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Movsar Evloev takes aim at women’s MMA: ‘It’s so hard’ to watch

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Movsar Evloev takes aim at women’s MMA: ‘It’s so hard’ to watch
Movsar
Evloev is unimpressed with women's mixed martial arts.

Evloev recently revealed that he finds it hard to watch women's
MMA. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight claims to have
only ever enjoyed one women's MMA bout and is curious about the
viewership numbers an all-women promotion would garner.

UFC 333 title challenger Movsar Evloev questions the appeal of
women's MMA

Evloev was impressed with Rose
Namajunas' title defense against Joanna
Jedrzejczyk in their rematch at UFC
223 in 2018. However, every other bout is a challenging viewing
experience, according to the unbeaten Russian. He jokes that the
UFC should start a separate league for women's MMA and check its
viewership.

“I don't watch women's fights,†Evloev told MMA Junkie. “I can't
watch; it's so hard. One fight I watched and liked was [Joanna]
Jedrzejczyk and [Rose] Namajunas, the second one… I don't watch a
lot of fights, but all the fights I watched of women weren't good.
Maybe they need a separate UFC just for women. And we will see who
watches that.â€

Many elite male fighters have criticized women's MMA over the
years. Khabib
Nurmagomedov has said that women don't belong in the brutal
sport, barring some exceptional few like the legendary Amanda
Nunes and Valentina
Shevchenko. Meanwhile, Sean
Strickland, who doesn't like women's sports in general,
believes an average man can beat Nunes.

Evloev (20-0) has finally earned his long-overdue featherweight
title shot against Alexander
Volkanovski (28-4). He challenges Volkanovski for the title at

UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
While Evloev criticizes women's MMA because of inaction, he has
also drawn backlash for the lack of a finish in his UFC career.

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Eddie Hearn says Netflix ‘didn’t get the memo’ on Dana White, Fury-Joshua

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Eddie Hearn says Netflix ‘didn’t get the memo’ on Dana White, Fury-Joshua
Eddie Hearn didn't hold back after Dana
White's name was featured in Netflix's press release for
Tyson
Fury vs. Anthony
Joshua.

Fury and Joshua are set to clash on Dec. 11 at Principality Stadium
in Cardiff, Wales, with the matchup streaming on Netflix. The
fight's location had been a major talking point during
negotiations, with Hearn pushing for the United Kingdom while
Fury's side campaigned for Madison Square Garden in New York.

Netflix's Fury-Joshua announcement puts Dana White at center of
dispute with Eddie Hearn

Netflix's announcement described the bout as a co-promotion between
Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and White, but did not mention Hearn or
Matchroom Boxing, who represent Joshua, or Frank Warren and
Queensberry, who represent Fury.

Hearn, speaking with IFL TV, immediately disputed White's
involvement while pointing to the agreement surrounding the
fight.

“Dana White cannot be involved in this fight,†Hearn said. “Netflix
clearly didn't get the memo. You see, no one talks to each other.
So, I speak to Sela and Turki, ‘No, Dana White is not involved in
the fight, you’ve got a contract that says that, he won’t be at the
presser, blah, blah, blah.' And then Netflix says the fight’s in
conjunction with Dana White.â€

Hearn then slammed White over the previous negotiations and his
insistence that the fight would take place in New York.

“You came in and was like, ‘Yeah, we’ll just take this fight, the
biggest fight in the history of British boxing, one of the biggest
sporting events in the history of Britain and we’ll just put it in
Madison Square Garden.' Well, guess what, motherf*cker? That didn’t
happen.â€

Hearn further emphasized that he intends to remind Netflix of the
contractual obligations.

“I’ll be speaking to Netflix just to remind them of their
contractual obligations, and it’ll be dealt with,†Hearn added. “We
won the race; the fight is happening in the U.K. and on we go.â€

The comments come after months of public back-and-forth between
Hearn and White over Fury-Joshua. White previously accused Hearn of
hurting the negotiations and said the fight was close to falling
apart.

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UFC pulls Mickey Gall from long-awaited return for medical reasons

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UFC pulls Mickey Gall from long-awaited return for medical reasons
Mickey
Gall's return to competition has fallen through.

Gall was scheduled to return to action in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship in Las Vegas against Sedriques
Dumas at
UFC Vegas 121 after nearly two years away. However, he has been
pulled from the fight due to an undisclosed medical issue. Recent

Dana White's Contender Series graduate Luis
Hernandez has now stepped up to face Dumas on short notice.

Mickey Gall says a pre-fight medical issue made him ineligible
to face Sedriques Dumas

Gall claims the UFC pulled him from the fight. He said the UFC
informed him on Sept. 24 that something on his pre-fight medical
tests made him ineligible to fight. Gall is disappointed as he was
looking forward to giving his fans a win, having not won since
2021. The 34-year-old vows to be back once he has got the situation
sorted.

“I have been pulled back from this fight by the UFC,†Gall said on
Instagram. “I was contacted this morning. Something came back on my
medicals that [is] making me ineligible via simple procedure. I
will be back. It sucks. I have overcome a lot to be here. And it's
not lost on me that I've done a lot of losing in there. I wanted to
give my friends, my family, my fans something to cheer about. And
I've worked really hard for that. Unfortunately, that's not gonna
be able to happen this weekend. But once I get this situated and
straightened out, I will be back.â€

Gall (7-7) made his UFC debut in just his sophomore professional
outing in 2016. After a promising start with three consecutive
finishes, Gall then alternated between wins and losses. He went on
a four-fight slump starting in 2021 and hasn't fought since
2024.

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Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua finally confirmed for Dec. 11 in Cardiff

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Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua finally confirmed for Dec. 11 in Cardiff
The most anticipated boxing matchup in recent history has been
confirmed.

Tyson
Fury and Anthony
Joshua are set to clash for the WBA super heavyweight title on
Dec. 11 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. The fight
will air live on Netflix. It will be promoted by Turki Alalshikh's
Ring Magazine in collaboration with
Ultimate Fighting Championship and Zuffa Boxing head Dana
White. Both Alalshikh and White confirmed the booking on social
media.

Fury vs. Joshua will stream live on Netflix with the WBA super
heavyweight title at stake

While the matchup has been a decade in the making, it kept falling
through repeatedly for various reasons. Fans' hopes soared when
both Fury and Joshua signed deals with Alalshikh earlier this
year.

Fury defeated Mariusz Wach in his July tune-up fight. Meanwhile,
Joshua defeated Kristian Prenga that same weekend in his bout.
However, the contest was further delayed due to disagreements over
the location. Netflix wanted the fight in the U.S. to reach a
broader audience, but Joshua and promoter Eddie Hearn insisted it
take place in the U.K.

“This will be one of the biggest fights in boxing history,â€
Alalshikh said following the announcement. “I am very happy to make
this fight happen for the fans.â€

Fury opened as a -180 favorite, while Joshua came in as a +150
underdog.

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