MMA News Roundup: Francis Ngannou Revealed the UFC’s “Dirty Game”; Conor McGregor Went Off on Canelo Alvarez; Israel Adesanya Had a Reply for Tyson Fury’s Previous Threat

The fast-paced world of MMA maintained its usual nature with numerous incidents taking place in the last 24 hours. We are here with our MMA news roundup to get you covered. Today, we’ll start off with Francis Ngannou’s latest shocking revelation about the UFC’s twisted tactics. Further, we’ll also know about the UFC icon, Conor McGregor’s response to the famed boxer Canelo Alvarez’s words for him.

Finally, we’ll end things for the day after taking a look at Israel Adesanya’s snap-tweet directed toward the noted Tyson Fury.

Francis Ngannou revealed UFC’s tricks to retain fighters amid the Dana White feud

Most UFC fans are already aware of the ongoing heat between the UFC president Dana White and the promotion’s estranged former Heavyweight champ, Francis Ngannou. Amid this bitter feud, ‘The Predator’ recently made a shocking revelation about how the UFC had tried to play a “dirty game” with him.

In his recent appearance on the ‘Dan Le Batard Show’ on YouTube, Ngannou revealed the exact conditions of how the UFC authorities had planned to twist his arm and make him sign the next contract. He revealed, “What I was asking at first was just, like can I have a fight, because I had a, I had a eight fight contract, and I want to fulfill that contract. But they wouldn’t allow me since I wasn’t going to sign another contract, because they knew that if I fulfill that contract, I’m automatically free. And then they use some kind of like a dirty, dirty game there, you know. Freaks me out.”

Conor McGregor fired at Canelo Alvarez’s remark about him

The noted UFC star, Conor McGregor recently met up with the noted boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn, where he made a remark about the famed boxer Canelo Alvarez, saying that he was “waning”. However, the Mexican hit back at the Irish stating that he could beat him “with one hand on his back”.

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But McGregor, as known, showcased his brash nature once more as he took to his Twitter and fired a now-deleted tweet at Alvarez. McGregor wrote, “Canelo, you little ginger sausage. I’d beat you with NO HANDS. Don’t forget,”

How do you see this feud commencing? Can it lead McGregor to his second outing inside the boxing ring?

Israel Adesanya replied to Tyson Fury’s headlock threat

The famed current WBC Heavyweight kingpin, Tyson Fury had a friendly banter with Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya recently. Prior to their Melbourne VIC arena visit, Fury caught up with the UFC Featherweight champ, Alexander Volkanovski on a video call and threatened to put him and Adesanya in a headlock once he met them at the event. However, he shared a few light-hearted moments with ‘Izzy’.

Following their interaction, ‘The Last Stylebender’ put up a snap from their time together and posted it as a tweet. He also captioned it, “Clean.”

Looking at Adesanya’s kneeing Tyson Fury pose, many might say that it was his reply to Fury’s previous threats of putting him in a headlock. Although, things were pretty cool between the two, do you think it might heat up at any time?

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Some more MMA news

• Anthony Smith viewed Khamzat Chimaev as a tough matchup for Kamaru Usman amid ongoing talks for a bout.
• Tyson Fury answered Dana White’s Jon Jones offer stating, “I don’t roll round the floor, I stand up and punch”.