Missed the latest updates in the MMA world? We are back with another edition to provide the latest updates in bite-sized pieces. So without any further ado, let’s get started. W͏e wi͏ll͏ be͏g͏in our͏ jo͏urney ͏with im͏por͏tant ͏developments surr͏oun͏ding the potent͏ial͏͏ clash betwee͏n D͏ustin Poirier a͏nd Co͏͏lby ͏Covington. The rumor is gaining more and more traction as the silence over their return to the octagon has finally broken with another ex-champ coming forth!

Then we will move on to another set of crucial news surrounding UFC 306 headliners, Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili. Lastly, we will conclude our roundup with a piece of interesting news about Alex Pereira and Belal Muhammad’s plans for the middleweight division.

Charles Oliveira breaks silence after  Dustin Poirier vs.Colby Covington rumor

Dana White d͏ropped a b͏om͏bshell during his͏ Instagram Live, announc͏i͏ng͏ that he has a ͏major͏ u͏pdate r͏egarding the upcoming fights ͏for t͏he rest of the year͏͏. White took to his Instagram handle to state, “We talked about Conor today. We got Conor news coming up. We’ve got Conor news coming up, we’ve got (Charles) Oliveira news coming up, we’ve got (Michael) Chandler news coming up, we’ve got Max Holloway news coming up, all that good sh-t coming soon.”

This news has set the MMA community on fire, and as if that weren’t enough, there’s now speculation that the promotion might book a fight between Dustin Poirier and Colby Covington for UFC 309 in New York. The rumor is yet to be authenticated by the promotion but it has for sure hyped the entire MMA scene. Well, as the rumor was not enough, Charles Oliveira appears to be wanting to make a comeback after his UFC 300 setback.

The former lightweight champion took to his Instagram handle to share a photo of himself training and captioned it, “I’m just waiting for the boss’! I’m just waiting for the boss’s.” Dana White has plans for the Brazilian sensation but what? That’s a mystery. For now, let us move forward with news about Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili.

Sean O’Malley calls out ‘Fake’ on Merab Dvalishvili’s drunk, dancing video

UFC 306 would witness the highly anticipated clash between Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley. The bantamweight champion will be defending his 135 lbs belt for the second time in a year. O’Malley is prepared for the clash but what about Dvalishvili? Well, it appears that the title challenger is not worried about facing ‘Suga.’ Why? Well, because the community witnessed a drunk ‘Machine’ dancing in a Mexican restaurant 15 days away from the biggest fight of his career.

‘Machine’ even uploaded the video on his social media handle. Sean O’Malley appears to have taken cognizance of the situation but according to him, the video is nothing but a big lie. While having a conversation on his YouTube handle, O’Malley asked his guests whether they had seen the Dvalishvili dancing video. To which everyone agreed and then ‘Suga’ responded with, “Do you think he tricked anybody by pretending to take those shots? But the way he did it—Dan, I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty sweet. I like that! It’s fucking sweet. I kind of want to fucking sleep him and then hit one of those little cha-cha-cha on him.” 

Well, the amount of alcohol the fighter drank was rather unknown but the way Dvalishvili was dancing it was kinda sure that he was a bit drunk. Regardless, their fight would set all of their animosity. Let us move forward with information about the middleweight division.

Alex Pereira and Belal Muhammad plan big for the middleweight division

Dricus Du Plessis’s 185 lbs title appears to be in danger as two champions from other divisions have expressed their interest in jumping divisions. After ‘Stillknocks’ successful title defense at UFC 305, former middleweight champ and current light-heavyweight champion,Alex Pereira asserted that he has an interest in moving down the division to claim the title. Months have passed since then and ‘Poatan’ has again reminded the MMA world that he is up for the middleweight challenge.

“I’m focused on my next fight and I’m going prepared but you never know what can happen, so regardless of the result I want to go down one more time to the middleweight and go for the belt. Hey Dricus, bring your will to fight me so you can prove that you are better than me, with your public statement it is easy to make this happen, Chama,” wrote Alex Pereira on his Instagram.

That is not all as even welterweight champ, Belal Muhammad has come forward to state that he is ready to jump the division to fight with Sean Strickland. Both the fighters are what seems amid an ongoing beef! While in a conversation on Submission Radio’ Muhammad stated, “I would love to fight Sean; it doesn’t even have to be a belt on the line. I would just fight him at 185, because he ain’t coming down to 170 anymore. But yeah, that would be the fight I would want at 185. I think for myself now, it’s about building a legacy. So when you look at the names that I have on my record and you look at the guys that I’ve fought, I have a lot of the big-name veterans.”

The middleweight division will be going to mayhem if these two guys come to it. Regardless, what is your expectation for the upcoming year? State your thoughts in the comments below.