MMA Fighting reports that Tamara Alves, Costa's partner and manager, said that the former UFC middleweight title challenger is not medically cleared to compete at UFC 294 because of the "still active" infection in his right elbow.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2023/10/11/paulo-costa-out-khamzat-chimaev-gets-new-ufc-294-opponent/

MMA Junkie and MMA Fighting would later reach out to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and they are insisting that Diaz will be subjected to marijuana testing for his fight against Paul in Dallas.

Source: https://brobible.com/sports/article/nate-diaz-jake-paul-texas/

'The bag is so big, he may actually just drop it on the way to the bank,' he told MMA Fighting.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-12679323/The-rise-Francis-Ngannou-walking-six-miles-school-Africa-sleeping-rough-Paris-borrowing-money-LIVE-UFC-champion-Predator-hit-big-time-Tyson-Fury-fight.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490