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Las Vegas NEEDS Conor McGregor ... Conor McGregor does NOT NEED Las Vegas ... so says Dana White.

UFC rising star Sage Northcutt doesn't seem fazed by Mickey Gall's violent smack talk -- laughing off his bone-breaking threats as pure comedy ... while training with UFC champ Tyron Woodley.

As we previously reported, Gall threatened to "hurt [Sage] bad" when they face off at UFC on FOX 22 in December .. adding, "I'm gonna break his bones."

Since Tyron and Sage are friends, we hit up the champ to find out how Northcutt's preparing for the fight -- when Super Sage made a surprise appearance and reacted to Gall's comments personally.

Check out the clip ... it's clear Tyron thinks Mickey may have bitten off a little more than he can chew.

Heavyweight boxing champ Tyson Fury has voluntarily vacated his WBO, WBA and IBO titles so he can "fully focus on his medical treatment and recovery" ... so says a rep for the fighter.

In a statement issued by Fury's marketing team, Hennessy Sports -- they never mention cocaine specifically ... but they do make reference to a "serious medical condition."

"[Vacating the belts] will also allow him the time and space to fully recover from his present condition without any undue pressure and with the expert medical attention he requires and his close family support."

Fury failed two drug tests leading up to his fight with Wladimir Klitschko -- both tested positive for cocaine -- and Fury later admitted he's had a ton of blow over the years.

"I feel that it is only fair and right and for the good of boxing to keep the titles active and allow the other contenders to fight for the vacant belts that I proudly won and held as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world when I defeated the long-standing champion Wladimir Klitschko," Tyson said in the statement.

Cool story from Redskins star Pierre Garcon -- who says owner Dan Snyder encouraged him to grab all the team medical supplies he needed to personally fly out to hurricane victims in Haiti.

Ace bandages, wraps, wound cleaners ... you name it ... if it was in the team training facility, Garcon and teammate Ricky Jean Francois got the green light to bring it to the people affected by Hurricane Matthew.

In fact, when we spoke with Garcon ... he told us it was actually Snyder's idea to send the guys on a supply run on his private jet ... since he knew Garcon has family in Haiti.

"They was giving us more than I even expected to receive," Garcon says. "But they were more than willing to just give us everything."

Garcon says Snyder also provided food, souvenirs for doctors, and "anything and everything" he thought they would need for the trip.

Pierre says the goodwill mission has also lit a new fire under him to kick ass on the field -- check out the clip, he explains why.

Colin Kaepernick says he's disappointed in Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's criticism of his national anthem protest ... saying it's just another example of a white person dodging the "real issue."

As we previously reported, RBG said Kaep's protest was "dumb and disrespectful" and she takes issue with his point of view.

But in a locker room interview with reporters on Tuesday, Kaepernick responded -- "It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court Justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that."

"I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to delegitimize it by calling it ‘idiotic, dumb, stupid,’ things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue."

"As I was reading that I saw more and more truth how this has been approached by people in power and white people in power in particular."

Kaepernick also said people are "getting too caught up in the flag" ... adding, "At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth and I am not going to value a piece of cloth over people’s lives."

Here's some brutal honesty about the Philadelphia 76ers ... courtesy of 76ers superfan Kevin Hart.

For the record, Hart (who was at Caroline's On Broadway) says he LOOVES his home team -- but it's clear the injury to Ben Simmons combined with all the other issues (like the fact they went 10-72 last year) have shaken his confidence.

2:05 PM PT -- Law enforcement sources in Cincinnati tell us they've also made contact with Broner and confirmed he's ok.

Good news on the Adrien Broner front ... his fiancee says the boxer is okay ... despite some disturbing posts in which he hinted that he was going to take his own life.

Arie Nicole -- aka Miss Louiebags -- went to Snapchat and posted a message moments ago that simply read, "Adrien is okay."

We also spoke with some of Broner's friends who say the boxer has been taking their calls and they're confident he's safe and in a better place now.

As we previously reported, Broner went to social media and posted a photo of a gun and suggested he was going to commit suicide.

SHE'S BACK!!!

Ronda Rousey will finally make her return to the Octagon in December -- when she fights Amanda Nunes for the womens bantamweight title at UFC 207 in Las Vegas.

Dana White just made the announcement on "The Herd" on FS1 -- and says she's good to go on Dec. 30th.

Ronda hasn't fought since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Nov. 2015.

Dana said Ronda had a "bad loss and lost her title but she's still Ronda Rousey at the end of the day."

Dana says Ronda's in a good place psychologically.

By the way, Nunes called out Rousey back in July -- saying she can't wait to beat Ronda's ass so she can prove to everyone she DESERVES to be the champ.

White says Ronda also wants to fight Cris "Cyborg" at some point down the line -- as he previously told TMZ Sports. But first, she wants to win her title back.

LeBron James is going hard after Donald Trump -- saying the GOP nominee is WAYYY OFF on "locker room talk" because "we don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion."

Adrien Broner's close friends are worried he may kill himself -- and have contacted police to check in on the boxer after he went to social media and strongly implied he was going to take his own life.

Broner began posting early Wednesday morning -- apologizing to his family and friends and saying, "I don't want to be here no more this s**t too much."

He then posted a photo of a handgun inside of a vehicle and wrote, "I'm going home I love y'all."

We tried to reaching out to Broner to no avail -- but several of his friends told us they're extremely concerned and at least one friend says he's contacted police to help.

Kroy Biermann says he's keeping himself in shape and wants to return to the NFL this season ... despite being cut by the Buffalo Bills last month.

Kroy -- along with his wife, Kim Zolciak, and daughter, Brielle -- were at LAX when the 31-year-old linebacker told us he's definitely not ready to retire.

By the way, Brielle is dating Boston Red Sox pitching prospect Michael Kopech -- who threw a 105 MPH FASTBALL back in the summer. Dude's a stud.

So, we asked how he's getting along with Kroy -- sounds like things are moving in the right direction.

No mistrial in the Derrick Rose civil rape case ... the judge just ruled the case will move forward despite claims the accuser hid important text messages from the defense.

As we previously reported, the judge scolded the accuser's legal team in court Tuesday for allegedly withholding texts that could've helped Derrick Rose's case.

The judge had previously said he didn't want to declare a mistrial because the case would likely be brought again in the middle of the NBA season and severely inconvenience him.

But Rose's team did get a minor victory in court Wednesday.

NBA star Caron Butler has made it clear he'd LOVE for Michael B. Jordan to play him in the movie Mark Wahlberg is producing about his life.

So, when we saw Michael B. out at Catch in West Hollywood Tuesday night ... we had to ask the guy -- would you do it???

Good news for Caron, he didn't exactly say no.

Of course, Caron's life story is amazing -- he overcame a hard life as a drug dealing youth to make in the NBA. Wahlberg bought the rights to Caron's story back in March and now a movie is in the works.

In fact, the last time we got Butler out he told us how things are going behind the scenes -- and why he wants Michael B. to play him on-screen.

The beer was FLOWING in the Chicago Cubs locker room Tuesday night -- where the players (and even Theo Epstein) partied their faces off after that insane 9th inning in the NLDS!!!

The Cubbies overcame a 3-run deficit in the 9th to beat the Giants in Game 4 -- and will now advance to the NLCS to face the winner of the Dodgers/Nationals series.

Look, it ain't exactly the World Series yet ... but any time you win a playoff series, you TURN UP!!

Yom Kippur? More like Yom Stripper for Floyd Mayweather.

The boxer wrangled up around 15 dancers for a private twerkest at his residence at a fancy L.A. hotel -- and threw so much cash in the air, you can't see the floor.

Floyd's been known to host these private hotel stripper parties every now and then ... because, well, he's got the time and the money.

How was your Tuesday night?

If Chris Bosh wants to continue his NBA career, he should do it in LOS ANGELES -- so says DeAndre Jordan who tells TMZ Sports he's willing to sacrifice minutes to get CB on the Clippers.

With the Miami Heat moving to cut ties with Bosh over his blood clot condition, the 11-time All-Star appeared in a video on Tuesday vowing continue to pursue his NBA career.

So, when we shot Jordan out in L.A. Tuesday night, we asked what he thinks Bosh should do next.

"I think that he should come to the Clippers ... I'd come off the bench!"