The hottest fight that could shake up the featherweight division? None other than a clash between reigning champ Alexander Volkanovski and the undefeated Dagestani phenom, Movsar Evloev. But can this dream fight actually happen? Amidst all the uncertainty, a UFC star has stepped up with promising news for Evloev. What is it? Stick around—this is MMA Roundup, and we’ve got the latest scoop!

From the Movsar Evloev news, we will move on to Dustin Poirier, who appeared to have embraced a new role before his final UFC fight. Finally, we will end our segment with some information about Sean Strickland. So, without any further ado, let us get started.

Movsar Evloev’s title fight gets the backing of Dan Ige

“I can promise them that I’m not gonna take down anyone if they give me a title shot. I’m not gonna go there first. If they try to take me down, I’ll accept this. But I’m not gonna go first, I’ll just go straight striking,” said Movsar Evloev as the undefeated Dagestani in an attempt to detract the folks accusing him of being a “boring fighter”, owing to his wrestling heavy style.

Evloev holds an impressive record of 19 victories in his MMA career, but what’s holding him back is the fact that he has never finished an opponent in the UFC. This simple stat seems to be stopping the UFC top brass from giving him a title shot. However, not everyone has written him off as a fellow featherweight fighter Dan Ige has come forward to emphasize that he is not a boring fighter.

“Movsar might not have finished anyone, but I think his fights are exciting. The Allen and Aljo fights were amazing. He deserves the title shot,” said Ige. As per the featherweight star, Evloev has proved that he is ready to take on ‘The Great’, who is standing at the top of the 145 lbs division. From featherweight, let’s move up a division and take a look at everyone’s favorite scrappy lightweight Dustin Poirier.

Dustin Poirier embraces new role ahead of final fight

It appears that Dustin Poirier is finally ready to move on in his MMA career as he has embraced the role of UFC analyst in his recent escapades. The former UFC interim lightweight champion took to his Instagram handle to upload a photo of himself in a suit holding the ESPN mic with a caption that read, “Talking fights!”

Dustin Poirier was part of the UFC 314 broadcast team alongside Chael Sonnen and Paul Felder, and he has also contributed to several other UFC events. As he prepares for the final showdown of his career, it appears Poirier has found a new role that will keep him connected to the fight game even after retirement.

Interestingly, the former interim lightweight champion gave the MMA community an update of his final fight by uploading a video of him training, but who is his opponent? We’ll find out in due course. Well, for now, let us move forward to Sean Strickland.

Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold trained with Sean Strickland?

Remember Luke Rockhold bashing Sean Strickland for his boring fighting style last year? The former Strikeforce champion stated that he got into “a little brawl” with ‘Tarzan’ Suffice to say that Rockhold wasn’t happy with the experience. On the other hand Michael Bisping had nice things to say about Strickland.

He and Luke Rockhold sat down with the JAXXON podcasts to share their take on the fighting world, and the former middleweight champion claimed that he trained alongside Sean Strickland, “I trained with Sean back in 2014 or 2015. I’ve trained with him many times—he’s very good. He spars the same way he fights,” said Bisping.

When asked about how Luke Rockhold would do against Sean Strickland, Bisping stated, “Sean’s tricky man. He is very tricky.” Luke Rockhold chimed in to the conversation as he emphasized that he had sparred with him once, “He is very tricky i have sparred with him once. I sparred when i was hung over.”

Sean Strickland is suffering from a brutal defeat against Dricus Du Plessis and is yet to return to the Octagon. Given that, who do you think will share the stage with him? State your opinion in the comments below.