Dan Hooker would like to see the whole ‘BMF' championship put to rest for now.
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UFC Vegas: Burns vs Morales Fight Card Detail
Published
2 years agoon
Las Vegas – UFC returns to the UFC top with an invigorating struggle between the elite welterweight, as No. 8 Gilbert Burns Faces with an undefeated pretender No. 12 Michael Morales. In addition, he will see a amusing delicate tough fight Paul Craig Close the horns from Rodolfo Bellato.
UFC Vegas: Burns vs Morales It takes place on Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada I will be available only on ESPN+ (English and Spanish). REMIMS will be broadcast at 13:00 PT / 16 PM ET, and then the main card broadcast at 16:00 PT / 7 PM et.
Burns (22-8), Fighting with Boca Raton, Florida, through Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, returns to action for the first time in 2025. Decorated Grappler, who also wields knockout power, Burns has gained a brand at 170 pounds, securing victories against Jorge Masvidal, Neil Magna and Stephen Thompson. The Brazilian now decides to derail the Morales Hype train with the performance.
Morales (17-0), Fighting with Tijuany in Mexico through Pesje, Ecuador, goes back to the vinegar to get the first main event of UFC. The invincible perspective contributed to the welterweight, providing the sturdy finishes of Neil Magny, Jake Matthews and Max Griffin. Morales now pays attention to Burns when he wants to provide the greatest win in his career and enter the 10 best rankings.
Always amusing, Craig (17-9-1) The fight against Coatbridge in Scotland returns to a slight division of heavyweight, which wants to have an immediate influence. Application specialist, under the impression of victories over the UFC Magomed Ankalaev champion, as well as the former masters of “Shogun” Rua and Jamahal Hill. Craig is now going to hand Bellato his first loss in the UFC in definitely.
Dana White pretenders series Signee Stunning (12-2-1), fighting with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, aims to provide another resulting resulting results. A proven finisher of 11 of 12 wins, which is coming before the last bell, Bellato showed that he has what is needed to compete in the UFC with the debut detention of Ihor Potieria. Now he has monuments to add Craig’s name to his CV.
Julian Erosa (31-12) Fight with Las Vegas, Nev. AND Melquizael Costa (23-7) Fighting with Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, will return to the octagon to get a versatile showdown. It stands out in a featherweight Sodiq yusuf (13-4), Fighting with Bladensburg, MD. Ultimate warrior Season 32 winner Miron Santos (16-1), fighting with Las Vegas, Nev. By Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro.
Vast veterans will face Jared Gordon (20-7, 1NC), fighting Queens, NY, battles Thiago Moises (19-8, fighting with Indaiatuba in Brazil. Gabe Green (11-4), Fighting with San Pedro in California, welcoming the novice UFC Matheus Camilo (9-2), fighting with Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, to a delicate division.
Medium weight competition Dustin Stoltzfus (16-6) Fighting Germersheim in Germany, against Nursultan Ruziboev (35-9-2 2 NC) Fighting with Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Also on Card No. 14 in the ranking of Słoma Luana Pinheiro (11-4), fighting with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and No. 15 Tecia Pennington (14-7) Fighting with Colorado Springs, Colo, through Fall River, Massachusetts, at a duel at high rates.
Elise Reed (8-4), Fighting with Princeton, NJ, will face Denise Gomes (10-3), fighting with Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in a straw weight. The road to UFC Asia Signee Hyunsung Park (9-0), fighting with Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) will face the winner of the contract with the Dany White series, Carlos Hernandez (10-4), fighting Chicago, Ill. Bantamweights Luana Santos (8-2), fighting with Sao Paulo, Brazil and Tainar Lisboa (7-2), Fight with Luan Sants (8-2) Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, try to steal the program.
UFC Vegas: Burns vs morales combat card:
Main card:
- Semi -average weight: Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales
- Lightweight ponderous weight: Paul Craig vs. Rodolfo Bellato
- Women’s Bantam Weight: Luana Santos vs. Lisboa Tainara
- Fly weight: Carlos Hernandez vs. Hyun-Sung park
- Straw weight of women: Pennington vs. Luana Pinheiro
Foreplay:
- Average weight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Featherlight: Jared Gordon vs. Thiago Moisés
- Featherlight: Sodiq yusuff vs. Santos Mirron
- Featherweight: Julian Erosa vs. Melquizael Costa
- Featherlight: Gabriel Green vs. Matheus Camilo
- Straw weight of women: Elise Reed vs. Denise Gomes
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Arman Tsarukyan sets one condition for fighting Alexander Volkanovski
Published
12 hours agoon
November 3, 2026
Tsarukyan is open to fighting Alexander
Volkanovski, provided
Ultimate Fighting Championship gold is at stake.
Volkanovski (29-4) defended the featherweight title with a
technical knockout victory over Movsar
Evloev at
UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi before expressing interest in returning to
lightweight. With champion Justin
Gaethje uncertain about his future, Volkanovski offered to face
Tsarukyan (24-3) for the vacant title if Gaethje retires.
Arman Tsarukyan reminds Alexander Volkanovski how Islam
Makhachev rematch ended
Tsarukyan said the championship matters more to him than the
opponent.
“I'm ready for everyone,†Tsarukyan told Yavuz Saynomo. “For me, it
doesn't matter who I'm gonna fight; I just want to fight for the
title.â€
Volkanovski has expressed confidence that he can counter
Tsarukyan's wrestling and avoid being held down. Tsarukyan
responded by recalling the Australian's knockout loss to Islam
Makhachev.
“He said Islam Makhachev cannot knock him out, too,†Tsarukyan
added.
Volkanovski has twice challenged Makhachev for the lightweight
championship. He lost their first meeting by unanimous decision
before Makhachev finished their rematch with a head kick and
follow-up punches.
Tsarukyan remains confident that his next bout will be for the
title. If Gaethje retires, “The Batman†expects to compete for the
vacant belt.
“I have a title fight next,†Tsarukyan reiterated. “Either Justin
Gaethje. If he is retired, someone else.â€
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Dan Hooker blames Charles Oliveira, UFC for tarnishing ‘BMF’ title: ‘He killed it’
Published
12 hours agoon
November 3, 2026
The symbolic title is up for grabs again on Dec. 12 at UFC 335, when champion Charles Oliveira faces Diego Lopes in the main event. Oliveira won the belt with a dominant decision win over Max Holloway at UFC 326, but received criticism for his grappling-heavy performance, which was considered to be against the spirit of the BMF belt.
Hooker agrees that Oliveira, and his newly won title, lost some luster that night.
“It was cool for a bit and then he kind of made it not cool,†Hooker told Submission Radio. “I think he killed it.â€
The BMF championship was innovated by former UFC star Nate Diaz, who cut a fiery promo after a win at UFC 241 that led to he and Jorge Masvidal fighting to become the inaugural titleholder at UFC 244, where Masvidal defeated Diaz. Justin Gaethje later defeated Dustin Poirier for a vacant title, with Holloway subsequently claiming the belt with an all-time great performance at UFC 300.
Hooker believes the promotion has strayed far from the original purpose of the title.
“You know where they f*cked it up?†Hooker said. “They should have kept it like Nate Diaz, Masvidal kind of shit. They completely f*cked it when they were like – They had badass motherf*ckers fighting for it like that, but then it should be the guys that want to throw down and just talk shit as well. That was kind of like me, Bobby Green, could lose 20 times and he's still a BMF contender. Then they had Max do it, and he's like the nicest guy in the f*cking world.
“Talk shit. Say you're going to knock the other guy's head off, that was like our belt. That was the guys whose careers are a f*cking mess. ‘Gamebred' was hot and cold for a minute, Nate Diaz, all our records are a f*cking mess. It's going to be a lot harder for us to get our hands on the nice, shiny, clean one. That's what I'm saying, they let too many nice guys have a crack.â€
That said, Hooker looks forward to the Oliveira vs. Lopes matchup, even if the BMF belt's involvement feels perfunctory. Hooker fights Brian Ortega at UFC Qatar on Nov. 21, and if both he and Lopes are victorious, he sees a scenario where he challenges Lopes for the title next.
“For some reason, they're adamant on this BMF belt sticking around and just having another belt to put up for grabs, but yeah, I like that fight,†Hooker said. “I feel like Diego Lopes is a strong contender for that. As he says, he doesn't feel like he's going to get another crack at Volk. He doesn't feel like it's just around the corner, so I like the fight, definitely.â€
“That's why I wanted this fight [vs. Ortega],†Hooker continued. “I feel like I can beat Brian Ortega, but now, Diego Lopes beating Charles Oliveira, I feel like that's a much bigger ask. But yeah, I like that fight, for sure.â€
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