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Maybe Chris Weidman knows something we don't ... but the UFC star says the highly anticipated Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight is "100%" going down.

Weidman appeared on "MMA Report with Mike 'Gunz' Gunzelman" and said his information about the fight is "a fact."

Of course, Dana White has disagreed the last few times we've seen him out -- while he's said he wants the fight to happen, the UFC honcho has said the 2 sides are insanely far apart when it comes to money. But maybe something's changed.

Still, Weidman seems very confident and explained why he truly believes Mayweather could be in for a VERY painful night.

Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall almost got TRUCKED by an elephant in Mozambique ... and the whole thing was caught on video.

The NFL star is on safari in Africa with fellow football players William Gay, Duke Ihenacho, Omar Bolden, Mike Adams and more.

During a day out in the bush, the gang came across a large African elephant -- which was beautiful and majestic -- until it started to charge!!!

Don't worry, it chilled out ... but Marshall was shook.

The gang soldiered on and encountered a LION later in the safari.

No one was eaten in the making of these videos.

Detroit Pistons guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was arrested early Wednesday morning for DUI ... hours after the Pistons lost ANOTHER game.

24-year-old Caldwell-Pope was initially pulled over in Auburn Hills, Michigan at 2:50 AM for going 45 in a 25 -- but during the stop, cops say they could smell the alcohol on Kentavious.

According to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports, KCP admitted to having 2 drinks of Hennessey at a bar earlier in the evening.

The officer administered field sobriety tests -- KCP didn't do great -- and he was arrested for DUI. After he was taken to a nearby station, Kentavious took a breathalyzer test -- and blew a .08.

Cops say the NBA player was "very cooperative."

Terrell Suggs says he's CERTAIN Colin Kaepernick is being blackballed by NFL teams over his national anthem protest ... but tells TMZ Sports he's offered his full support to the QB.

Ochocinco Island??? More like 3 Mile Island.

Chad Johnson called out ATL Falcons star Mohamed Sanu in a 1-on-1 coverage drill ... bragging that he could lock up the wide receiver like he was Patrick Peterson.

Problem is ... when they took it to the field, SANU LIT HIM UP LIKE A XMAS TREE!!!

By the way, props to Chad who looked damn good for a retired 39-year-old wide out who just gorged on McDonald's before the workout.

There were other NFL guys out there too, including Melvin Ingram and D.J. Swearinger ... and even they were impressed with the old guy.

Good news for LeBron James ... Nelly totally gets why NBA teams are resting their marquee players, saying the guys are playing a ton of minutes and need a break sometimes.

Bad news for Lebron James ... Nelly ain't with NBA teams resting their marquee players, saying he'd be super bummed if he took his son to a game, and the big stars were missing.

Nelly said both things when he was out at LAX, and it's clear the competitive athlete in him is having a vicious battle with the loving dad in him.

If Jon Jones beats Daniel Cormier, he'll solidify his spot as the greatest UFC fighter of all time ... above Anderson Silva ... so says Alan Jouban.

In fact, Jouban says Jones already has a more impressive resume than Silva.

"When you look at the guy that Jon Jones has beat in comparison to the guys that Anderson Silva has beat, Jon Jones has beaten way tougher guys."

Jon's top victories include ... Daniel Cormier, Glover Teixeira, Vitor Belfort, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida, Rampage Jackson and Shogun Rua.

Silva's top victories include ... Stephan Bonnar, Vitor Belfort, Forrest Griffin, Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson.

Bottom line ... Jouban says he wants to see Jones stay clean and compete for a long, long time.

The recent string of celeb burglary victims -- Nicki Minaj, Alanis Morissette, Yasiel Puig and Emmy Rossum -- might have been hit by Crips ... according to a report.

Here's how it allegedly goes down -- the Crips ditch their gang attire and hop into luxury whips to blend into the high-end communities they're targeting. According to the AP ... the burglars show up to fancy cribs and look for signs it's empty. They ring the doorbell and if no one answers, they break in.

LAPD refers to it as "flocking" because gang members flock to these neighborhoods like birds.

Our law enforcement sources say it's not necessarily ALL Crips pulling these heists, but cops definitely suspect they're involved in some of them. Also, they're NOT only targeting celeb homes ... they just so happen to stumble upon them in certain glitzy neighborhoods.

It's good to be a professional athlete ... at least judging by the beach pics of their reality star wives and girlfriends!!

A bunch of the women from the "WAGS" show flew to Hawaii for Nicole Williams' bachelorette party -- as she gears up for her wedding to ex-NFL linebacker Larry English.

Nicole was joined by supermodel Shanina Shaik -- along with her "WAGS" co-stars Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson. Models Sharina Gutierrez, Tamie Tran and Angelica Lee were also on hand.

They tanned, they drank ... they took butt selfies.

Pandemonium occurred at a Golden Gloves boxing event in L.A. on Wednesday -- when fans stormed the ring at a youth tournament and fought it out ... with one guy catching a haymaker right in the face.

Oh, and a woman hit a man with a steel chair!!!!

It all went down at a Golden Gloves qualifier tournament at a rec center 2 miles from Dodger Stadium -- when fans got pissed after an alleged late punch during a bout between teenagers.

One witness tells us people began to scream at each other -- then they stormed the ring -- then the punches flew.

The witness adds, "Chairs were thrown and people were hit with chairs. Tables were broken. A woman even hit someone with a chair."

Miraculously, no one was seriously injured. Cops were called to the scene but the fight was over by the time police arrived. No one was arrested. Some of the fans are pissed about the lack of security at the event.

But get this ... we're told the brawl eventually ended on its own and the boxing tournament continued.

Swaggy P got the stripper treatment during his rookie hazing back in 2007 ... and Gilbert Arenas just provided the photo proof.

Nick Young was a 1st round pick of the Washington Wizards -- where Arenas was a superstar at the time.

One of the hazing rituals Young had to endure ... he was hog-tied in his hotel room surrounded by cash.

Arenas called it "50 Shades of Nick" and added, "Welcome to stripping game playa."

Maybe K.J. Wright knows something we don't ... but the Seahawks Pro Bowl linebacker is adamant Richard Sherman is NOT leaving Seattle.

On Wednesday, Pete Carroll said other teams have called and expressed interest in the leader of the Legion of Boom ... and Carroll said the team has talked about it ... but so far, no official moves.

Enter Wright ... who told us straight up, "Sherman's not going anywhere. He's gonna be here."

Magic Johnson has a rule when it comes to dating his daughter ... NO DODGERS ALLOWED!

Of course, Magic is a co-owner of the MLB team -- and his daughter, Elisa, says he's not a fan of her mixing business with pleasure.

In fact, when it comes to dating -- "He's a no-go on the athletes and Dodger players."

Michael Irvin has been 86'd from speaking at a high school awards event in Arkansas -- after event organizers learned the NFL legend is being investigated for sexual assault.

Irvin was set to be the keynote speaker at the Best of River Valley Preps All-Stars Awards on June 1 -- an event that honors the top high school athletes in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

TMZ Sports spoke with Jason Taylor -- the president of the organization behind the awards -- who tells us Irvin's investigation causes a "conflict and distraction."

Taylor says organizers understand the situation is still being investigated -- and they don't presume guilt -- but, "We don't want to take away from this special night of recognition."

We're told Irvin's team was understanding.

Floyd Mayweather has a VERY different media strategy than his pal, Donald Trump!!

The boxing superstar was out spending some of his millions in Bev Hills on Wednesday -- when he took a moment, called over ALL the paparazzi and gave 'em a pep talk right in the middle of the street.

"I support all of you 100%," Mayweather said ... "Without the media, I wouldn't be where I'm at."

Of course, the guys ate it up ... and then hammered Floyd with Conor McGregor questions -- continuing the hype machine that could lead to his biggest payday of all time.