Af͏ter con͏q͏ue͏r͏in͏g the UF͏C, Demetr͏ious Joh͏nso͏n went o͏n͏ to do͏mina͏͏te ͏ONE͏ Championship͏,͏ esta͏bli͏s͏hing͏ himself as one of the͏ great͏est figh͏t͏er͏s e͏v͏er͏ to ͏step ͏inside͏ the Oct͏ag͏on͏͏. Now after decades of fighting, ‘DJ’ has decided to put down his gloves but will the UFC and Dana White honor him with a ‘Hall Of Fame’ status? That question will be answered in today’s episode of MMA Roundup.

Then we will move on to Merab Dvalishvili, who has opened up about the status of his injury before the biggest match of his career and finally, we will conclude with Aljamain Sterling and Movsar Evolev’s back-and-forth.

Dana White announces ‘HoFer’ status for Demetr͏ious Joh͏nso͏n

With a track record of  25 wins and 4 losses in a professional MMA career, Demetr͏ious Joh͏nso͏n became not only the best flyweight fighter in the world but also the best flyweight fighter in the world after defeating fighters from all around the world. If we were to talk about the records then behold as ‘Mighty Mouse’ has the longest winning streak in UFC flyweight division history(13), the Most wins in UFC flyweight title fights(12), the most consecutive title defense in UFC history (11) and much more.

These stats alone place Johnson on the ‘Hall of Fame’ pedestal but will Dana White agree with it despite their differences? Well, be assured as the UFC head honcho has agreed to add Joh͏nso͏n as a ‘HoFer’, “If you could go back to when he was here, I was defending him from the fans. Who’s defended Demetrious Johnson more than me? Good for him. Incredible career he had. I’ve never had a problem with Demetrious Johnson,” said Dana White.

D͏͏eme͏tri͏͏ou͏s͏ ͏Jo͏h͏nson, the fir͏s͏t fl͏ywe͏i͏ght͏ champi͏on i͏n the history of th͏e promot͏ion͏, ha͏s already͏ be͏e͏n͏ ind͏ucted into the ONE Championshi͏p Hall of͏ F͏ame͏,͏ a͏nd h͏is U͏FC͏ Hall ͏of Fame ͏s͏tatus is j͏ust͏ a matt͏er͏ of time. Well, now let us move forward to crucial news about the upcoming UFC 306.

Merab Dvalishvili’s final opinion about his eye cut

The showdown for the bantamweight gold will be happening at the UFC 306 as Sean O’Malley will be defending his 135 lbs belt against Merab Dvalishvili in a second title defense this year after defeating Marlon Vera at UFC 299. This fight was months in the making but wait there’s some concerning news as well. Well, just weeks before their fated clash Dvalishvili sustained an injury just below his eye which caused the entire MMA world to talk about it.

It was such a disaster that even Dana White had to come forward to make sure that Dvalishvili made it to the fight. So what’s the update on his injury? Rest assured as the title challenger is in the pink of his health for the fight. While having a conversation with TMZ Sports, Dvalishvili said, “No, the cut was small, and it’s happening all the time. It never affected my training or anything. I still have 10 more days, and the cut is already good. It’s all good, man, no problem.”

The fighter further emphasized that he is excited to compete in the biggest fight of his career and is expecting to clinch the title along with it. Well, now that we know about his health update, let us move forward to a piece of news about his best friend.

Aljamain Steerling and Movsar Evloev constant banter

Former bantamweight champ, Aljamain Sterling jumped divisions after losing his title to Sean O’Malley. His initial featherweight fight against Calvin Kattar was triumphant for him as he clinched the victory by way of a unanimous decision. Interestingly, Sterling and Movsar Evloev are engaged in banter.  The undrafted featherweight fighter has been rooting to clinch the 145 lbs title but before that, it appears that he would have to face Sterling.

In their latest back-and-forth, Movsar Evloev called out Sterling on X when the former bantamweight champion appreciated Petr Yan but demeaned Evloev, “You stole his title by acting…. #oscar #actor,” wrote Evolev. This statement by the undefeated fighter didn’t go unnoticed by Sterling as he responded with, “Yes, illegal knees that you don’t see to the temple, turned me to an “actor”. Makes perfect sense 
Still more belts than you bruv.”

It appears a new rivalry is brewing in the featherweight division but will the promotion acknowledge it and give them a fight? Only time will tell. What do you think about the hubbub? Will Dana White schedule this fight?