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His jiu jitsu is ridiculous.” “He only has to get them done once for the whole fight to change.” “Islam should be next in line for the title.” “Having that level of grappling and control on the ground puts a level of fear into his opponents that he can just start unloading bombs with his hands because he has absolute control of the game. “On the way down, whether he could wrap something before Khabib got him in the grasp would be awesome to see.” “[Oliveira] could catch [Khabib] on the feet,” he said of the hypothetical bout.

Two of UFC 274's most exciting fights should produce mouthwatering next matchups.

White, during the UFC 274 post-fight presser, said Esparza would be paired with the winner of Zhang vs. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including instant analysis of UFC 274 from Phoenix at the conclusion of the PPV event. Beneil Dariush: Chandler bounced back from a tough first round against Tony Ferguson and dolled out a Knockout of the Year contender. The UFC women's strawweight Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza will certainly go down as one of the worst fights in history but, fortunately, that means the division can only go up from here. Michael Chandler wore the damage dished out by Tony Ferguson and shut the lights out with a fascinating front kick KO. Saturday's pay-per-view from Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona was a mixed bag, but the lightweight division showed up and showed out.

Chandler now has the opportunity to contend for the vacant lightweight title or possibly face Conor McGregor.

“I’ve quickly become that guy, the one who’s going to put butts in seats, sell pay-per-views, and brings it in the cage,” Chandler said. At this stage of his immense popularity and power, McGregor only accepts fights against opponents that can sell the fight with him. As for his future, all signs point to a showdown against McGregor, an icon of the sport. The extent of the blow was noticeable instantaneously, a vicious shot that carried with it the potential to cause significant damage. Then I felt the impact and saw him crumble. I just threw something up the middle, and it landed. My heart goes out to Tony for a speedy recovery.” Further compounding the moment was Ferguson spiking his head as he dropped onto the mat. A loss would make him drop to the bottom of the Top 10 rankings, ending any shot of competing for the title or even getting a career-defining bout against Conor McGregor. But before too much doubt crept into Chandler’s mind, he was back on his feet. Chandler finished the round with momentum off a takedown doubled with his ground-and-pound, but there was already swelling under his eye. In an instant, Chandler’s dreams of UFC glory seemed to evaporate. “My vision was affected,” Chandler said.

Michael Chandler has guaranteed himself a couple of huge fights in the next 12 months after his sensational knock-out victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 274.

It remains to be seen if the 38-year-old will venture back to The Octagon after that thunderous knockout loss. The first round had seen Ferguson drop Chandler with a punch that landed flush. He's so long, but he does kind of keep his arms down at the side, so there was a lane right up the middle."

It's been 10 months since Conor McGregor stepped in The UFC Octagon. But he's back in the news this weekend following the events of UFC 274.

The two never fought despite Ferguson's desire to face the UFC superstar. McGregor posted a few photos from his weekend. Afterwards, he called out The Notorious One, trying to coax him out of retirement for a big money fight.

UFC President Dana White said the promotion will take a drastic measure to make sure the "nightmare" scenario of Charles Oliveira's UFC 274 weigh-in doesn't ...

“But obviously, if ‘Ragin’ Al wins this fight, he’s the champ.” UFC flyweight Matt Schnell wrote on social media that the promotion warned them that the unofficial scale was off. He went on to defeat Justin Gaethje in the first round, recovering from early trouble to submit the former interim champ. ,” White told reporters after the pay-per-view event at Footprint Center in Phoenix. “There’s so many moving parts to this beast of a machine that we run every week, and we’ve got to have a security guard in there where the scale is now. “We have this issue where guys come out and they’ll start checking the scale the night before and all the Europeans and guys from other parts of the world do kilos, so they all start f****** with the scale to look at kilos and, who knows... White indicated that non-U.S. fighters may have been responsible for altering the promotion’s scale used at UFC 274, possibly resulting in inaccurate readings.

Tony Ferguson has been released from hospital after undergoing additional medical checks in the wake of his brutal UFC 274 defeat against Michael Chandler ...

'I am the most entertaining lightweight on the planet. Tony Ferguson suffered a sickening defeat against Michael Chandler at UFC 274 on Saturday - Tony Ferguson suffered a sickening defeat against Michael Chandler at UFC 274

The fan made a beeline for the cage after Oliveira had choked out Justin Gaethje in the main event at UFC 274 in Arizona.

Gaethje returned to winning ways by outpointing Michael Chandler in an all-time classic last year. She then began to climb the fence before she was thrown to the ground by a security guard. I am the champion.

Dana White weighs in on controversy after Charles Oliveira was stripped of lightweight title ahead of UFC 274 victory over Justin Gaethje.