The 2026 season is yet to kick off, but the tension is already brewing hot in Las Vegas. Kirk Cousins and Maxx Crosby got into a fight during practice last week. However, the latter might be interested in settling the matter elsewhere.

“ITS TIME TO SETTLE OUR BEEF ONCE AND FOR ALL!! ITS FIGHT NIGHT!! 😭😭😭😭😭 @KirkCousins8 @ufc @danawhite,” Crosby posted on X on August 15, along with an AI-generated poster.

Even though this might have been a joke, it was the first time Crosby addressed his fight with Cousins.

During the training camp, Crosby was spotted striking Cousins on his throwing arm. The quarterback lost his cool when Crosby delivered what is reported to be a second hit on a tipped pass. He grabbed the defensive end’s jersey, and the two exchanged some words before they were separated. As a punishment, both were kept out of practice the day after.

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“We have very clear expectations about how we want to practice, how you go about our business,” head coach Klint Kubiak said. “We violated that yesterday, so we held those guys out. That’s all I’m going to say about it. We addressed it with the team and we’re moving on.”

Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time Crosby has been linked to the UFC, as CEO Dana White once suggested an interesting take on the Raiders’ edge.

“When you look at a lot of these guys that play in the NFL, if they… Imagine if Maxx Crosby trained in MMA since he was a kid, he would be a world champion right now,” White said. “And I believe that to my core. And I know a lot of s—about Maxx Crosby that you guys don’t know.”

Crosby is known for aggression on the field and his occasionally unsavory conduct with players. In 2024, he tried to bug then-Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew by calling him “little a– boy.”

A mic’d-up Minshew said later on, “Maxx Crosby is so damn angry.”

Interestingly enough, here’s what Crosby said while addressing that incident:

“I’m always trying to find an advantage and get in people’s heads,” he said on Pro Football Talk. “So for me, I’m usually not the one that starts it. But if there’s something that triggers me a little bit, I’m going all the way. So I don’t want to say I don’t want to get there, but once I start, there’s no stopping.”

Will Kirk Cousins and Maxx Crosby bury the hatchet before the season begins? We will have to wait an watch.