MMA News Roundup: Dana White Responds to PFL CEO’s Comments About UFC; Worrying Update About Dricus Du Plessis’ Title Shot; Sean Strickland Sends a Warning to Bradley Martyn

A lot of incidents and events have taken place in the world of MMA in the past week. However, the paucity of time and the constraints of daily life could make some fans miss out on some of the most significant occurrences in our favorite sport. However, there is nothing to worry about as we’re here with yet another edition of our daily roundup. Take a few minutes of your time to dive into the biggest news from the past 24 hours.

Firstly, we will start with Dana White, who issued a response to comments made by PFL CEO Donn Davis about the UFC. Then, we will talk about the UFC president providing an update on Dricus du Plessis‘ title shot. Finally, we will sum up our news compilation with Sean Strickland, who called out YouTuber-bodybuilder Bradley Martyn.

Dana White responds to Donn Davis’ comments

With the signings of Francis Ngannou and the social media sensation Jake Paul, the PFL has risen to new heights. People are talking about certain aspects of the UFC’s rival promotion, giving fighters the freedom to venture into other endeavors as well. This has led Donn Davis to believe that MMA fighters may prefer to join the PFL instead of Dana White’s promotion. However, the UFC president feels that this is not the case.

Considering the impact UFC has had on MMA over the last 30 years, Dana White claims that Donn Davis is being delusional. He said, “Well, there’s one of two things in that. There’s either a lot of delusion or he’s uninformed.”

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However, Dana White has no hard feelings towards the PFL CEO. He stated there was no beef between the two promotions and hailed them for their contribution to the sport of MMA.

UFC president provides an update on Dricus du Plessis’ title shot aspirations

The UFC presented the opportunity to contend for the title against Israel Adesanya to the South African star, Dricus De Plessis. However, ‘Stillknocks’ opted to demonstrate his capabilities by fighting the former champion, Robert Whittaker, prior to pursuing the championship title. Furthermore, he had to opt out of the fight at UFC 293 after suffering a foot injury. This has seemingly diminished his chances of earning a title shot in the future. Dana White has opened up about what lies ahead for Dricus du Plessis.

The UFC president has never been a fan of a fighter who declines the opportunity to fight for the title. Similarly, he mentioned it during the recent Contender Series press conference when asked about the South African star’s title prospects. White said, “You know how much I love when guys turn down fights.” Moreover, he mentioned that there are no discussions being held about it. They will only take action after this weekend’s pay-per-view. “I don’t know. We’ll see what happens on Saturday and then we’ll go from there.”

Sean Strickland calls out a YouTuber-bodybuilder

As Sean Strickland prepares for his first-ever title fight, he appeared in an interview with Nina Marie Daniele. She asked him how he’d fare against the YouTuber-bodybuilder Bradley Martyn, who claims he can easily beat up MMA fighters. However, ‘Tarzan’ had no idea who Martyn was until he heard the name from Danielle.

Despite that, Strickland called out the bodybuilder and even warned him about some serious consequences. “I would take your f***ing life. I would put my gun down and I will take your f***ing life.” Many fighters have expressed their disdain for Bradley Martyn for claiming that he can easily beat a professional fighter. But what do you think? Can Sean Strickland beat the bodybuilder?

These were the latest and the most happening updates in the world of MMA for this week. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks.

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