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Kevin Vallejos is teasing Aljamain Sterling ahead of their Ultimate Fighting Championship clash.

Sterling criticized referee Dan Miragliotta’s decision to stand the fighters up while Renato Moicano had Tom Nolan’s back in the second round of the UFC Vegas 123 main event. Nolan went on to finish Moicano in the third round.

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After the former bantamweight champion voiced his frustration, Vallejos responded with a joke about their upcoming referee assignment.Kevin Vallejos addresses Aljamain Sterling's criticism of Dan Miragliotta Sterling said Miragliotta’s intervention left him so angry that he considered entering the Octagon.

“I felt like I was close to storming that cage,” Sterling said on his YouTube channel. “I was angry, I was fuming. Even this morning, I was daydreaming: what possessed this man to do such a thing? Criminal.”

Vallejos (18-1) jokingly claimed that UFC CEO Dana White had already told him Miragliotta would referee his bout ag…

Daniel Cormier is facing criticism of his commentary from Darren Till.

Till accused the Ultimate Fighting Championship commentator of favoring certain fighters, particularly those from the Caucasus region. The former title challenger said his criticism is not personal.

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Darren Till claims he can ‘see right through’ Daniel Cormier’s favoritism Despite his criticism, Till admitted he would not confront the former two-division UFC champion in person.

“It’s not that I don’t like him; I just see right through his bullsh*t,” Till told Ariel Helwani. “I wouldn't say it to his face, mind you, because he's a f*cking animal of a fighter. But you can just see through his bullsh*t. Any guy who's got the second name Magomedov, he's just always biased. He's a company man... I can smell that bullsh*t from over this corner of the world. I've got no time for that whatsoever.”

Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov developed a close friendship while training at the A…

Michel Pereira has found a new home after leaving the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Pereira is scheduled to face In Su Hwang in a middleweight bout at Z - Fight Night 5 on Dec. 19 in Incheon, South Korea. ZFN is led by former UFC fighter Chan Sung Jung, known as “The Korean Zombie.”

Michel Pereira's next fight takes him to South Korea Pereira (32-15, 2 NC) completed his UFC contract in February before returning on a one-fight deal to face Sharabutdin Magomedov at UFC Baku in June. He lost by unanimous decision and subsequently became a free agent. The Brazilian lost four of his final five UFC bouts.

Hwang (9-2), meanwhile, unsuccessfully sought a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series last year. The South Korean rebounded with a third-round technical knockout victory in May.