Vakhitov predicts Pereira will lose due to excess muscle gain; Islam confirms camp

Artem Vakhitov, who is helping Ciryl Gane prepare and was the last person to defeat Alex Pereira in kickboxing, stated in a recent interview that Pereira will lose because he has gained too much muscle mass. In other news, Jiri Prohazka responded to accusations from Johnny Walker by calling him a stripper. Carlos Prates and his daughter did a face-off with Jack Della Maddalena, with Prates clarifying to his daughter who the bad guy is. Islam Makhachev confirmed he has started preparation for his next fight. Khamzat Chimaev responded maturely to trash talk from Sean Strickland, saying his friends approached Strickland and he backed down, claiming he was just promoting the fight, and Chimaev stated he doesn't like fake people. Colby Covington complained that UFC shows no interest in promoting him or putting him on important events like the White House fight, and said he's willing to give his final competitive years to RAF if UFC doesn't want him.