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Michael Irvin was FIRED THE HELL UP on his way out of UFC 207 ... and compared the RUSH he got from watching the fights to the same feeling as winning a Super Bowl!!

"I haven't got that feeling since I scored touchdowns in the Super Bowl ... and I've won a LOT of Super Bowls!!!!"

Amanda Nunes was not into fancy champagne celebrations after kicking Ronda Rousey's ass in UFC 207 ... all she wanted was Bud Light!

We got Amanda beelining it for Wolfgang Puck's Bar & Grill in the MGM Grand after her 48 second KO and she was a woman determined to celebrate her way.

Ronda Rousey wears defeat on her sleeve ... and this photo says it all.

We spotted her late Friday leaving the MGM Grand after getting knocked out in 48 seconds by Amanda Nunes.

A fan approached to comfort her, and you feel the despair.

Newly crowned UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt says his win against Dominick Cruz was the best 25 minutes of his life.

We got Cody in the lobby of the MGM Grand after winning the belt, and his comments about his relationship with Dominick Cruz is super interesting ... given their trash talk in and out of the octagon.

Speaking of Cruz ... we also got him at the MGM in Vegas, and he's handling the loss like a champ. The decision didn't go his way, but it didn't stop him from partying.

Ronda Rousey's mom didn't mince words after her daughter's UFC 207 disastrous loss ... her kid needs to hang it up.

We got AnnMaria De Mars at the MGM after she watched Amanda Nunes knock her daughter out 48 seconds into the first round.

AnnMaria sounds like she never wanted Ronda to fight ... ever, and throws shade on those who do.

And talk about beef ... AnnMaria cannot hide her contempt for Ronda's coach.

Warning to Cody Garbrandt ... YOU HAVE AN ASS KICKING COMING ... at least that's what MMA star Phil Davis thinks ... telling TMZ Sports his training partner, Dominick Cruz, is gonna slap Cody around.

Garbrandt and Cruz are set to face off at UFC 207 ... and the two men have been throwing verbal darts at each other since the bout was announced ... calling each other every name in the book.

We got Davis out at LAX, and the Bellator star delivers bad news to Team Garbrandt ... saying Cody has a ZERO PERCENT chance to beat Cruz, who he says has been DOMINATING during training.

Ronda Rousey just faced off with Amanda Nunes at the UFC 207 weigh-ins ... and it was INTENSE!

Nunes -- nicknamed "The Lioness" -- showed up in lion mask and looked VERY easy going about the whole fight.

Ronda flashed a smile for a quick second before returning to angry mode.

But the big story was the confrontation between Cody Garbrandt and Dominick Cruz -- when they yelled and pushed at each other during the showdown.

UFC stud Louis Smolka says he ain't backing out of his UFC 207 fight with Ray Borg ... even though his opponent is more than 3 POUNDS overweight.

It's a big deal ... especially between two flyweight fighters (125 pounders) ... but Smolka says he's a fighter and fighters fight.

The silver lining for Smolka ... he says he finally gets to be the good guy for a change.

Ronda Rousey looks READY TO GO ... showing off her ripped physique at the official UFC 207 weigh-in Thursday morning ... where she hit the media with the silent treatment.

Ronda didn't say a single word as she hit the scale before her championship fight with Amanda Nunes ... and weighed in a perfect 135 pounds.

She looks ripped. She looks strong. She looks ready.

[H/T Damon Martin for the pic]

UFC rising star Cody "No Love" Garbrandt says he's lucky to be alive after being stabbed in a crazy bar fight before his UFC career ... saying he was forced to fight after a guy pulled a knife on him.

Garbrandt was telling Champions.co why he's tough enough to face Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 on Friday -- and recalled the bar fight he was wrangled into in a back country bar in Ohio a few years ago.

You gotta hear Cody tell the story ... it's crazy.

Ronda Rousey says she's laser-focused on crushing Amanda Nunes on Friday at UFC 207 ... and doesn't care about ANYTHING else ... the money, the media or her image.

We got video from the UFC of Ronda talking about her mindset going into the fight -- and she spells the whole thing out.

"I don't care about how this pay-per-view does. I don't care about how much money I make. I don't care about interviews and I don't care how I look," Ronda said.

"All I care about is winning my belt back on Friday night and that's it."

UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste is proving her insane body is ready for UFC 207 this weekend.

DEEP BURN ALERT ...

Stephanie McMahon let CM Punk have it Sunday night ... dissing the WWE star about the infamous ass-kicking he got in his UFC debut.

It happened in Chicago -- CM's hometown -- when the crowd started chanting Punk's name ... something that happens a lot when the WWE rolls into the Windy City.

Wanna get high out of Nick Diaz's face?

Well, now you can because the UFC legend is now a marijuana pipe ... and he's stoked!

Nick hit up a head shop in Stockton, CA on Monday and found that artsy toner pipe designers had used his face -- and his brother Nate Diaz's face -- as the inspiration for some new glass.

He also found "Diaz Brothers" rolling papers.

Diaz was so excited he busted out his vaporizer and hit it right there in the shop.

Nick had previously said he considers himself the #1 stoner athlete in the world -- so, this is kind of like an honor.

Dana White tells TMZ Sports he's still on great terms with Brock Lesnar -- despite the UFC 200 PED drama -- but believes his days in the Octagon are probably over.

"I think his career is winding down but he's a freak of nature. Who knows ... maybe he'll give me a call and say he wants to do it again but I think he's ready to ride off into the sunset."

FYI, Brock is 39 years old and before UFC 200 he hadn't fought in the Octagon since 2011 when he lost to Alistair Overeem.

There's more ... we also asked Dana about another WWE superstar, CM Punk, and whether he would return to try to redeem himself after his disastrous debut earlier this year.

It's obvious Dana likes and respects CM ... but it doesn't seem like we'll see Punk back in the Octagon in the very near future.

Urijah Faber says he's just not into fighting anymore ... and his decision to call it quits in the MMA is 100% final ... meaning he ain't coming back ... EVER.

Faber announced his plans to retire in October ... saying last Saturday's UFC on Fox 22 fight would be his last.

He then waffled a little bit to TMZ Sports ... saying he wasn't sure someone wouldn't "piss him off" and bring him back to the Octagon.

But when we talked to him earlier this week -- AFTER the fight -- he made it clear, he can't go through the whole thing again ... and wants to concentrate on other things in his life.