MMA News Round Up: Conor McGregor Re-Enters USADA Pool; Michael Chandler Drops a Calls Out of Nate Diaz; Jake Shields Charged After Mike Jackson Brawl

A lot more occurrences have taken place in the world of MMA in the last 24 hours. However, fans often miss out on the most significant events of their favorite sport due to the paucity of time and the strenuous schedule of daily life. Hence, we bring you the latest edition of the daily roundup to keep you up-to-date with the biggest headlines.

We will start our news compilation with ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor. He recently confirmed that he had entered the USADA’s testing pool. Then we will shift our focus to Michael Chandler, who issued a call-out to Nate Diaz. Finally, we will sum up our roundup with former UFC fighter Jake Shields, who was charged with a misdemeanor battery.

Conor McGregor enters USADA’s testing pool

It seems like the air of uncertainty surrounding Conor McGregor’s return is slowly diminishing. The Irishman recently shared a post on Instagram with pictures of one of his recent sparring sessions. However, the exciting part of the post was his claim about giving a sample for drug testing to Jeff Novitzky.

“Submitted my stuff to Novitzky. Ball rolling,” said Conor McGregor while talking about how much he enjoyed his recent sparring session. It seems like he has finally entered the USADA’s testing pool. Furthermore, he even sent a message to his possible opponent, Michael Chandler, as well.

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‘The Notorious’ seems excited about fighting Michael Chandler, whom he believes will be quick work inside the Octagon. “See you soon you little light work b*tch,” McGregor added. We will have to wait and see if the USADA results can confirm his return in the not-so-distant future.

Michael Chandler calls out Nate Diaz

With the fight against Conor McGregor hanging in the balance, Michael Chandler recently issued a call-out to another UFC and MMA icon. During a recent appearance on ‘The MMA Hour’, ‘Iron’ took the opportunity to call out former UFC fighter Nate Diaz. Chandler said, “There are definitely some moments where I’m like, ‘Hey man is Conor coming back, is he just trolling us all, is he a real fighter anymore, and then you think, ‘Who’s a real fight?’ Nate Diaz is a real fighter, I’m a real fighter.”

Michael Chandler claims he has always wanted to fight Nate Diaz just because he respects him a lot. Moreover, he stated that he’d love to put on a show against him with Diaz’s inside-the-Octagon antics at play. “I’d love to get smacked by him and flipped off by him in the cage, and that would be fun,” said Chandler. However, that fight seems unlikely to happen since Diaz is no longer in the UFC.

Jake Shields gets charged with battery

Former UFC fighter and Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields has apparently found himself on the wrong side of the law. A report by ‘MMA Fighting’ revealed that the 44-year-old veteran has been charged with a single count of misdemeanor battery on another ex-UFC fighter, Mike Jackson, in December 2022.

Shields failed to appear in court after a summon was issued on August 9th. As such, an arrest warrant was issued on the very same day. However, Jake Shields is yet to be detained or taken into custody for those charges. In addition to that, he also refrained from making any comments or providing any statements regarding that matter. We will have to wait and see what unfolds in the days to come.

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