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Machine Gun Kelly is opening up about Sean Strickland after their run-in at a Power Slap event back in February ... warning the UFC fighter to quit running his mouth!

The Cleveland native swung by Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast to chop it up on a wide range of topics ... including the disdain between Kelly and Strickland.

At a point during the conversation, the topic turned to Strickland ... and it's very evident MGK is far from a fan of the former UFC middleweight champion.

Paige VanZant went all out for her most recent workout ... ditching her top for an upper body routine with her MMA fighter husband -- and it is all types of steamy!!

VanZant shared the training session with Austin Vanderford to her Instagram followers on Monday ... showcasing the two's impressive physical strength while adding a NSFW touch.

Paige -- sporting a pair of blue biker shorts -- opted to leave the top off to the side ... showing off her massive back tattoo while doing push-ups off her hubby's legs. Vanderford -- who also decided to go shirtless -- grabbed a handful of her booty while giving her support.

Forget Gatorade, Conor McGregor's road back to the UFC Octagon is apparently being fueled -- at least in part -- by beer!!

Check out footage TMZ Sports has obtained from the MMA star's sister's wedding earlier this month -- the 36-year-old nearly downed a whole pint of suds in a matter of seconds at Erin McGregor and Terry Kavanagh's ceremony out in Ireland.

Conor, of course, is currently trying to work his way back to the UFC following a three-year hiatus ... but it's clear he put a pause on his training regimen to celebrate his older sibling's nuptials in style.

Jared Cannonier may be outside what many consider a fighter's "prime years," but the 40-year-old isn't stressing Father Time ... telling TMZ Sports he's taking things one fight at a time, and still sees title shots in his future!

We caught up with the fifth-ranked UFC middleweight before his main event contest with 12th-ranked middleweight contender, Caio Borralho.

Cannonier -- who celebrated his 40th trip around the Sun in March -- says he isn't thinking about how much longer he plans on fighting.

Ronda Rousey is finally owning up to a mistake she made more than a decade ago ... formally apologizing for sharing a Sandy Hook conspiracy theory vid back in 2013.

The former UFC bantamweight champion infamously reposted the clip -- which questioned the authenticity of the tragic school shooting that took the lives of 20 children and six staffers -- to her social media page ... before almost immediately taking it down amid backlash.

She appeared to try to sweep it under the rug in the ensuing years ... but when her recent Reddit AMA thread was bombarded by comments about the controversy -- she took to X to officially issue a mea culpa.

UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland says Megan Fox ripped into him over previous comments he made about her children ... claiming the actress sent him a scathing social media message that was "f***ed up" -- even by his standards.

The former champion appeared on "Verse Us With Eric Nicksick" recently, where he shared a wide range of stories ... most of which contained his usual abrasive commentary.

At one point in the episode, Strickland -- who went into graphic detail about how big of a Fox fan he is -- explained his beef with the "Jennifer's Body" star ... saying the direct message she shot at him addressed how her kids were getting bullied online after he made transphobic remarks about their wardrobe.

Matthew Perry's doctors are getting punished professionally, Donald Trump's getting a fake endorsement and Mike Tyson's getting physical with Jake Paul ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Charles and Babcock have the latest on the Matthew Perry death case ... including the DEA stripping the doctors charged in the case of their ability to write prescriptions.

Dricus du Plessis successfully defended his UFC middleweight championship for the first time Saturday, submitting Israel Adesanya in the fourth round ... and he's celebrating the win in style, slamming beers, and wearing a mankini (not necessarily at the same time)!

The 30-year-old fighter left little to the imagination ... posing for the photo with the UFC title on his shoulder -- while wearing the South Africa-inspired thong with some of his buddies.

Du Plessis also celebrated the win by throwing back some beers with his contingent ... slamming a pint in record time!

UFC fighter Casey O'Neill is shouting out Olympian Rachael "Raygun" Gunn -- after a UFC 305 victory she busted out the Aussie's breakdance ... but it was way more mocking than tribute.

Casey defeated Luana Santos by a unanimous decision at UFC 305, which was held in Perth, Australia -- so, naturally, the Aussie fighter had to celebrate with an impersonation of her countrywoman ... AKA the most meme'd athlete of the Paris Olympics.

She fell to the mat, laid on her side and started doing Raygun's writhing move ... and even threw in her infamous kangaroo hop. Casey's version was hilarious, for sure, but only because she was NOT competing in the Olympics when she did it.

Dana White's all about a fair price ... handing out hundos to a fan who tried to give him rare memorabalia for free -- and, flexing a wad of cash while doing it.

The CEO and president of UFC was at Fanatics Fest -- a multi-day festival featuring some of the top athletes and sports personalities in the world -- when a fan came up to take a quick pic with him.

Turns out the fan -- a guy named Kenny Duncan Jr. -- is the founder of Celebrity Mint, a company that makes commermorative coins, shaped like trading cards, of legendary sports figures ... and, he offered a pure gold coin featuring Mike Tyson for free.

Dricus Du Plessis isn't only traveling thousands of miles for his first title defense, but he's headed straight into Israel Adesanya's backyard. So, is the middleweight champ pissed off?!

Nope ... in fact, he tells us he would've preferred to fight in Izzy's own gym!

"I'm extremely happy," Du Plessis told TMZ Sports. "If I had it my way, I would have done it in Auckland, where he's from."

Israel Adesanya was an emotional rollercoaster while exchanging trash talk with Dricus du Plessis ... going from calling his opponent a "f***ing pig" to breaking down in tears moments later.

The intense back-and-forth went down during the UFC 305 press conference in Australia ... when the Last Stylebender was asked if he would take his middleweight championship back to Africa if he were to win this weekend, to which DDP (21-2) chimed in with a jab about his childhood -- referencing how Adesanya's family had domestic servants.

"Are you taking the servants with you when you're going back?" the South African fighter asked. "Are you taking the servants with you if you're going back?"

Michael Chandler's Christmas wish is to put his fist through Conor McGregor's face on the UFC's December card -- and while Santa Claus can't help here -- Dana White can, and Iron Mike desperately hopes he books the long-awaited fight as UFC 310's main event!

TMZ Sports talked to 38-year-old Chandler on Wednesday ... and asked the #6 ranked lightweight for his reaction to White recently declaring McGregor (and therefore Michael) would NOT be fighting in 2024.

"If [Conor and I] can fight in December, let's do it. I'm in. But the fact of the matter is I've stayed ready since I left training camp for that June 29 fight and I am staying ready to take a fight. Any fight, if this fight doesn't look like it's happening in December," Chandler told us.

Former mixed martial artist Lumumba Sayers -- who once fought ex-UFC star Derek Brunson inside a cage -- was arrested for murder over the weekend ... after he allegedly shot and killed a man to avenge his son's death.

The Commerce City Police Department says the incident happened at around 5 PM on Saturday during a children's birthday party at a Commerce City, Colo. park.

According to the arrest affidavit, obtained by Denver7, Sayers is accused of walking up to 28-year-old Malcolm Watson and shooting him in the head. The docs state witnesses told cops Sayers may have thought Watson had been a friend of a man he believed to be somehow involved in the 2023 death of Sayers' son.

Israel Adesanya's returning to the Octagon for a scrap with Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305 ... and the former champ is now breaking down exactly where his beef stands with the current middleweight title holder.

"It's not personal, I just want him to take accountability for his remarks," Izzy recently told TMZ Sports ... just days before his August 17 main event.

Said "remarks" go back to when Du Plessis -- who was born in South Africa -- said he was gunning to become the first "real African" champion in the UFC ... something Adesanya (born in Nigeria before ultimately moving to New Zealand for a better educational opportunity) took serious umbrage over.

Belal Muhammad already has an idea who he may fight in his first bout as defending UFC champion ... telling TMZ Sports it could be all-time welterweight great, Kamaru Usman, or up-and-comer, Shavkat Rakhmonov.

Muhammad joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs nightly on FS1) ... where the guys talked about everything from what it felt like to finally achieve his dream, to who is on his shortlist for his first fight as the division's king.

"It's been epic," Belal said ... "for me to go down to enemy territory, his home soil in front of his people, that were booing me the whole week, to go out there and dominate them the way I dominated them, it felt so good!"