MMA News Roundup: Chris Weidman’s Win to Face Appeal From Bruno Silva, Joe Rogan Puts Dana White-Sage Steele in a Fix, Manon Fiorot Tapping Footage Goes Viral

It could be hard to keep up with the latest developments in the MMA world, given our livelihood constraints. To help you keep up with the most eye-catching and noteworthy moments from our favorite sport, we have yet another daily roundup edition, covering the biggest stories over the last 24 hours. Today, we will start with Bruno Silva, who has decided to appeal his loss to Chris Weidman at last weekend’s fight night. Then we will shift our focus to Joe Rogan, who shared a hilarious post, referencing Dana White‘s recent embarrassing moment. Finally, we will sum up the daily news compilation with the surfacing of a video clip of Manon Fiorot, possibly tapping out to Erin Blanchfield. Let’s dive into it!

Chris Weidman gets called out by Bruno Silva

After an underwhelming return to the Octagon after two years at UFC 292, former middleweight champion Chris Weidman scored his first win in over four years against Bruno Silva at UFC Atlantic City. He edged past his Brazilian counterpart with a unanimous decision, but his opponent was not happy about it. Silva recently had an interview with ‘MMA Fighting‘, where he called out the former champion for illegal eye pokes during the fight. He even expressed his disappointment with the referee for not spotting the incident on more than one occasion.

“The referee was bizarre. He f***ed up, and then f***ed up on top of that. The least they could do is a no-contest. No way. He put his finger inside my eye,” said Bruno Silva. As a result of the eye pokes, he is planning to appeal to New Jersey’s commission. “Let’s see what the UFC does. I just want things done the right way, the fair way. I went there and fought and you didn’t see any malice from my part,” Silva added.

Meanwhile, Chris Weidman has placed the blame on ‘Blindado’ for the eye poke. It remains to be seen how the commission will react to the appeal.

Joe Rogan references Dana White’s mistaken identity incident

Dana White Recently appeared in an interview on American anchor Sage Steele‘s new show, ‘Sage Steele Podcast‘. The host of the show did not seem to have a clue about the identity of the person she was interviewing and ended up calling the UFC CEO Joe Rogan. Steele came to realize that her guest was not Joe Rogan after more than an hour of talking to the 54-year-old. Rogan did not take much time to react and shared the video of that instance from the show. Meanwhile, the JRE host decided to take a light-hearted jab at White’s embarrassing moment on social media.

Joe Rogan recently announced the dates of a few events that will take place at his comedy club, ‘Comedy Mothership‘. The 56-year-old usually promotes these shows with some unique alien-related posts. However, he one-upped himself after putting a picture of Dana White, referencing the recent Sage Steele incident. The fans certainly had a good laugh in the comments section, but we will have to see how the UFC CEO reacts to this post.

Did Manon Fiorot tap out to Erin Blanchfield?

Undefeated Manon Fiorot put on a dominant display against Erin Blachfield, keeping her winning streak intact and handing the latter her first UFC defeat. The Frenchwoman won the fight via decision after a five-round battle. Nevertheless, Blanchfield also had her moments in the UFC Atlantic City headliner. In one instance from the fight, the 24-year-old had her opponent locked in a guillotine choke, and the anticipation grew as many people felt that could spell the end for Fiorot, but that did not happen.

A video clip from that fight has gained a lot of steam on social media. It appears that Manon Fiorot tapped out to the guillotine choke when she attempted to roll out of that submission move. But that may not be true, and we will have to wait and see if the UFC considers this discovery in the days to come.

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