UFC reporter Megan Olivi thinks she's in the minority when it comes to the first Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov fight.

Jackson, who earned three Fight of the Night awards in his eight-year UFC career, sees only upside to the UFC shelling out more for bonus-winning fighters. “I think this is how you fix it,” Jackson said. “You want more exciting fights? … Because that Fight of the Night bonus be bigger than some people’s purse.”

Although Abbott was the first fighter to wear the Harbinger glove, it is former UFC champion Tito Ortiz who takes credit for inventing the modern day UFC glove. “I’ll give you a better one and this is gonna be crazy, you know the UFC MMA gloves? I made those motherf——,” Ortiz said on the Jaxxon Podcast in 2023.

There were no blunders at UFC Vegas 110 weigh-ins, with all 26 athletes hitting contracted marks on the scales

UFC needs to offer up bigger financial rewards for exciting fighters, according to a former light heavyweight champion with the promotion.