MMA

MMA

"I still wanna whip Nate's a**... I'll come back to fight him... The UFC knew I was going to fight Nate in our first matchup in Madison Square Garden... I said listen, 'If it's not Nate, I'm not fighting. I'm going to have my hip taken care of. If it's Nate, I'll fight.'... And then Nate used that -- like I was the fall guy, like the fight's off because I pulled out. But I never pulled out. I just didn't want to fight anybody else but Nate."

"I had a scan and things are progressing fuc*ing nicely, which I'm very happy about. They're saying, pretty soon; things keep moving in the right direction, I will be cleared for contact."

"This is what I imagined coming into the UFC. With all the respect to the prelims and early prelims, I've never seen myself as the first fight in the card. I knew the way I fight, it's exciting, it's entertaining. With the bonus on the line, there's a prize. I train so hard, if there's this much to take, I'm not gonna be happy with just a little bit."

Sutherland opened with a leg kick the usual tactic against Tuivasa, before quickly shooting for a takedown. Tuivasa briefly threatened with a guillotine, forcing Sutherland to disengage.

Rodtang Jitmuangnon faced Takeru Segawa for the ONE interim flyweight kickboxing championship at the inaugural ONE Samurai event in Tokyo, showcasing a high-stakes matchup.