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Speaking to media outlets including Cageside Press, Cong (9-1) said after the win over Eduarda Moura that she was "reviewing this fight right now" in her mind, and felt she was a bit conservative in the cage. Nor did she believe in herself a hundred percent, added Cong, speaking via translator at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.

Carano last fought in 2009 and subsequently went on to build a career in Hollywood. Carano made headlines after she was released by Lucasfilm in 2021 following controversial comments. Carano is now back in training at Syndicate MMA under coach John Wood. Wood says Carano got back in shape over the last few months and is training with professional fighters now. While Wood doesn't want to jump the gun, he isn't shutting down the idea of Carano returning to combat sports.

Evloev was scheduled to welcome former Bellator MMA star Aaron Pico to the UFC last August at UFC 319. However, Evloev pulled out of the matchup with hardly over two weeks to go before fight night. Evloev recently revealed that he was forced out of the fight due to coronavirus, the same virus responsible for the worldwide lockdown in 2020-21. Evloev claims he was affected by the virus in Thailand and decided to pull out when even easy exercises made him feel terrible.

ONE Championship is in action at the Lumpinee Stadium on Friday with ONE Friday Fights 141 flyweight Muay Thai action atop the card. Two mixed martial arts fights and two kickboxing bouts adorned a card otherwise dominated by Muay Thai action. A $100,000 U.S. ONE Championship contract was one again on the line for one of the night's unsigned winners.

"Actually, I always stay active," Almeida explained. "Even when I don't have a fight, I'm helping my teammates. When the UFC offered the fight three weeks ago, with the option to renew the contract, I talked to my manager and we decided to accept this first fight of the new contract."

Per Marca, the settlement offer initially given by Topuria has been accepted, resulting in Uzcategui withdrawing her lawsuit against him. Recent rumors were dispelled by his post, including that he had been forced to sell his home in Madrid, Spain. Topuria ended any doubt by posting training videos in that house, a standalone gym that includes ample training gear and even a few recovery tanks like a hyperbaric chamber.

"I don't know if it was ring rust, but I definitely think I underperformed that fight, and I never got to show Amir Albazi, the real Amir Albazi, The original Amir Albazi. So I'm happy to be here to finally be able to show people that this is the real Amir Albazi, this is the problem in the division. I can't wait to show you guys on Saturday."

Even after a hiatus that lasted more than a year, Tai Tuivasa's slump continued at UFC 325. The popular Aussie heavyweight struggled to remain upright, dropping a unanimous decision to Tallison Teixeira in a featured bout this past Saturday at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. It was Tuivasa's sixth consecutive defeat within the Octagon, a skid that dates back to September 2022. "Bam Bam" expressed disappointment in the defeat in a statement released on his Instagram account.