It’s been another massive weekend of fighting as we bring to you a fresh new edition of the daily roundup. Find out about the biggest and most noteworthy headlines from the MMA world over the last 24 hours. On that note, we’ll start this compilation with a former UFC fighter who shared his reaction after witnessing the controversial end to the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach Jr. boxing match.

Thereafter, we’ll take a look at Henry Cejudo‘s comments about the eye poke incident at UFC Vegas 103 that went undetected. Finally, we will sum this roundup edition up with UFC Hall of Fame inductee Dominick Cruz sharing a few words on a potential rematch between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili.

An ex-UFC fighter takes issue with Gervonta Davis taking a voluntary knee during title defense

Gervonta Davis finally found a worthy opponent in Lamont Roach Jr., who handed him his first career draw, which was controversial, to say the least. The majority of the boxing community had ‘The Reaper’ winning most of the rounds and there were claims that he might have gotten robbed of a win. Well, another controversy that has taken shape is the knockdown that went unpenalized.

During the ninth round, Gervonta Davis happened to drop down and take a knee, which he later claimed to have happened because of putting too much grease on his hair. However, Derek Brunson believes it to be a lie and sounded off on the referee for not counting that as a knockdown. “How was that not considered a knockdown. Combat sports … the only sport where there’s no definitive winner. TOO SUBJECTIVE,” the ex-UFC fighter wrote on X.

Well, let us know what you think in the comments down below, but before that, let’s take a look at the next big story.

Henry Cejudo reacts after Manel Kape pokes his opponent at UFC Vegas 103

Just last weekend, Henry Cejudo fell victim to a double eye poke, following which he lost to Song Yadong at UFC Seattle. This week, the eye pokes are back as yet another winner was seen to replicate that illegal move. Manel Kape scored an impressive knockout win in the third round against Asu Almabayev. The Kazakh fighter even complained about the eye poke, which went undetected as ‘Starboy’ continued to put the pressure on his opponent.

Having witnessed yet another instance involving an eye poke, Henry Cejudo felt compelled to send a message to the UFC community, claiming that there’s nothing worse in MMA than an eye poke. “Eye pokes are the greatest threat to the growth of this sport (unbiased),” ‘Triple C’ tweeted.

The last time Dana White addressed this issue, he mentioned that it was not deliberate, but what about this time? Well, it remains to be seen how the UFC CEO reacts to UFC Vegas 103, but in the meantime, let’s take a look at the final story in this roundup edition.

UFC legend lays down the importance of the Merab Dvalishvili vs Sean O’Malley rematch

Almost a week ago, Dana White hinted that a potential rematch between Sean O’Malley and bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is in the making. The first fight might have given fans an idea of how the fight would pan out, so could the next one end up being the same kind of encounter? Despite how the fight pans out, it seems like 135-pound legend Dominick Cruz believes this is the fight to make because it’s “good for the division” due to O’Malley’s status as a star.

“With the way that people follow him and he’s doing the homework outside of the fight, which is the podcast, the YouTube stuff. It really does brings a lot of eyes to him, so I think that brings eyes to the division as a whole,” Dominick Cruz told The Schmo. “And Merab, obviously, with his fighting alone, steps up to the plate. The way that he’s been consistently winning against the top competition in the division, pretty much cleaned it out. So he gets this money fight with O’Malley.”

Well, what do you think? Let us know your thoughts in this edition of the daily roundup in the comments down below.