Day: 27. August 2026

Jose Delgado believes Jean Silva is hiding his real personality.

Delgado (12-2) and Silva (17-3) will headline the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s fourth edition of Noche UFC on Sept. 12 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Silva was originally scheduled to fight Yair Rodriguez, who pulled out due to an injury. Following Rodriguez’s withdrawal, Delgado stepped up and recently slammed his upcoming opponent, calling his persona inauthentic.

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Jose Delgado attacks Jean Silva’s persona ahead of Noche UFC 4 Delgado is high in confidence going into Noche UFC 4. He recently claimed that beating Silva puts him in title contention, setting him up for the winner of UFC 333’s featherweight championship main event between current champ Alexander Volkanovski and unbeaten challenger Movsar Evloev.

“I expect violence. I expect to break this guy,” Delgado told Ariel Helwani. “I expect a freaking stunner of a KO… If Jean Silva took out Yair Rodriguez, he’…

Sean Brady believes Din Thomas could’ve handled his retirement from cornering better.

Thomas announced his retirement from cornering live on air after his fighter Gillian Robertson made a failed Ultimate Fighting Championship strawweight title bid against Mackenzie Dern at UFC 330. The former fighter faced severe backlash for stealing the moment right after his fighter lost the biggest fight of her life and subsequently issued an apology to Robertson.

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While Brady doesn’t approve of Thomas’ public comments about Robertson, he’s still open to having the UFC analyst in his corner.Sean Brady discusses Din Thomas after Gillian Robertson’s UFC 330 title loss On the “Deep Waters” podcast, Thomas hinted that he will be in Brady’s (19-2) corner in his upcoming clash against Gabriel Bonfim (20-1) on Nov. 7 at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. However, Brady didn’t confirm if Thomas will be in his corner on Nov. 7. While he didn’t like Thomas announcing his retirement af…

Aspen Ladd will debut for BKB on Saturday in Miami. Aspen Ladd believes the next year will be great for women’s mixed martial arts.

Ladd recently weighed in on the merger between the Professional Fighters League and Most Valuable Promotions. She’s slightly skeptical about the merger, considering things didn’t play out as expected with PFL’s acquisition of Bellator in 2023, but remains optimistic.

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Aspen Ladd discussed MVP-PFL merger, critiques UFC’s handling of women’s MMA Ladd also notes that women’s boxing under MVP and bare-knuckle boxing under BKFC are rising in the meantime. With former Bellator president Scott Coker set to launch his own promotion next year, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship athlete believes it’ll be a bright year ahead for women’s MMA.

“Because with the merger between, or supposed to be a merger, right, with PFL and Bellator, you thought, oh, it'd be great,” Ladd told Sherdog's Sean Sheehan. “They're absorbi…