Sean O’Malley PREDICTS fight against Merab Dvalishvili! what's up everyone and welcome back to the MMA Zone today let's get started with Shaun Ali predicts fight against morab divish at UFC 306 suugaan Ali and morab Bash will finally have a chance to share the Octagon when they headlined the highly anticipated UFC 306 card at the Vegas sphere leading up to the fight the two sides have continued to take verbal Jabs at one another adding to the hype surrounding the banto Clash from morab deash taking om Al's jacket at UFC 288 to the Champions coach Tim Welsh taking aim at the machine on social media there's been plenty of bad blood on both sides with Fight Night rapidly approaching om Ali spoke about the fight in an interview with ESPN's Brett okamoto predicting an early Finish Well I find people's chins that's what I'm saying I find people's chins I do I'm going to find Mor option he's a huge head huge nose it'd be hard for me I could try to not hit him and I'd still accidentally probably hit him that's how huge his head is as om Ali also pointed out the machine's title shot has been a long time coming however he and Alaine Sterling refused to fight one another forcing DV into a gatekeeper role now with the streaking Contender looking to capture UFC gold and om Ali looking to make his second successful title defense the stakes couldn't be higher heading into the historic no UFC card next up Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic IN JEOPARDY! let's take a look at Jon Jones versus steepen miotic in Jeopardy although the long awaited fight between Jon Jones and steepen miic is expected to take place at UFC 309 in November so far the UFC has yet to officially announce the fight according to Tom Aspen there's a good reason why the fight has not been confirmed yet during a recent video for his YouTube channel Aspen revealed that he's hearing steti miic is injured right now putting the potential November 16th date at Madison Square Garden in Jeopardy but there's not there's nothing announced yet these are all rumors I'm hearing rumors that Steve p is potentially injured these are stuff that I'm hearing from Inner Circle stie I believe his birthday was yesterday actually I see and he's 42 years old the guy's going to be injury prone Jon Jones million miles on the clock he's going to be injury prone me I'm ready to go man I'm not even in my Prime yet I'm hungry for it man I'm not sure these two guys are but I am and I'll fight either of them for the Undisputed title on any notice I'm ready in the event that the fight does happen and Jones wins Aspen requested that he pass the Undisputed title to him as he exits the Octagon Jon Jones I know you got your fight coming up apparently it's in November against Ste peric nothing has been announced or signed yet as far as I'm aware but if that does happen I'll be there I'll be ready to jump in with either of you guys for the Undisputed title if one of you is going to pull out but if you successfully defend against steepe in November I will be there in the crowd I'll be there front row I want you to hand me the Undisputed title as you walk to pass me please thank you with Jones recently throwing his phone into a pool however the champion might not get the mem Ariel helwani shut down rumors of Stipe miic being injured he tweeted saying I'm told the rumor that Stipe is injured and out of the Jones fight is 100% not true next up let's take a look Francis Ngannou FIRES BACK at Dana White COMMENTS! at Francis and ganu fires back at Dana White comments following this week's episode of Dana White's Contender series white spoke with media members where the conversation eventually shifted to Jon Jones at one point while discussing the Jones versus enanu fight that never was white put the blame on the Predator saying that Jon Jones was not the reason a fight between the two never came to fruition during the pfl press conference on Thursday for inu's October 19th fight with henan feda The Predator fired back at white as far as I'm concerned he was J joh didn't want to fight for me according to them and so many time that we sit down on the meeting though I'm like oh it can happen JJ doesn't want to fight anymore you know like he live in abuk C he doesn't um he live his small life he has a lot of money in his bank account you know you know so I think uh the guy who control the narrative can say whatever he wants but that's just the narrative I never I was the one requesting the J joh fight as many members of the MMA Community were quick to point out after White's comments circulated online at one point in time white stated that if he was Jon Jones he would consider dropping to middleweight rather than moving up to heavyweight to fight enanu of course as enanu has stated in the past about between the two is still a possibility however Dana White and the UFC have continued to show an unwillingness to cross promote a Belal Muhammad wants Shavkat Rakhmonov or Kamaru Usman at UFC 310 fight next let's take a look at Bal Muhammad want shaod rock manov or kamaro Usman at UFC 310 when speaking to Media members after his UFC 304 victory over Leon Edwards balal Muhammad made it clear that he wants to fight the best of the best at welterweight since then it's continued to look as though it's only a matter of time before the UFC books Muhammad's first title defense given that he emerged from his recent Victory nearly unscathed during a recent interview with MMA junkie Muhammad once again Nam dropped shavkat rachmanov and Kamar Usman as potential contenders revealing that he's targeting December's UFC 310 card for his first title defense yeah 100% right and obviously shot's the boogeyman that they think could be everybody but I also like a back and forth of talking too withan and those fights are more exciting too just because it gives me something to make him shut up about and it gives me something to you know have fun with the buildup uh D all respect with shaat obviously but uh yeah for me it really doesn't even matter it's just who the UFC's talking about booking and uh like we have a game plan for everybody we have a style to beat all these guys the more likely of the two options seems to be shop cot rachmanov given that he's undefeated throughout his professional career while on the flip side Usman is in the midst of a three-fight skid and is not w a fight since 2021 however if rachmanov is unable to fight on the card the UFC could Grant Mohamad wish for a fight with the former champ of course there's also been talk of Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler headlining the UFC 310 card in December however so far there's been no word as to whether or not McGregor will be ready to fight in UFC UPDATES! time next up let's take a look at UFC updates ahead of this weekend's UFC fight night caner versus Balo card at the Apex let's look at today's UFC fight updates starting with two short notice additions to this weekend's card with Ziggy manes rasa set to compete against Nathan Fletcher in a like weight bout that will see both Fighters look to make successful UFC debuts in addition a featherweight bout between UFC newcomers KH olley and Myron Santos has also been added to the card with both Fighters eager to make a statement in their promotional debuts as well shifting gears and looking ahead to the fall a flyweight bout between Karen Silva and Vivian Aro has been added to UFC 309 on November 16th the bout will see Silva look to build on a four-fight win streak inside the Octagon while on the flip side aruo looks to bounce back from A Loss to Natalia Silva back in February last but certainly not least in the way of UFC fight updates a flyweight fight between Carlos Hernandez theam Jal tuman demberel has been added to the recently announced UFC maau card on November 3rd the bout will see Hernandez looked to snap a two-fight skid that most recently saw him drop a decision to raid suya at UFC 303 while on the flip side tuman demberel will be looking to pick up a win in his UFC debut after back-to-back road to the UFC wins last year next up Muhammad Mokaev BREAKS SILENCE after CRASH! let's take a look at Muhammad MV breaks silence after crash this week photo surfaced of Muhammad mv's Mercedes AMG A35 following a crash in dagistan according to initial posts mokv lost control of his car and wound up crashing into a ditch on Thursday later in the day MV was released from the hospital and took to social media to let his fans know that he was doing okay despite the harrowing images from the crash site writing alhamdulillah I'm well out from hospital thank you for the support I've been tested on High level at this stage of my career and I will be back stronger inshah so far there's been no word as to whether or not mokai have sustained any injuries from the crash however given his post it seems as though he's in good spirits despite the situation next let's Dana White FIRES UFC fighter after he was ARR3ST3D! take a look at Dana White fires UFC fighter after he was arrested last Friday eight-fight UFC veteran Casey Kenny was arrested in Phoenix following an alleged incident with his girlfriend in Late July at the Time video footage filmed by the mother of Kenny's then girlfriend was circulating the MMA Community after she went to Kenny's house and found that her daughter had sustained injuries that she believed to be the result of in response police arrested Kenny charging him with two felonies and four misdemeanors after what was described in police records as an alleged that lasted for 13 hours during which time the victim allegedly was repeatedly prevented from leaving additionally Kenny also allegedly threatened the victim's mother saying saying that if she contacted her mother there would be consequences the most serious charge Kenny is facing is the felony 2 charge which could land the former bantamweight in prison for anywhere between 4 and 12 1/2 years if he's convicted although Kenny had not competed in the UFC since the summer of 2021 when he dropped a split decision to son Yong Kenny had been on the UFC's active roster up until news of his arrest began to circulate this week in response to the news the UFC quickly handed him his walking p papers removing him from the active roster according to report from MMA fighting ahead of two scheduled court dates on August 22nd and August 26th [Music] [Music]