MMA News Round-Up: End of Khabib in MMA!, Nate Diaz & Francis Ngannou Tease New Promotion, Derrick Lewis’s Drastic Transformation

The MMA world has already noticed quite a few notable events in the past few hours. So, here we are with one more edition of MMA news roundup to keep you updated with the most recent MMA world happenings. One of the biggest global stars of MMA, Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov announced his complete retirement from MMA. One of the Instagram pages covering ‘The Eagle’ put out this news recently. The UFC Heavyweight fighter, Francis Ngannou, and the former UFC Welterweight, Nate Diaz, recently gave out indications that they might be moving to other fight promotions. UFC Heavyweight, Derrick Lewis, startled fans with his awesome weight loss. His friend and co-fighter jokingly stated that Lewis was ready to fight as a Welterweight in the UFC.

3. Khabib Nurmagomedov bids goodbye to the MMA world

Khabib Nurmagomedov retired from the UFC Octagon as an undefeated fighter. But, even after his retirement from the Octagon, Nurmagomedov was well-active in the MMA world. He could be seen cornering his stablemate and current UFC Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev, and also on other UFC events.

But, recently, ‘The Eagle’ finally put an end to his time in MMA entirely. This news was shared by an Instagram page named ‘ᴢᴀ Kʜᴀʙɪʙᴀ’ which covers ‘The Eagle’s’ whereabouts. Their post read, “Khabib is leaving the MMA industry. It about coaching and everything else related to MMA. The reason is Khabib’s desire to devote more time to his family”.

The post from ‘ᴢᴀ Kʜᴀʙɪʙᴀ’ was also shared by Nurmagomedov as his Instagram story. It left no doubts about the authenticity of this news. A lot of fans around the world will definitely wish a happy retired life for him.

2. Francis Ngannou and Nate Diaz hinted at moving to different promotions

The UFC Heavyweight fighter Francis Ngannou and former UFC Welterweight, Nate Diaz, gave out indications that they might be moving to different promotions. Ngannou was snapped while having some quality time with his near ones. But the eyebrow-raising thing was that one of Ngannou’s near ones dawned a PFL t-shirt.

This incident started speculations in the MMA world about whether Ngannou was eyeing to move to the PFL or not.

The ‘Stockton Gangster’, Nate Diaz also gave out some similar indications. Diaz posted the logo of Japan’s ‘Rizin Fighting Federation’ on his Twitter account which had his fans postulate about his signing in to ‘Rizin’.

However, there has been no concrete information about whether these two are actually set to make a move to the new promotions or not.

1. Derrick Lewis left fans bewildered with insane weight loss

The noted UFC Heavyweight, Derrick Lewis, looked like a new individual after his startling weight loss. The ’37-year-old’ didn’t have a favorable last couple of outings and tasted two defeats in them. Lewis might be on a rejuvenation track after his last setbacks.

His friend and fellow UFC Lightweight fighter, Terrance McKinney, also posted a photo of Lewis on his Twitter account, which showcased the insane transformation of the UFC Heavyweight.

McKinney was compelled to say that “Derrick Lewis looks like he’s ready for welterweight”. A lot of fans also agreed to McKinney and shared their bewilderment at Lewis’ transformation.

Some more MMA news

• The MMA world was left in mourning after Victoria Lee, sister of the noted MMA fighter, Angela Lee, took her last breath on 7 January, 2023. Victoria Lee had also signed into ONE Championship alike her sister and also held a 3-0 record.

• UFC veteran, Matt Brown, opinionated that Henry Cejudo can beat both the UFC Bantamweight Champion, Aljamain Sterling, and Flyweight fighter Sean O’Malley. Brown picked Sterling to be a tougher opponent for Cejudo.