Former UFC light heavyweight title contender Thiago Santos has officially signed a deal wiꦇth the PFL — this and much m🌊ore in Thursday's social media roundup.
Thiago Santos signs with the PFL
Thiago Santos' time in the UF♑C was full of ﷺa lot of ups and a lot of downs.
Santos began his UFC career as a middleweight and this was the weight class he fought his first 15 UFC bouts at befor𝓰e making a move to light heavyweight in 2018.
When Santos made his light heavyweigh🥃t debut against Eryk Anders, it was clear to 🃏see that 205 pounds was his natural fighting weight and he looked fantastic there.
After his win over Anders, Santos went on to secure back to back stoppage wins over Jimi Manuela and Jan Blachowi𒀰cz which secured him a title shot against Jon Jones.
Santos was of course unsuccess✅ful in this fight but was very competitive against the best fighter of all time.
Following his 🐼loss to Jones, Santos would go on to lose four out of his last five🌠 UFC fights.
This led to Santos being let g💝o by the UFC and the Brazilian has now signed a deal with the PFL and will compete in their light heavyweight tournament in ✅2023.
The 2023 PFL Light Heavyweight division just got 🍃more exciting! Welcome to the League !
— PFL (@PFLMMA)
What are your thoughts on Santos joining the 2023 PFL light heavyweight tourn🐬ament?
Ciryl Gane not keen on fighting Curtis Blaydes next
After Ciryl Gane's excellent performance against Tai Tuivasa this past weekend in France, the UFC will now face a difficult decision on who♓ Gane will fight next because of how good he looked.
One fighter which Gane has ope🍰nly come out and said he is not keen on facing next is Curtis Blaydes.
Check out the clip below to hear the reas📖ons why Gane isn't keen on fighting Blaydes next.
. explains why fighting Curtis Blaydes is not a "good choice" for one's career --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting)
"He doesn’t have a big name, he’s dangerous, he doesn’t have a belt, he doesn’t have hype."
Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler official for UFC 281
UFC 281 which will be held at Mꦑadison Square Garden was shaping up to be a very good card, the card now looks even better as we now know the highly anticipated lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler will also take place at UFC 281 at MSG.
Along with the announcement of this figh🐻t came an announcement that Chandler had also signed a🤡 new, multi-fight deal with the company.
It’s official. Dustin Poirier () vs. Michael Chandler () at MSG in November, per UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell. Three rounds.🥃 In addition to agreeing to the fight this week, Chandler has also signed a new multi-fight dea𝐆l.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN)
Nate Diaz set to launch his own fight promotion
As many people know, this weekend Nate Diaz wil꧋l be fighting for the final time in the UFC.
It seems like Diaz is alread𒆙y setting himself up for a life away from fighting to a life of promoting fights as he is set🍨 to launch his own fight promotion, Real Fight Inc.
Naꦆte Diaz has launched his own fight promotion --
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA)
Ciryl Gane set to be out of action for around 5 months due to injury sustained at UFC Paris
Followi☂ng his fa🀅ntastic performance at UFC Paris, Ciryl Gane is set to be out of action for around 5 months.
Gane suffered a fractured hand during his main e✅vent bout against Tai Tuivas💃a this past weekend.
-- Ciryl Gane will be out of action for roughly 5 months after suffering a fractured hand at . --
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media)
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Darren Till in talks to return to the Octagon in December
Darren Till has spoke a lot recently about🧸 his big comeback which he will be making in 2023 and it seems that comeback could be coming𓂃 a little earlier.
According to multiple sources, Till is in talks to return to the ♎Octagon in December in an exciting fight against Dricus du Plessis.
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— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc)
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Nate Diaz says he "gave up on preparing" for Khamzat Chimaev
This upcoming weekend at UFC 279, one of the biggest stars in the sport, Nate Diaz will make his final walk toꦍ the UFC Octagon against arguably the most exciting prospect in MMA right now, Khamzat Chimaev.
Diaz has always b🌟een very open and honest in his interviews over the years and it is safe to say that nothing has changed.
During a media scrum yesterday, Diaz admitted that he "gave up on preparing" for Chimaev.
Nate Diaz admits he "gave up𝔍 on preparing" for Khamzat Chimaev: "Whatever. Beat me." Full vid🥃eo:
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie)
If Diaz is being deadly serious, which in all honestly he pr🔯obably is, then that is a very dangerous move as he is fighting one of the mosܫt feared fighters in the world right now in Khamzat Chimaev who is one win away from a title shot.
UFC veteran Junior Dos Santos brands Ciryl Gane a "dirty fighter"
During the finishing seqꩲuence of the fight last wജeekend between Ciryl Gane and Tai Tuivasa, Gane appeared to hammerfist Tuivasa to the back of the head.
Even though there were no complaints from Tuivasa, a few pundits and fellow🍃 fighters picked up on🌠 it.
One of the fighters who picked up on it was former UFC heavyweight champion Junior D🧜os Santos.
In a post on Twitter, Dos Santos branded Gane a "dirty fighter."
Junior Dos Santos ripsꦗ “dirty fighter” Ciryl Gane for illegal bl𒐪ows -- Full story:
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie)
This🎶 post from Dos Santos was probably fueled from the fact that when JDS and Gane fought, Gane knocked him out with an elbow which wa💮s borderline the back of the head.
