Strickland comments on Ngannou; Prates and Maddalena face off; Gaziev weight concerns

Sean Strickland made a controversial comment about Francis Ngannou regarding carrying weapons. Carlos Prates and Jack Maddalena held their first face-off, with observers noting that Prates appears huge for the welterweight division and questioning his weight-cutting discipline. Shamil Gaziev currently weighs around 140 kg despite competing at heavyweight (120 kg limit), with concerns raised about his weight cut ahead of an event in Australia where recovery time is significantly shorter. Arman Tsarukyan revealed that the UFC recently sent him an unexpected bonus of $42,000, though he's unsure what it's for, speculating it might be related to his social media activities.