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Mokaev Blames Paramount and TKO for UFC Exit as Jake Paul Roasts Tommy Fury

Mokaev says the only explanation he got was that matchmakers can't deal with him, while Paul turned a viral Halloween ejection video into a punchline.

Muhammad Mokaev
Photo: Muhammad Mokaev: Sportleader TV, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Muhammad Mokaev

Mokaev is still steaming about his UFC exit, and he made sure his target was specific. Replying on X to a French-language post that argued someone could have at least given the reason, he wrote that they can’t give a reason, and that the only thing they say is that the matchmakers can’t deal with him. He followed that with “Total bulshit answer” and “Still I don’t blame Dana , I blame paramount and tko.”

Notice the careful carve-out. He let Dana White walk and pointed the gun at the corporate side of the house. That’s a fighter who still wants a door cracked open somewhere, even while he’s lighting a match. Telling a guy the matchmakers can’t deal with him is also the vaguest breakup text in combat sports, and Mokaev clearly agrees.

Jake Paul

The Problem Child found fresh material. Quoting a @GreatBritishMC post about video that allegedly shows Tommy Fury being kicked out of a Halloween event for being too drunk and trying to kiss actors, Paul wrote: “Molly-Mae runs a business, raises the kids and pays the bills.” Then came the finisher: “Tommy’s job was to not get kicked out of a haunted house. Couldn’t do it.”

The allegations in that clip come from the quoted account, so treat the details carefully. The joke structure, though, is pure Paul. He’s still the guy who lost to Fury, and he keeps scoring on social media the rounds he couldn’t win in the ring. Petty? Absolutely. Effective? The second line landed cleaner than anything he threw in Saudi Arabia.

Renato Moicano

Moicano posted a plea in Portuguese, in his usual unfiltered style: “Alguém conhece alguém da band aí pra ajuda nós…. Se fudemo com strike aqui kkkkkk chama.” Roughly, he’s asking if anybody knows someone at Band to help them out, saying (in language we’ll leave in the original) that they got wrecked by a strike, and laughing through it.

He didn’t spell out what the strike was or what he needs from Band, so we won’t guess. But that string of k’s tells you he’s taking it the way he takes everything, which is loudly and with a grin.

Tim Kennedy

Kennedy waded into French politics. “I hope the world is paying attention to the riots in France,” he wrote on X, adding “There are no French flags being flown at these protests” and “This is the consequence of mass immigration.” The former middleweight has never kept his political takes off his timeline, and this one followed that pattern. File it under posts that have nothing to do with fighting.

Emi Fujino

The best story of the day came from Japan. Fujino wrote that she and Mina helped rescue a drunk older man at Ueno Station: “上野駅で酔っぱらいのおじさんをミーナと一緒に救出。” She added that it might be her future self, so she was banking some good karma, and said everyone nearby was kind too.

On the same day the internet was passing around a clip of a fighter allegedly getting tossed from a haunted house, Fujino was out here doing public service for tipsy strangers. The timing writes itself.

Gaston Reyno

Reyno shared footage of Ilia Topuria arriving at an MMA RKENA event in Georgia, writing “A donde va se hace notar, es una Superestrella…” which translates to the idea that wherever he goes, people notice, because he’s a superstar. Topuria showing up at a regional show back in Georgia and causing a scene is the kind of entrance that makes the promotion’s whole year.

Shinya Aoki

Aoki posted a link breaking down Rukiya Anpo failing to pass a hydration check at weigh-ins, with the headline making his verdict plain: “青木真也から見てこれは安保瑠輝也さんの責任と落ち度です!!” In Aoki’s view, that miss is on Anpo, his responsibility and his fault, full stop. Aoki has never been shy about saying the quiet part, and two exclamation points tell you he isn’t softening it for anybody.

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