SEAN SHARAF SAYS MIA KHALIFA FOLLOWED HIM AFTER UFC 331 KNOCKOUT

UFC heavyweight Sean Sharaf knocked out Gable Steveson in 12 seconds at UFC 331, held last month at the Crypto.com Arena in California. Speaking on the Double Coverage podcast, Sharaf said former adult performer Mia Khalifa had started following him on social media after the win and that the pair planned to do a "collab," without giving further detail. He said it was the first time Khalifa had followed anyone connected to the UFC. Sharaf also said the victory led him to meet the singer Morgan Wallen and the podcast host Joe Rogan, with whom he recorded an episode discussing the fight.

Sharaf said he entered the bout against Steveson, a protégé of Jon Jones, as a significant underdog. He comes from a Palestinian family that relocated from Jerusalem to the United States when he was young, while Khalifa was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved to the US as a child. Separately, Sportskeeda reported that Sharaf had dismissed calls for a rematch with Steveson, quoting him as saying "I took his soul." Sharaf did not specify when or in what form the collaboration with Khalifa might take place.

Sharaf told Rogan that the knockout had changed his life and described the moment as "euphoric," saying he still found it hard to process weeks later. He gave no date for any further bout or for the mentioned collaboration with Khalifa. No UFC or Steveson statement was included in the material reviewed. Sharaf's comments remain the only account of the contact with Khalifa and the meetings with Wallen and Rogan.