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    Stunning UFC octagon girl Brittney Palmer sizzles in tiny bikini as fans say ‘it should be illegal to be this hot’

    BRITTNEY PALMER has wowed fans in her most recent Instagram post.The UFC octagon ring girl donned a tiny red bikini during a trip to Cabo, Mexico.
    Brittany Palmer has sizzled in a red bikiniCredit: Instagram / @brittneypalmer
    She shared the picture from a trip to Cabo, MexicoCredit: Instagram / @brittneypalmer
    Brittney is a favorite on the ring-girl sceneCredit: Getty
    And has been for many yearsCredit: Getty
    The 35-year-old enjoyed some downtime in the Mexican city as she had a night out on the town as well as hit the beach with some tequila shots.
    And she shared some fun of her own with a string of raunchy pictures.
    The main snap was her in a tiny red bikini twinned with a wide-brimmed hat that left little to the imagination.
    She also shared a few pictures of herself wearing a figure showing grey unitard.
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    The ring girl shared the pictures on her Instagram for her 1.1 million followers.
    The post was captioned: “Cabo, where the drinks are strong and the views are stronger.”
    Reacting to the pictures, one gushing fan commented: “Gorgeous you and the scenery. I think you improve the scenery.”
    A second wrote: “You are just stunning!”
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    She has built up a massive online followingCredit: Instagram / @brittneypalmer
    She has over one million followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram / @brittneypalmer
    A third said: “Ohhhh you sweet thing ❤️.”
    While a fourth added: “It should be illegal to be as hot as Brittney Palmer 🔥.”
    Brittney has been a ring girl for years and previously shocked fans when appearing on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2012.
    She has gone on to be a three-time winner of Ringcard Girl of the Year and is popular with the MMA crowd.
    In her free time she is an incredible artist, regularly painting pop art pieces.
    She has painted UFC star Conor McGregor and has been known to charge over £20,000 for her artworks.
    And often uploads teasing picturesCredit: Instagram / @brittneypalmer
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    UFC star Jorge Masvidal lists Jake Paul’s three strengths over Nate Diaz and reveals prediction for fight

    JORGE MASVIDAL has given Jake Paul the advantage in three key areas heading into his fight with Nate Diaz. The YouTuber-turned prizefighter returns on August 5 in Texas against ex-UFC star Diaz, who is making his boxing debut.
    Nate Diaz lost to Jorge Masvidal in 2019Credit: Getty Images – Getty
    Jake Paul was beaten by Tommy Fury on pointsCredit: Getty
    Masvidal – who in 2019 beat Diaz – has been linked with fighting Paul too.
    But despite the rivalry, he admitted the American’s size, youth and activity gives him an edge heading into the bout.
    Although Masvidal, 37, is actually backing veteran Diaz, 38, to win.
    He told MMAJunkie: “It’s just the time of it. Jake’s obviously a lot younger than Nate. If Nate’s in his prime, I think he smokes Jake.
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    “But Nate’s been out of it for a while. I don’t know what kind of shape his lifestyle is like outside a serious training camp.
    “He hasn’t been in a training camp in a while, so I don’t know. I think the odds are a lot on him.
    “Jake’s been competing and Jake’s naturally a lot bigger, but all that being said, I think Nate just finds a way to tough-guy it out and just beat up Jake and break him down. I think Jake will run a lot.”
    Paul, 26, suffered defeat for the first time in February, losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia to Tommy Fury, 23.
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    A rematch was expected to follow but instead the social media sensation announced he will instead fight Diaz.
    Meanwhile, Masivdal is now in retirement having hung up his gloves following defeat to Gilbert Burns, 36, his FOURTH in a row.
    But the fan-favourite has refused to rule out a return in either boxing or MMA down the line.
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    Ex-UFC champ Eddie Alvarez defends wife screaming during his fights and says critics can ‘go f*** themselves’

    EDDIE ALVAREZ defended his wife for screaming in support of him and said critics can “go f*** themselves.” Alvarez met his partner Jamie as a teenager and now the couple have four children, three sons and one daughter.
    Eddie Alvarez fighting Chad Mendes in a bare-knuckle boxing fightCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    Eddie Alvarez with his wife JamieCredit: @ealvarezfight
    The couple have four children togetherCredit: @ealvarezfight
    Jamie has been a regular at her husband’s fights throughout his storied career and has been known to make herself heard.
    She often screams in support of Alvarez and his most recent bout was no different.
    The American beat Chad Mendes in a brutal bare-knuckle boxing fight but his wife stole the show in the crowd.
    Although Alvarez is also in his wife’s corner and defended her passionate support.
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    He said on The MMA Hour: “Listen, man, that’s my f*****g chick and if anybody has anything to say, they can go f*** themselves.
    “My wife’s been watching me fight — we met each other when we were 15 years old. We have four children together.
    “I am her f*****g guy and if something happens to me, now you can feel her pain and what she’s feeling.
    “She has my four children, man. She’s my f*****g ride or die.
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    “She can’t control what’s going on and her yelling or her screaming, that’s how she feels.
    “It’s genuine so if you don’t like it, deal with it. But it’s f*****g genuine. I hear her and so does everyone else. We all hear her.”
    Alvarez crossed over to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship after leaving Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship.
    And he beat Mendes, 37, in his bare-knuckle debut by split-decision in a bout Conor McGregor – who beat both in the UFC – watched live.
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    Conor McGregor’s ex-opponent Eddie Alvarez reveals he listened to UFC legend’s ringside advice in bare-knuckle fight

    EDDIE ALVAREZ revealed he listened to old rival Conor McGregor’s advice during his bare-knuckle fight with Chad Mendes. McGregor was a shock guest at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s event in Denver, which featured two of his ex-opponents.
    Chad Mendes, left, was beaten by Eddie AlvarezCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    Conor McGregor was ringside for the fightCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    And it was Alvarez, 39, who emerged with a split-decision win over Mendes, 37, following a series of knockdowns from both.
    At one point in the bout, the former UFC lightweight champion listened to the call of McGregor, who cried out for an uppercut.
    And after landing the shot, Alvarez pointed at the Irishman in acknowledgement.
    He later said on The MMA Hour: “He was yelling for uppercut, and I was kind of recognising that Chad was hitching, he was doing a little hitch before he came under, and Conor picked it up and then he was mentioning it as soon as he was against the [ropes].
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    “As soon as he yelled uppercut, I was like, ‘I see it,’ and then I landed it and I was like, ‘Good call.’
    “It was a good moment. He recognised it, I recognised it, and I think that was that.”
    McGregor, 34, knocked out Alvarez in 2016 to win the lightweight belt in 2016, his last title fight victory.
    One year earlier, he recorded the same second-round stoppage against Mendes for the interim featherweight strap.
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    So when he rocked up in support of the pair, McGregor’s loyalty was split.
    Alvarez said: “Someone said he was yelling s*** for Chad too.
    “I don’t think he had a horse in the race, I think he just wanted to see a good fight and he was just recognising some things that were going wrong and he was trying to coach guys.
    “For him, he’s a winner already. He beat both of us. He shows up with his f*****g whiskey, rich and doing nice s***, and good, I wish the best for everyone in this sport.
    “It’s a very difficult life, it’s very difficult to make money, and when he’s done what he’s done for himself and for the sport and for his family, I’m all for it.
    “I have no animosity to any of my opponents. We’re all in this crazy, uncertain life journey. It’s difficult, and if you can do what he did, I’m all for you.”
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    Conor McGregor called out to brutal bare-knuckle fight by champion Mike Perry after shock face-off in the ring

    CONOR McGREGOR has been called out to brutal bare-knuckle fight by Mike Perry after their shock face-off in the ring. McGregor was a surprise ringside guest at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s event in Denver.
    Mike Perry facing off with Conor McGregorCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    He watched as ex-opponents Chad Mendes, 37, and Eddie Alvarez, 39, put on a brutal barnstormer with the latter winning.
    And McGregor, 34, stunned all when he went into the ring to confront BKFC champion Perry, 31, before teasing a bare-knuckle switch.
    Now the Irishman has been called out to take the gloves off and fight it out.
    Perry told TMZ Sports: “I think a fight looks very entertaining. The build-up. The s*** talk.
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    “We’ve both been professionals in this business a long time, everyone knows who he is, he’s been at the top that list of professional fighters and athletes.
    “Big business marketing standpoint from that, I’ve got some big, big people pushing behind me who would want to make something like this happen.
    “They believe in me and my attributes and my capabilities in the sport of bare-knuckle boxing.”
    McGregor is set to make his UFC return later in the year against Michael Chandler, 36, having been out injured since July 2021.
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    Meanwhile, Perry moved to 3-0 in BKFC after beating Luke Rockhold, 38, having punched the ex-UFC champion’s TEETH out.
    McGregor has one before crossed over to boxing, losing in a lucrative bout against Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
    But he needed special permission from the UFC to do so, something they have not granted a signed star since.
    Although Perry is hoping McGregor wins his comeback bout against Chandler so they can set up a blockbuster in the ring.
    He said: “You know he’s still in with the UFC.
    “Let’s hope he beats Michael Chandler, then we can really make the biggest fight date in the world, Platinum Mike Perry versus The Notorious Conor McGregor.”
    Conor McGregor was a shock guest at the BKFC eventCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship More

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    Ex-UFC star Chad Mendes RETIRES after being left with gruesomely swollen face in bare-knuckle fight with Eddie Alvarez

    CHAD MENDES announced his retirement from fighting after a brutal bare-knuckle boxing bout with Eddie Alvarez. The former UFC pair put on a hellacious show over five rounds in Denver, both scoring knockdowns against each other.
    Eddie Alvarez beat Chad Mendes in their bare-knuckle boutCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    But Alvarez emerged with a split-decision victory, which left a battered and bruised Mendes to call it quits.
    He said: “I just wanted to say thank you to all the fans.
    “This has been a lifelong career for me, I started wrestling at the age of five years old, never taken a year off up until this now.
    “I’m officially hanging them up tonight guys. Thank you very much for all the awesome memories through all my UFC career, coming into bare-knuckle.”
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    Mendes, 37, left the UFC in 2018 after retiring from MMA.
    But in 2022 he crossed over to sign for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and stopped Joshuah Alvarez in his debut.
    Ex-UFC lightweight champion Alvarez, 39, faced Mendes in his first BKFC fight after leaving MMA promotion ONE Championship.
    And the two slugged it out in front of old rival Conor McGregor.
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    McGregor knocked out Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight title in 2015 and repeated the result against Alvarez a year later for the lightweight belt.
    The Irishman, 34, was seen ducking and dodging during the bout, shouting advice to his former opponents.
    And he later faced off with BKFC champion Mike Perry, 31, who beat Luke Rockhold, 38, in the main event.
    Conor McGregor ringside at the fightCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
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    Ex-UFC champion Luke Rockhold quits in brutal bare-knuckle fight with Mike Perry after having his TEETH knocked out

    MIKE PERRY made Luke Rockhold quit in their bare-knuckle bout after brutally punching his TEETH out. Ex-UFC middleweight champion Rockhold took his gumshield out in round two and signalled that he could not continue.
    Luke Rockhold had his teeth punched out by Mike PerryCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    Mike Perry beat Luke Rockhold in two roundsCredit: Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
    And post-fight, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president Dave Feldman revealed the extent of the American’s injury.
    Feldman said: “Luke Rockhold got some of his teeth got cracked, so that is why he was unable to continue.
    “His teeth definitely got messed up pretty good. You know, but what a great start to that fight.”
    Perry, 31, moved to 3-0 in BKFC since leaving the UFC in 2021.
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    And he did so with Conor McGregor, 34, as a surprise ringside guest and the Irishman opened the door to a shock bare-knuckle switch.
    McGregor said: “Fair play to you mate, I respect you. I’m into this game, I’m into this game.
    “Fair play to you. I’d fight you. I’d fight you most definitely. I’d fight you no problem, mate. I’m never retiring.”
    Perry said in his post-fight press conference: “What’s next for me? Conor McGregor.
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    “He likes to box too, we can go throw hands. And he gave me a face-off, man. How cool was that?”
    McGregor – swigging whiskey from the bottle – was a keen viewer as his ex-opponents Eddie Alvarez, 39, and Chad Mendes, 39, also put on a show.
    And after a series of knockdowns for both men, Alvarez won a split-decision.
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    Fans all say the same thing as UFC legend Conor McGregor swigs Proper 12 whiskey from ringside at bare-knuckle fights

    CONOR McGREGOR swigged his Proper 12 whiskey from the bottle as he made a shock appearance at a bare-knuckle boxing event. The Irishman took a ringside seat in Denver to watch former opponents Chad Mendes and Eddie Alvarez put on a brutal show.
    Conor McGregor swigging Proper 12 whiskey from ringsideCredit: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrpP6kKuCGy/
    Alvarez, 39, beat Mendes, 37, on points before Mike Perry stopped ex-UFC champion Luke Rockhold in two rounds of the main event.
    And McGregor, 34, looked to be enjoying himself as he was captured sipping his limited edition Irish Apple whiskey.
    But it left some fans fearing the worst with the MMA legend, who is set to make his UFC return later this year against Michael Chandler, 36.
    One said: “There is no way this dude is fighting Chandler.”
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    Another added: “Conor training that liver.”
    One commented: “This dude ain’t fighting.”
    Another agreed: “I don’t think he’s fighting Chandler.”
    McGregor was later called out for a face-off with Perry, 31, and opened the door to a bare-knuckle boxing switch.
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    He said: “Fair play to you mate, I respect you. I’m into this game, I’m into this game.
    “Fair play to you. I’d fight you. I’d fight you most definitely. I’d fight you no problem, mate. I’m never retiring.”
    Perry said in his post-fight press conference: “What’s next for me? Conor McGregor.
    “He likes to box too, we can go throw hands. And he gave me a face-off, man. How cool was that?”
    Mike Perry facing off with Conor McGregor More