MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Will Retire After Next Fight?, Dana White Left Embarrassed After Francis Ngannou vs. Joshua Update, Stipe Miocic Answers Tom Aspinall

Countless developments take place in the world of MMA on a daily basis. Nevertheless, due to time limitations, fans often miss out on the most significant happenings. Nonetheless, we bring you yet another edition of our daily roundup to keep you informed about all the noteworthy moments in our beloved sport from the past 24 hours.

We will start with Michael Chandler, who claimed that Conor McGregor will retire after their fight in June. Then we will shift our focus to Francis Ngannou, who proved Dana White wrong once again. Finally, we will sum up our daily news compilation with Stipe Miocic issuing a response to Tom Aspinall regarding his frustrations for not getting the undisputed title shot.

Michael Chandler believes that Conor McGregor could retire in 2024

The MMA world is buzzing for the return of Conor McGregor after the Irishman announced his return against Michael Chandler for June 2023. Meanwhile, ‘Iron’ had a few things to say about the former double champion’s future in MMA. Chandler believes that Conor McGregor could choose to retire after their fight during International Fight Week.

“I think I’ll be the last person [to fight Conor McGregor],” Michael Chandler told Brett Okamoto of ESPN. “I think I dominate him in a fashion that, it’s almost as if he can keep trying to come back, but he will have lost the fan’s interest so much more after I do what I’m gonna do to him on June 29th.”

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Although Michael Chandler believes that he could retire Conor McGregor, the Irishman already has a list of fighters he wants to compete against. He once mentioned wanting to fight Justin Gaethje for the BMF title and a trilogy bout against Nate Diaz. It remains to be seen what the path for McGregor will be after his fight against Chandler.

Francis Ngannou spoils Dana White’s prediction and gets a second boxing match

When Francis Ngannou jumped ship to boxing, Dana White wasn’t too sure about his future in that sport. However, ‘The Predator’ proved Dana White wrong after putting on an amazing performance against Tyson Fury. Now, Ngannou has proved White wrong once again after announcing his second boxing match against Anthony Joshua. The pair will fight on Mar 9 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya took notice of that and was impressed with MMA fighters trying to go toe-to-toe against the boxing elites. He even took a jibe at Dana White, who claimed that MMA fighters don’t make money in boxing while urging more of them to jump ship to compete in the squared circle to earn huge paychecks.

Stipe Miocic responds to Tom Aspinall’s recent tweet

The interim heavyweight champion recently poured out his frustrations with the UFC. He mentioned how being the number one contender in the heavyweight rankings still isn’t enough for him to secure a fight against Jon Jones. Instead, Aspinall was livid with the fact that Stipe Miocic, who had not fought for a while now, was getting that shot. The former 2-time champion caught hold of these statements and issued a response in return.

The fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic was supposed to take place at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden. However, an injury forced ‘Bones’ to pull out. As such, Miocic told Aspinall that he was not to be blamed for this postponement. Moreover, the heavyweight veteran is willing to discuss a potential title unification fight after he defeats Jones when he returns. We will have to wait and see how Dana White reacts to this proposal down the line.

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