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Dmitry Menshikov statement in the February fight

Published

2 years ago

February 17, 2025

One lightweight unique Dmitryry Menshikov (4-1 One, 4 KO) He recently announced that he would leave the organization after his fight on February 14.

On Friday evening, Thai Fighter Tiagnueng in the first round of their fight for One Friday fight 97 – Just not to get any bonus again.

This time he was also refused an interview after the fight AND He deleted his most critical information from social media after the fans supported him to support him in the comments section.

Here is the statement of Dmitra Menshikova regarding Friday’s fight and subsequent activities:

“I won KO again, but they didn’t give me an interview after the fight, so I will share my thoughts here.

“I recently had some negative things to say about one and I announced that I would leave the organization. Some people can say that this time I didn’t get a bonus.

“It may be true, but you would hope that the bonuses will be awarded only for performance reasons and will not be infected with such sentiments. When you see that they also removed my most critical events and refused to interview me after the fight, apparently in the game.

“I had five fights with one, winning four through a knockout, but I never received a bonus – this time. This is strange because they gave bonuses to other Russians, so apparently this is not a political matter.

“In any case, he confirms that it is not the right organization for me, and I have the decision to leave. And I expect that many other fighters will decide to leave one this year. “

Menshikov is a teammate and a training partner Artem Vakhitov At the Empire Fight Club in Kuzbass, Siberia and went 4-1 in one, and each fight ended at a distance. Before joining, he was signed to Glory Kickboxing.

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Paulo Costa slams UFC pay after Rampage Jacksons $7 million claim

Published

5 hours ago

October 30, 2026

The Punch Junkie™ News

Paulo Costa slams UFC pay after Rampage Jackson's $7 million claim

Paulo
Costa has renewed his criticism of fighter pay in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

A resurfaced clip shows UFC middleweight champion Sean
Strickland asking former light heavyweight champion Quinton
“Rampage” Jackson about his biggest UFC payday. Jackson said he
earned $7 million, including pay-per-view compensation, for
fighting Chuck
Liddell. Costa contrasted that figure with his estimate of what
a current UFC fighter earns.

Paulo Costa compares Rampage Jackson’s claimed $7 million
payday with estimated Raoni Barcelos earnings

Jackson attributed the payday to a contract he signed with World
Fighting Alliance, where he said his manager also had a promotional
role. According to Jackson, the deal included lucrative
pay-per-view terms that the UFC inherited when its parent company
acquired WFA assets in December 2006.

â€œ$7 million, Chuck Liddell, that was pay-per-view, though,â€ Jackson
told Strickland. â€œI left
Pride. My manager, he became like the manager of the show. So,
he knew exactly that it was his biggest deal. They didn't want to
have pay-per-view, so he gave me a crazy pay-per-view deal. Then
Dana White bought WFA and had to honor my pay-per-view deal.â€

Costa compared Jackson's account with Raoni
Barcelos' stoppage loss to Raul Rosas
Jr. last month. Barcelos, 39, lost consciousness during a
fifth-round grappling exchange. Costa speculated that Barcelos
earned between $80,000 and $100,000, contrasting that estimate with
Jackson's claimed earnings from his 2007 victory over Liddell.

â€œUFC paid Rampage 7 million to fight Chuck what is comprehensive,â€
Costa wrote on X. â€œNot comparing fighters relevance but comparing
it with Barcelos x Rosas Jr 5 rds and had serious injuries on brain
damage, made 80k~100k ?? Raoni Barcelos is around 40s and probably
retired due to that injury.â€

UFC paid RAMPAGE 7 million to fight CHUCK
what is comprehensive. Not comparing fighters relevance but
comparing it with Barcelos x Raul RosaJr5 rds and had serious
injuries on brain damage ðŸ§ made 80k~100k ?? Raoni
Barcelos is around 40s and PROBABLY retired due that injury

â€” Paulo
Costa (@BorrachinhaMMA)
October 15, 2026

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Video shows police officer slamming spectator at UFC Edmonton

Published

17 hours ago

October 29, 2026

The Punch Junkie™ News

Video shows police officer slamming spectator at UFC Edmonton

The
Ultimate Fighting Championship's recent visit to Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, featured action inside and outside the
Octagon.

Police intervene in Rogers Place crowd altercation during UFC
Edmonton

Every bout at
UFC Edmonton except the co-main event ended in a finish. But a
crowd altercation at Rogers Place on Oct. 17 also drew
attention.

Video circulating on social media appears to show a police officer
lifting a man and slamming him to the floor as officers intervene
in the altercation. The man appears to lose consciousness after the
impact.

Police officer slam KO'd a fan fighting in
the crowd at UFC Edmonton tonight https://t.co/hN8Mzqf7CM

â€” Happy Punch (@HappyPunch)
October 18, 2026

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GFL announces new signings for December relaunch in Argentina

Published

18 hours ago

October 29, 2026

The Punch Junkie™ News

GFL announces new signings for December relaunch in Argentina

The Global Fight League is expected to relaunch in December and the organization has announced its opening roster of fighters for the Buenos Aires Gauchos team.

This past weekend, the GFL announced it will hold its inaugural event on Dec. 18 at Club Atletico Lanus in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the Gauchos taking on fighters from the Miami Monsters. Now, the league has begun to name the fighters who will compete for the Gauchos, which you can see in the list below.

Middleweight: Dante Romero (9-8)

Welterweight: Matias Ponce (12-5, 1 NC)

Lightweight: Franco Rios (4-0)

Lightweight: Thomas Juarez (6-2)

Featherweight: Lionel Abojer (12-4)

Featherweight: Eduardo Cajal (9-5)

Bantamweight: Ryan Martinez (9-1)

Flyweight: Nicolas Rodriguez (9-3)

More fighters are expected to be announced, including the roster for the Monsters.

Former UFC title contender and longtime MMA veteran Marlon Moraes was recently added to the Miami roster, but MMA Fighting's Guilherme Cruz has learned from sources with knowledge of the event that Moraes will not be competing on the Dec. 18 card.

It is not yet known exactly how the team vs. team format will work, but the league has shared its scoring system for future events:

The GFL made headlines in 2025 with lofty promises in regards to athlete compensation and the signing of numerous MMA stars and veterans including , including former UFC champions Tyron Woodley, Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold, Anthony Pettis, and Holly Holm, but has failed to produce an event thus far. Initially, the league was supposed to hold a pair of shows on May 24 and May 25 in 2025, only for those events to be later cancelled.