MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Lauded Mark Zuckerberg’s Achievement, Tony Ferguson Was Arrested After a Road Crash; Henry Cejudo Fired Back at Conor McGregor

With the recent conclusion of UFC 288, the world of MMA presented fans with quite a few noteworthy incidents in the last 24 hours. But, the large number of incidents might have caused some followers to miss out on a few important headlines. To bridge this gap, we are here with our MMA news roundup containing an insight into a few eye-catching MMA world incidents from the last 24 hours.

After starting off with Conor McGregor’s appreciation for the famous Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, we’ll also know about the arrest of the famed UFC star, Tony Ferguson. Lastly, we’ll take a look at the UFC 288 main eventer Henry Cejudo’s dig at Conor McGregor to wrap things up for the day.

Conor McGregor appreciated Mark Zuckerberg’s achievement

The noted UFC icon, Conor McGregor, is known for his nonchalant expression of opinions, mostly through his Twitter account. However, this time, McGregor chose Instagram to reveal his feelings. Recently, the multi-billionaire Meta CEO achieved the superb feat of bagging two medals in his maiden jiu-jitsu contest. He also put up an array of images from the contest as his Instagram story.

Apparently, ‘Mystic Mac’ was also pleased to witness Zuckerberg’s feat. The former UFC champ-champ took his turn to congratulate ‘Zuck’. He also shared Zuckerberg’s story as his own Instagram story and put a congratulatory caption to it. It read, “Incredible! Well done @zuck.”

Additionally, the famed UFC stars, Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski, also lauded ‘Zuck’s’ awesome achievement. What are your thoughts about Zuckerberg’s feat?

Tony Ferguson was arrested after a misdemeanor DUI charge

Tony Ferguson is one of those UFC athletes who have a history of getting into trouble with the law. Recently, one more reincarnation of such an event took place as ‘El Cucuy’ crashed his pickup truck into two parked cars outside a Hollywood club on 7 May 2023. Despite his truck flipping over, Ferguson showed no signs of injury.

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However, the law enforcement agencies arrested Ferguson after arriving at the spot. They also spoke to TMZ, revealing that Ferguson was “very uncooperative” after the accident. He even denied the field sobriety test.

The cops also reported that Ferguson was drunk and with reddened eyes while they approached him. They also arrested him under charges of misdemeanor DUI. Further, Ferguson is also facing a license suspension threat after denying the field sobriety test.

Henry Cejudo derided Conor McGregor after the former’s mockery

Most UFC fans are aware of the feud between the two former champ-champ’s of the promotion. Recently, the first-ever UFC champ-champ, McGregor took a sly dig at the other champ-champ, Henry Cejudo, prior to his UFC 288 main event bout against Aljamain Sterling. Although ‘Triple C’ was defeated in the bout, he didn’t spare McGregor from his verbal shots.

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In his post-UFC 288 press conference, Cejudo spoke quite a few lines for McGregor. Firstly, he implied that he had a better resume than McGregor in MMA. He said that he “don’t got s*** on my resume.” ‘Triple C’ also stated, “He’s been stopped at the three-year layoff, which I was able to do and compete. Then hearing the boos from the crowd once they announced the winner, I mean that says a lot to me”.

He also thanked Conor since he was of the opinion that this defeat will make him even better. Well, even after all that the feud between these two probably isn’t ending anytime soon.

Some more MMA news

• The clip of Tony Ferguson’s arrest also went viral on social media
• Sean O’Malley mocked Henry Cejudo after UFC 288 main event loss.