Burns retires, Tsarukyan defeats Faber 13-1 and calls out Covington

Gilbert Burns has ended his fighting career. Ian Machado Garry will enter the top 15 at welterweight, though the author doubts his potential against the new generation of top contenders. The Guskov-Blachowicz fight has been canceled but replaced with Ibo Baraniewska as the Polish substitute, with the author joking that judges are not needed as the fighters will settle it themselves. Arman Tsarukyan defeated Urijah Faber 13-1 and afterwards called out Colby Covington, promising to aim for a 10-0 scorecard and saying he will make people forget about Covington not just as a fighter but as a wrestler. Khamzat Chimaev has signed with RAF, and Bo Nickal immediately responded by challenging the champion.