Ideally, I would prefer to stay in my weight class at lightweight. But if that doesn't happen, if they offer me a title fight at featherweight, then why not? Otherwise, there's no point of fighting at featherweight against just anyone; I'd rather fight in my own division.
I don't like this guy, because he disrespect me. My job is to fight. Whoever the UFC gives me, I will fight. UFC gives me [Umar], I will fight. Wrestling is for fun. I'll never do fun matchup against this guy. Because it's not fun for me, it's real.
I don't think the dude's ever going to fight me. If he doesn't win this fight, I think he'll retire. If he doesn't get another title shot or run or fights for a belt again, he's going to retire. The whole 'I was never offered to fight Sandhagen' thing is just not how it works with a guy like Sean O'Malley.
Las Vegas - Brazilian featherweight Jean Silva was in good spirits following his win over Arnold Allen at UFC 324 on Saturday, walking into the media space at the T-Mobile Arena with a length of wood, saying since he couldn't punch any more that night, he'd use that instead.
Muhammad Mokaev has seemingly been invited back to the UFC, but not to compete in MMA. Mokaev (15-0) recently won the under-65 kilogram title at the English Senior Wrestling Championships in freestyle wrestling. Mokaev claims he has now been offered to fight jiu-jitsu ace Mikey Musumeci for a UFC BJJ title. "I have been offered to compete against Mikey Mussumeci for the UFC BJJ belt. What do you think guys?" Mokaev wrote on X.