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"It makes all the sense in the world, right? We live together, we train together, we work together. Everything is there. There's also an inspiration to one being here at the same time as the other, one feeds off of the other and it helps a lot," he said.

"[IC360] reached out and told us there was some unusual action going on with that fight and [asked] did we know anything," White told TMZ. "We didn't. We called the fighter and his lawyer and said, 'what's going on? Are you injured? Do you owe anybody money, has anybody approached you?' The kid said, 'absolutely not, I'm going to kill this guy.' "The fight plays out, first-round finish -- literally, the first thing we did was call the FBI. I met the FBI twice [Tuesday]."

"Like many professional sports organizations, UFC works with an independent betting integrity service to monitor wagering activity on our events," a UFC spokesperson told ESPN in a statement. "Our betting integrity partner, IC360, monitors wagering on every UFC event and is conducting a thorough review of the facts surrounding the Dulgarian vs. del Valle bout on Saturday, November 1. We take these allegations very seriously, and along with the health and safety of our fighters, nothing is more important than the integrity of our sport."

Two of the UFC's biggest stars publicly called out each other on Saturday in the immediate aftermath of a very disappointing UFC heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane. Jones is a former heavyweight champion who retired earlier this year rather than accept a fight against Aspinall, while Pereira is the current light heavyweight champion with a list of potential contenders in his own weight class.

"This is bulls---, the fight was just getting going," Aspinall said. "Complete bulls----. I'm pissed off. I can hardly open my eye."

Jandiroba has battled adversity to get to this point, including dropping her UFC debut and a 3-3 start in the promotion. "To dream of something is great, but to finally get to do it is even better. We've been on this journey for a long, long time. On Saturday, we're gonna be able to finally do it. It was a long road, but now I'm finally here, and I'm here to take the belt on Saturday."

The UFC plans on closing out 2025 with a bang. Six titles will be on the line over the final two months of the year. In the main event of UFC 321 from Abu Dhabi on Saturday (2 p.m. ET on ESPN PPV, prelims at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN+), Tom Aspinall will finally move on from the Jon Jones saga and defend his undisputed heavyweight championship for the first time against former interim titleholder Ciryl Gane.

I wasn't disappointed or anything like that. It's just a fact that, what happens in the process. You get these guys coming out of fights, something happens, they go online, they go on social media and say 'hey, I'm ready, I can be the next guy, I can be up there to face him, fight him,'

I'm coming (for the belt), Ulberg said following the fight.

Australia's own Jake Matthews, now a ten-plus year veteran of the UFC, faced off with the most active welterweight in promotion history, Neil Magny, at UFC Perth on Saturday. Matthews was finally getting his wish as he had called for a fight with Magny on multiple occasions. Magny holds the record for both most fights and most wins at 170lbs in the UFC, having joined the promotion in 2013 off a stint on The Ultimate Fighter.

Junior Tafa, Oban Elliott, and now Justin Tafa - UFC Perth just can't seem to hold its card together. During Friday's UFC Perth official weigh-in, heavyweight Louie Sutherland hit the scales at 259lbs, successfully making weight for his main card bout with Justin Tafa. The New Zealand-born Tafa, however, had not hit the scales come the close of the weigh-in window, with promotion officials announcing that he was off the card due to illness.

Kicking off this UFC Perth edition of TTP is our interview with UFC welterweight, Jonathan Micallef. Micallef chats about the fans, and sportbooks, doubting him in his last couple of fights. With an upcoming fight against the popular Oban Elliott, he will again be an underdog. He gives us his take on that fight as well as a prediction for how it might end. Plus, he chats about his time working with UFC legend Robert Whittaker to get prepared for this one.