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Quillan Salkilld reveals he may have suffered knee injury in win over Mateusz Gamrot: ‘I heard a little pop’

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Quillan Salkilld reveals he may have suffered knee injury in win over Mateusz Gamrot: ‘I heard a little pop’

Quillan Salkilld was dominant in his victory over Mateusz Gamrot in the UFC Vegas 120 main event but that doesn't mean he's walking away unscathed.

Despite a lopsided performance in his biggest fight to date, the Australian lightweight revealed afterwards that an awkward wrestling exchange may have actually hurt his knee. While he's hopeful that the injury wasn't anything serious, Salkilld admitted after the event that it definitely got his attention during the fight.

“There was a wrestling exchange at the start where he grabbed my ankle,†Salkilld said during the UFC Vegas 120 post-show. “If it was training, I would have kind of gone with it to not hurt the knee. He had my ankle and it turned to like 90 degrees. Because I was being stubborn in that position, I didn't want to accept any bad position. I turned into it and forced it. Usually I didn't want to do that because I'm always scared about hurting my knee in training.

“This one, I just went into it and heard a little pop. Even when I had that rear-naked choke, I actually felt it. I was like f*ck, if I don't get this, my knee's going to be sore later. In round two or three, it would have been [sore]. It's a bit sore now.â€

The potential knee injury didn't stop Salkilld from eventually snatching a takedown of his own and then working his way to a rear-naked choke submission that ended Gamrot's night in the first round.

The win almost assuredly advances Salkilld into the top 10 rankings at lightweight, although he admits he's not truly thinking about what comes next until he gets his knee checked by a doctor.

“I have a little bit of a twinge in the knee right now from one of the wrestling exchanges,†Salkilld said. “For the time being, my focus on seeing what the damage is, I don't think it's too bad, but that's the next thing on my mind to be honest. Then we'll be looking at closing in on that top 5.â€

While he may have to wait a few days to get a full diagnosis on his knee, Salkilld promised that he expects to return to action before the end of the year and the location for his next fight might matter as much as his choice of opponents.

“I'm like Wolverine, no matter what the injury is, I'm going to recover quick,†Salkilld said. “The dream fight would be at [Madison Square Garden], New York. There's always a card usually in November so shit, fingers crossed, I can get matched up on that.â€

Salkilld knows many of the top lightweights are currently booked or just recently fought so his options might be limited for the time being. That said, Salkilld wanted to announce his arrival to the top of the division with his performance on Saturday night and there's no doubt everybody at 155 pounds is paying attention now.

“I just showed everyone that I'm the real f*cking deal,†Salkilld said. “I deserve to be in that top, top spot in the lightweight division.â€

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Brendan Allen accuses Dricus du Plessis of taking ‘easier’ Kamaru Usman fight

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Brendan Allen accuses Dricus du Plessis of taking ‘easier’ Kamaru Usman fight
Brendan
Allen has criticized Dricus Du
Plessis for allegedly avoiding a fight with him.

A matchup between Allen and du Plessis was reportedly in the works
in January. According to Allen, the bout fell through after he was
told du Plessis was injured. Du Plessis went on to face former

Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholder Kamaru
Usman in July, winning by unanimous decision.

Brendan Allen explains why he believes he was a tougher
opponent than Kamaru Usman

Allen has accused du Plessis of avoiding him in favor of an easier
fight against Usman. “All In†acknowledges that the 39-year-old
former welterweight champion remains a bigger draw. However, Allen
believes he presents a tougher matchup, prompting du Plessis to
take the “easier fight.â€

“I know he's had the opportunity to fight me and he took the easier
route,†Allen told UFC on Paramount+. “He can say whatever he
wants; it's a fact. We were supposed to fight. And somehow it got
worked that Kamaru's name got thrown in there. And obviously Kamaru
is a bigger draw even though he's older, up a weight class. He took
the easier fight, plain and simple. Everyone knows it was the
easier fight. I'm bigger, I'm stronger, I'm faster. I think I'm
more talented, but people are gonna play off of Kamaru's resume.
OK, play off his resume, but I don't think that Kamaru can make it
five rounds with me.â€

Allen (27-7) enters his
UFC Vegas 122 main event against Christian
Leroy Duncan (15-2) on Saturday in Las Vegas with three
consecutive victories. Duncan has won five straight fights.

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Morning Report | Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov have heated run-in at the UFC P.I.

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Morning Report | Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov have heated run-in at the UFC P.I.

Let me start with what this isn't:

What is your pick for the highest level fight we have ever seen inside the cage?

This can be:

  • A fight with to guys at the absolute peak of their powers (Cejudo vs MM, Dillashaw vs Cruz, Jones vs Cormier)

  • A fight that had an insane technical level between both guys that blew your mind (Evloev vs Sterling comes to mind)

Have a little fun with it and as always disagree vehemently but respectfully! 🫡

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Vertigo delays Alvin Hines pursuit of first UFC victory

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Vertigo delays Alvin Hines' pursuit of first UFC victory
Alvin
Hines' pursuit of his first win in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship has been delayed.

Hines was scheduled to face Gabriel
Lourenco in a heavyweight bout at
UFC Fight Night 293 on Nov. 7 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
However, Hines has announced his withdrawal from the fight because
of vertigo.

Alvin Hines withdraws from UFC Fight Night 293 against Gabriel
Lourenco

Hines plans to continue training with adjustments while recovering
from vertigo and hopes to return to competition at full
strength.

“I had to pull out of this one for medical reasons due to vertigo,â€
Hines wrote on Instagram. “It wasn't an easy decision, but I know I
need to be able to step into that Octagon at 100% and perform to my
true potential. I'm going to continue fight camp with some
adjustments while I work through this and get myself back to where
I need to be. I'm not walking away from the fight. I'm taking the
time to get right so when I'm back in there, I can put on the kind
of fight I know I'm capable of. I'm sorry for the change, and I
appreciate everyone who was looking forward to seeing me compete.
Trust me, I'll be back. Sometimes the hardest part of fighting
isn't throwing punches. It's knowing when to step back, get right,
and prepare for the next battle. This is just a setback. Not the
end of the story.â€

Hines (7-2) was an undefeated prospect with six finishes in seven
victories when he signed with the UFC last year. However, “Goozieâ€
has lost both of his Octagon appearances. Meanwhile, Lourenco (8-1)
was slated to make his promotional debut against Hines after
earning a contract with a first-round knockout victory over Charlie
Cleveland on
Dana White's Contender Series in September.

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