualifying rounds are going to take place in five different continents we're close to locking in a huge streaming platform that's going to have the rights to this thing so everything is really falling in place I can't give you all the details but it will be the biggest baddest biggest prize money to find the baddest mother on the face of this Earth the
executive apparently didn't explain how the $25 million will be allocated but he also reported that Fighters need to try out to be included in the tournament so no competitors have been confirmed yet if you follow bkfc then you know UFC veteran Mike Perry has become one of the organization's biggest names thanks to his 5-0 run Perry was on hand at the latest bkfc card and during an ending interview he proceeded to call for a scrap with former UFC Welter Champion Robbie Lawler who was in attendance Perry's call out of Lawler caught the eye of McGregor
who responded to it with the social media post what a show Perry versus Lawler gimme of course a lot of fans would love to see Perry and Lawler throw hands in the bkfc ring but it's interesting to see McGregor's post given that the Perry was stopped by Jake Paul in their boxing match this past summer the former UFC champion claimed he was firing Platinum now it should be noted that Lawler announced he was retiring from fighting after he quickly bombed out Nico price in July 2023 Lawler is now 42 years old so it'll be interesting
to see if he comes out of retirement to battle Perry Ian Gary reacts to the leaked message that Kamar Usman revealed on his podcast I'm going to show you something real quick I want to read you something Henry um I'm going to read you a DM from Ian Gary right he was a F this kid is a fan of mine a big fan of mine Ian Gary 2021 right April 27 2021 Ian Gary it's a pleasure to watch you do it's a pleasure to what you do what you do in that cage nothing but respect
from Ian Gary Ian said that he had a lot of respect for Usman but after he turned down the fight against him he doesn't have the same respect now here's what Ian Gary had to say I had a lot of respect for him until he turned me down that's a fact he turned the fight with me down and that's it I had a lot of respect for him I had a lot of respect for him and his career and everything that he did as the champion and when I was a young kid watching the sport
and I was an amateur and I'm watching him fight Gilbert Burns for the world title and I'm like this guy's one of the best we've seen that was the opinion of the world had of him at that point when that same guy turns down a fight against you it changes the way you think about him so I had respect for kamaru might be still a little bit but not much after you turn me down not much and I don't care what his excuses are I don't care what his excuses are you put you turn down
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