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1 day agoUFC matches rising welterweight talent against former Bellator champ at UFC 328
Joel Alvarez will face Yaroslav Amosov at UFC 328 on May 9, with potential rankings implications for the winner.
"I do hate him," Morales told Alvaro Colemenoro. "We don't have a very good vibe. But at the end of the day, he's still a fighter. I'm not gonna get overconfident if I had to prepare myself to fight him... That fight is gonna be intense if it happens... I think that if I were to fight him, it would be the first time that I would fight in a very aggressive way."
"About the decision, about the fight, nobody stay happy. I think the only people who stay happy about the decision is my opponent and his team. The president is making the right choice with that, that's protecting the image of the company and not tainting their legacy and the sport."
If you want to make money, fight. One year ago, Tom was saying things like, 'I'm the active champion. I don't care about Jon Jones. I just care about the belt.' We all supported that because Tom was completely correct. And now one year later Tom is the one that appears to be holding out.
UFC 324 marked the first event for UFC in 2026 as well as the first event on the new deal with Paramount. UFC president Dana White announced that bonuses would be increased from 50k to 100k and that a finish would produce an extra 25k bonus. There were lots of weight cutting woes. A UFC and WEC legend was announced to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Paramount+ will air all 13 numbered events and 30 Fight Night events in 2026 amounting to roughly 43 live events assuming there are no changes to the schedule. Of those events, several will be simulcast on network television on CBS. Compared to the last iteration, it is clear that Paramount+ has been designed with the idea of being akin to the WWE Network in that it is not simply made to highlight the biggest