UFC Kansas City didn’t lack the story. Ian MachadoGarry won, Anthony Smith retired, and some names have taken advantage of the opportunity to impress outside the comfort zone of the pinnacle.
Garry has returned to undefeated Shabkat Rakmonov from a competitive loss, but not everyone was impressed by how he pulled away from the victory. After coming strong in the first three rounds and controlling his actions against the struggling Carlos Award, “Future” ran into trouble at the end of round four.
With 30 seconds left, Garry was hanging for the victory – or Plets let him off the hook and kept his championship hope alive. According to UFC CEO Dana White, the promotion officially designates Garry as a backup for the UFC 315 Welterweight title main event between Champion Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena. However, if the reader’s response is any indication, fans are not yet on sale at Garry, who is reaching for money.
Check out the best answers to UFC Kansas City and the biggest story of the rest of the week below.
Dricus du Plessis issued a statement about injuries and announced the fight
We didn’t report that, but there were many people spreading the news that Dricus du Plessis could not defend his middleweight title against Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 317, he may not fight until 2026.
DDP wrote a post telling everyone to cut it with fake news, and it was well received.
Chael Sonnen: Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall’ has been agreed all the way through to the date.”
But then…
Chael Sonnen shoots down his Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall report, claiming that Aspinall’s opponent has booked it
Over the course of 24 hours, the professional truth True Twister Chale Sonnen said that John Jones and Tom Aspinel certainly knew the date of the heavyweight championship unified match, and then confirmed himself by saying that Aspinel was actually fighting someone else.
As always, Sonnen’s comments should be photographed with a single grain of salt.
Beral Muhammad scores an immediate scofffightime title shot at Ilia Toplia, while Islamic Makhachev “gets nothing” from the fight
Beral Muhammad, of course, backs up his boy, Islamic Makhachev, to avoid anointing Ilia Topulia as his primary candidate. And honestly, fans will be split up in “La Leyenda” and receive an instant lightweight title shot.
This week’s poll
We did a promotional draft and asked to vote for the winner, but I can’t believe your people.
Opinion survey
Who won the 2025 MMA Promotion Draft?
34%
Damon Martin: GFL
(211 votes)
28%
Alexander K. Lee: PFL
(171 votes)
twenty four%
Jedmesh: BKFC
(150 votes)
12%
Mike Heck: UFC
(78 votes)
Total of 610 votes
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