MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Responded to Nate Diaz’s Brawl; Francis Ngannou Might Be Joining ONE Championship and More

The previous 24 hours in the world of MMA were also packed with a lot of exciting events. A number of noted MMA world personalities created some headlines during the past day as well. So, we are here with our MMA news roundup to provide you with a few updates about a few such noteworthy MMA world incidents from the previous day.

Starting off with an update about the estranged former UFC Heavyweight kingpin, Francis Ngannou’s next move, we’ll also know about the startling show put on by Sergei Pavlovich at the main event of UFC Vegas 71. Finally, we’ll know about the coveted, Conor McGregor’s reaction to the recent brawl of his former rival Nate Diaz, to wrap things up for the day.

Francis Ngannou might be moving to ONE Championship

There have been a lot of speculations about the former UFC Heavyweight champ, Francis Ngannou’s possible next move after his exit from the UFC. ‘The Predator’ had also intended to step into the boxing ring. But, recent reports state that ‘the Cameroon native’ might be making his way to the Asia-based global MMA promotion, ONE Championship.

Recently, the ONE supremo, Chatri Sityodtong, appeared on the noted, Chael Sonnen’s YouTube channel where he talked about the chances of Ngannou joining his promotion. Sityodtong stated, “I like Francis, you know? He’s a good guy. But I genuinely don’t know where he’s gonna end-up. I can confirm that we are in discussions. But all I meant to say was, from my understanding- and I know that we’re also at the very tail end of our process with him.”

Sitodtong also revealed, “We haven’t submitted our final offer yet. So, that’s where we’re at. We’ve been in discussions for the last few months”. However, Ngannou hasn’t given out anything from his side regarding this  issue.

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Do you think ‘The Predator’ will also follow the path of Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson and head towards Asia?

Sergei Pavlovich knocked out Curtis Blaydes in the first round of the UFC Vegas 71 main event

The UFC Vegas 71 provided some real excitement to the audiences. Notably, the main event of the bout might have a lot of fans leaping out of their seats. The Heavyweight bout between the Russian Sergei Pavlovich and the noted Heavyweight, Curtis Blaydes, had to be stopped in the first round itself.

The ’30-year-old’ Russian created a lot of trouble for Blaydes with his jabs and strong straights. Pavlovich also landed a number of stout uppercuts on Blaydes. At the 3-min mark of the first round, Blaydes was rocked by a vicious right hook. Pavlovich sensed the opportunity and finished the fight soon after with his brutal barrage of strikes.

Pavlovich also gestured to the camera that he wanted to fight for the Heavyweight title soon in the future. Did you also witness the Russian’s brutal knockout power?

Conor McGregor challenged Nate Diaz after his public brawl

A video of Nate Diaz getting into a brawl with an Internet celebrity who looked like Jake Paul, garnered massive reactions recently. Of Late, ‘The Stockton Gangster’s’ former rival, Conor McGregor, also gave out his reaction on the video.

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McGregor took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “I mince nate in the clinch these days. Actually anyone in the clinch. Minced”.

It was apparent that he wanted to challenge Diaz as his next tweet read, “Left like bolognese ya go against me in the clinch.”

McGregor and Diaz had faced each other two times inside the Octagon. Both had one victory to their name. So, could this feud finally materialize the coveted trilogy bout between these two UFC stars that the entire UFC world has been awaiting?

Some more MMA news

• The Bobby Green vs Jared Gordon UFC Vegas 71 bout ended in a no-contest after a nasty clash of heads.
• The UFC Vegas 76 scheduled for July will feature a Joanderson Brito vs. Khusein Askhabov bout.