Are you looking for the biggest MMA scoops over the last 24 hours? Well, you are in the right place as we present another daily edition of the roundup, highlighting the biggest developments in our favorite sport. To kick this one off, we’ll start with the news of Conor McGregor, who reached another milestone as a businessman.

Following that, we’ll move over to look at what former UFC champion Francis Ngannou had to say after Dana White confirmed that he’ll be making his way into boxing. Finally, to cap this roundup off, we’ll discuss the unusual confession from Ilia Topuria during a recent virtual face-off against Max Holloway.

Conor McGregor announces his “go-to snack”

After shaking up the alcoholic beverage industry, sports recovery and pain relief industry, and the music industry with his new record label, Conor McGregor has started a brand new business venture with a popcorn company, named KUDO. In his recent post on Instagram, the Irishman revealed, “I am proud to announce my latest venture today, KUDO Protein Popcorn – the Mac’s go-to snack!”

He promoted the better-for-you popcorn brand with a catchy “snack like a champ champ” tagline. Conor McGregor seems to be taking his business ventures very seriously, as he recently announced being a part-owner of the BKFC as well. This begs the question of whether his comeback against Michael Chandler will ever materialize. Dana White has assured that an early 2025 return is what he has in mind for the former double champ, but it remains to be seen how things play out in the coming months.

Now, let’s move over to the next big news, involving Francis Ngannou.

Francis Ngannou’s reaction to Dana White’s announcing venture into boxing

“I’m in,” said Dana White last month as he assured fans of a big announcement regarding his boxing venture. Boxing legend Mike Tyson, who’s gearing up for a Jake Paul clash, was overjoyed about the UFC CEO crossing over to the squared circle, but someone who isn’t buying what White’s been selling is his former employee and heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou. ‘The Predator’ claims to be “confused” with the 55-year-old’s announcement.

“Honestly, I don’t know nothing about what he said. He has said a lot of things, but right now, we are all confused,” Francis Ngannou told ‘SHAK MMA’ as he chuckled a bit. This could have been a slight dig at Dana White, who’s always been somewhat critical of boxing in the past. He even took a jibe at boxing recently in a way to express disappointment about the Mario Bautista vs Jose Aldo fight’s error in judging. “I felt like I was at a boxing match in Ireland tonight,” the 55-year-old stated after UFC 307.

Now, let’s move to a fight that will more than likely not go to the judges. In our final story for the roundup, we have a shocking confession from the featherweight champion of the UFC, Ilia Topuria about his UFC 308 opponent Max Holloway.

Ilia Topuria admits to being Max Holloway’s fan

One of the biggest fights of the year involving the 145-pound crown is just a few days away. But before we get to that, Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway had a brief confrontation in a virtual face-to-face conversation. While each fighter was taking shots at the other, the Georgian-Spaniard revealed that he had all the respect for ‘Blessed’ as a fighter because he had been a fan of the Hawaiian and drawn inspiration from him, while also adding Alexander Volkanovski into the mix.

“Of course, I’ve been a fan for a long time,” said Ilia Topuria during the confrontation. “I have been a huge fan of Max, of Volkanovski, of many, many fighters, and I learned many things from them to create a perfect fighter, who I am today.” With all the lessons he’s learned from watching the featherweight legends and stars, past or present, Topuria is confident that he’ll turn Max Holloway’s lights out on October 26. Well, that might be a tough hill to climb for ‘El Matador’.

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