MMA News Roundup: Joe Rogan Wants Easier Drug Testing for Conor McGregor, Dana White Celebrates UFC’s Dirty Business in Leaked Texts, Prochazka Responds to Rakic

There have been a lot more developments in the world of MMA over the last 24 hours. But fans often miss out on the most significant events due to time constraints. That is why we have yet another daily roundup for you to stay abreast with all the noteworthy moments from our favorite sport. Catch the biggest headlines in just a few minutes of your time.

We will start with Joe Rogan, who supported a relaxed drug testing process for Conor McGregor. Then we will shift our focus to the revelation of text messages between Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta, celebrating their business moves. Finally, we will sum up the daily roundup with Jiri Prochazka accepting Aleksandar Rakic‘s challenge.

Joe Rogan comes out in support of Conor McGregor for a relaxed testing process

During a recent episode of the JRE podcast, Joe Rogan and Derek from ‘More Plates More Dates’ engaged in a conversation regarding the UFC’s new drug testing program with Drug Free Sport International. It seems like the promotion is going to have a much more relaxed procedure than they had with USADA. As such, Rogan came out in support of that concerning Conor McGregor’s injury.

“I would imagine it’s going to be a little more ‘lax and I would support that,” said Joe Rogan. He also mentioned that he supports fighters to tend to take banned substances that help them in recovery. Rogan added, “I certainly support guys taking things to recover from injury, like Conor did with his leg injury. 100 percent.”

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Joe Rogan mentioned that it is hard for fighters to get back to their elite levels after getting injured, like Conor McGregor had. “No one comes back from that [kind of injury]. No one has ever come back from that catastrophic leg break,” said the 56-year-old.

Text messages between Dana White and Ex-owner Lorenzo Fertitta have been revealed

The ongoing antitrust lawsuit has made many revelations about how the UFC goes about its business. However, a recent revelation regarding a text message conversation between Dana White and former owner Lorenzo Fertitta has made headlines. There was a point in time when Gilbert Melendez and former champion Eddie Alvarez wanted to leave the UFC. However, the promotion kept them on their roster with the help of various contractual clauses.

As reported by ‘Bloody Elbow‘, after securing the services of Melendez and Alvarez for a prolonged time, Dana White sent a message to Lorenzo Fertitta to celebrate their negotiation tactics. He said, “Bro, u know i love u to f**n death as it is but what u pulled off this week with Melendez and “other dude” is f**n BAD A**! F**n cut throat nasty business like u see in movies!!” 

“We gotta keep taking these f***ers oxygen till they tap out. We have sacrificed too much to let anyone get traction now,” responded Fertitta. Dana White seemed to side with what the former owner had to say and said, “I agree! U r 100% correct and i LOVE IT.” There were several other messages revealed regarding their tactics with other fighters. We will have to wait and see what more details the lawsuit will uncover in the days to come.

Jiri Prochakza accepts Aleksandar Rakic’s challenge

Austrian fighter Aleksandar Rakic recently called out former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka for a fight at UFC 297. He was supposed to fight Jan Blachowicz, but injury forced the Polish fighter to pull out of the fight. Meanwhile, Prochazka took to Twitter (X) and accepted the challenge from Rakic.

Although Jiri Procazka agreed to fight Aleksandar Rakic, he mentioned that he wouldn’t be able to fight in January. Instead, he stated that he could only fight in February or March. This led to Rakic suggesting that they should fight on February 17th in Anaheim at UFC 298. We will have to wait for the official announcement of this fight from the promotion.

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