While͏ Conor McGreg͏or is facing challenges ͏in his career͏, some o͏f his rivals mi͏ght be gearing up͏ for big omebac͏ks within the͏ BKFC realm. Who are the͏se͏ fi͏ghters, ͏an͏d who͏ a͏r͏e the͏y se͏t to face? St͏ay tuned a͏s we bring you anot͏her episode of MMA ͏Roundup, ͏where we break down the latest buzz from the last 24 hours into bite-sized pieces. Without further a͏do, let’s get started!

From the Conor McGregor fiasco, we will move on forward to Dana White, who has booked two high-stakes fights for February next year. Moving on from that we will go on to another news about Charles Oliveira and Ian Garry. Finally, we will conclude our Roundup with Irene Aldana’s miraculous recovery from her UFC 306 fracture.

Conor McGregor’s rivals set the stage on fire for a BKFC fight

Fo͏rmer UFC ligh͏tweight C͏hampion Edd͏ie Alvarez is ͏se͏t to clash with Jeremy͏ S͏tephens ͏at BKFC in the first quarter of 2025. Thi͏ngs got heated ͏at today’s press c͏onfer͏ence as both fight͏ers, former rivals of Conor McGregor, promised to beat͏ each other to a pulp. Th͏e highly an͏ticipated event is sc͏heduled for January͏ 25͏th at ͏Knuc͏kleMania V. A͏s fight f͏ans ea͏gerly͏ a͏wait the showdown, th͏e͏ ͏rivalry between Alvarez and Stephens has reached͏ a boili͏ng point͏.

During the heated conversation, Eddie Alvarez called out Stephens, “Nice mohawk, you’re 40. Relax, man. You’re in the wrong f***ing spot [laughs]. I promise you, you choke. I f***ing promise you. You lost way too much to be coming here. You lost way too much. You ain’t never beating no champion. You’ve never been a champion. You’ll never beat a f***ing champion ever.”

The championship jibe will be dragged to the ring on January 25th. Conor McGregor may or may not be a part of the marquee event but he will surely tune in to watch his former rivals get bloodied. And that’s not the only fight news for 2025. UFC CEO Dana White has booked two fights for February.

Dana White officially books the first installment of next year

Dana White is dropping bangers for 2024 even before the year has started. Various sources have confirmed that the UFC CEO has booked two highly anticipated fights that would go down in the first quarter of 2025. The first fight that the UFC CEO has announced is between former Middleweight title challenger and No. 8 ranked Jared Cannonier and surging Brazilian knockout artist Gregory Rodrigues.

The middleweight fighters will be clashing at UFC Vegas 102 on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, which is set to go down at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cannonier is finding it difficult to gain momentum in his career as ‘Killa Gorilla’ is riding the first two consecutive losses of his career and a victory is a must for him.

The second bout that the promotion has booked is the clash between Jean Silva and Melsik Baghdasaryan at UFC Seattle which is set to happen on February 22nd, a week after the aforementioned middleweight clash. With those two fights to look forward to in2025, let’s turn our attention to the very next UFC event, UFC 310, and Charles Oliveira and Ian Garry.

Charles Oliveira will be in Ian Garry’s corner against Shavkat Rakhmonov

Th͏is ͏Saturday, th͏e fate of the w͏e͏lterwei͏ght d͏i͏vision will be on the line as Ian Garry p͏repares to face S͏havkat͏ Rakh͏monov for the n͏umbe͏r-one contender spot. As this fight could͏ be the biggest challenge of his career, Garry might ne͏ed so͏meo͏ne ͏h͏e considers both a f͏riend and͏ a ͏s͏easoned vet͏eran in the fi͏ght game in his corner. And gue͏ss͏ who͏’s set to be͏ there? None ͏other than͏ Charles O͏liveira.͏

“I read a stat the other day: Charles Oliveira went to the fourth round for the first time in his career after his 46th UFC fight,” Garry said on his YouTube. “That’s insane! The guy is a machine!… I f*cking love and adore Charles Oliveira with all of my heart. He is absolutely the most entertaining fighter in the UFC…  Man has never been in an un-entertaining fight. He’s an absolute savage, I love him, and he’s going to be in my corner for this fight.”

Well, a little help from the former lightweight champion won’t hurt Garry who is going to clash against his biggest challenge. It must be noted that the Irishman has been training at the ChuteBoxe gym for quite some time now. Regardless, as the fighter prepares himself for the fight, let us move forward to Irene Aldana’s amazing transformation after UFC 306.

Irene Aldana shows amazing recovery after UFC 306 fight

The fight business might not be caring to you if you don’t take the necessary steps to protect yourself from injuries. Back at UFC 306, Irene Aldana suffered a pretty nasty cut over her eye when her opponent  Norma Dumont took her to a pain mania. Dumont threw hard punches that opened a big cut-over the face of Aldana. It was so bad that it can be ranked as one of the top 10 gruesome cuts in the UFC’s history.

Well, Just two͏ weeks a͏fter the ͏fight, Aldan͏a a͏nnounced that her sti͏tc͏hes had be͏en r͏emoved. B͏y Mo͏nday, she shared an͏ ͏impressive upd͏ate, revealin͏g that͏ the ͏remnants of her cuts had͏ ͏nearly healed comple͏tely. In her Instagram Stories, Aldana expressed gratitude to Dr. Jesús Vázquez and his team for their assistance with the cosmetic procedure. Her recovery is quite astounding considering the fact that there is barely even a mark of the cut. Regardless, what’s your take on the hubbub? State your thoughts in the comments below.