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Zabit Magomedsharipov wants to rebook a grappling match against Raul Rosas Jr.

Magomedsharipov was originally scheduled to face Rosas in a grappling match under the ACBJJ banner in July in Moscow. However, he was forced out with an injury and replaced on short notice by his brother, Khasan Magomedsharipov. Rosas took a little over five minutes to make Khasan tap to a rear-naked choke.

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Why Zabit Magomedsharipov wants a grappling match with Raul Rosas Jr. Zabit recently acknowledged Rosas’ elite grappling skills. However, he believes jet lag and weight cutting contributed to his brother’s loss. Zabit wants to test himself against the Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight. While the Russian considers himself physically stronger, he believes “El Nino Problema” could make it an exciting matchup with pure technique.

Rosas also recently submitted Colby Covington with a rear-naked choke at Hype FC. Zabit believes Covington underestimated the 22-year-…

Ultimate Fighting Championship play-by-play commentator Brendan Fitzgerald is grateful to his colleagues for having his back.

Fitzgerald was on commentary duty at UFC Vegas 124 on Saturday at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. However, he clearly had a bad throat from the start of the card. Fitzgerald was eventually replaced by John Schriffen before the main event between Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker.

Brendan Fitzgerald addresses leaving commentary duty at UFC Vegas 124 Fitzgerald recently released a statement thanking Schriffen, fellow commentators Dominick Cruz and Michael Bisping, and reporter McKenzie Pavavich for stepping up in his absence. Fitzgerald also revealed that he will be on duty at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

“Shoutout to our whole crew for all the support,” Fitzgerald wrote on his Instagram stories. “Drank my weight in tea today! Thanks to Dominick Cruz, Michael Bisping and McKenzie Pavavich for picking up the slack. Great jo…

Dana White won’t be the next White House press secretary after all.

United States President Donald Trump, an old friend of White, recently said he would like to appoint the Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO as the next White House press secretary. According to Trump, fighters like Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison are needed to protect America from the “Lunatic Left.”

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What Donald Trump revealed about Dana White and the press secretary position Trump subsequently even posted an animated video of UFC fighters physically dominating reporters at a White House presser. He has since said he was joking. While initial reports suggested that White turned down the offer, Trump claims the UFC boss loved the idea.

“I posted the greatest wrestlers and UFC fighters in the world, like Khabib, like Justin Gaethje, who’s phenomenal,” Trump told reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida. “And you see a…