MMA News Roundup: Jon Jones Reacts After Custody Battle Over Son, Injured Toe Earns Conor McGregor’s Rivals’ Wrath, Khamzat Chimaev Health Update

Have you missed the tales of the MMA world from the last 24 hours? Well, fear not, as we have brought the MMA roundup to cater to your missed picks. Let’s get started. We will start our roundup journey with rather obnoxious news coming straight from the heavyweight champion Jon Jones as he is fighting for his son’s custody.

From there we will move on to Conor McGregor, who seems to be having a bad time as his old rivals appear to not buying his reason for walking out of UFC 303. And we will finally end our roundup train with a crucial health update from Khamzat Chimaev. So without any further ado, let’s get started.

Jon Jones had a son all along?

You heard that right, UFC’s heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, seems to be the father of a young son. The MMA community was of the opinion that Jones only had daughters, but the reality struck them so fast that they had no time to respond. Jon Jones took to his social media to share a piece of jaw-dropping news that he has a son and he is fighting for his custody.

The news immediately caught the attention of the MMA world like wildfire. Jones never mentioned that he had a son all along, and stating that he was fighting for his custody is nothing but a piece of huge news for the community. The heavyweight champion took to X to share the good news, “I was just granted 50/50 custody of my son, I’m the happiest dad in the world today.”

Jones is now the father of four kids including, Leah, Carmen Nicole, and Olivia Haven. There’s very little information about the boy’s name or the mother’s identity. However, one thing is for sure, and that’s the fact that the MMA community should be ready for more surprises. Regardless, let us move on to Conor McGregor, who seems to having a hard time.

Conor McGregor’s reason for withdrawal faces criticism from his rivals

UFC 303 was supposed to be the comeback of Conor McGregor, but the former dual-weight champion had to pull out of his fight because of injuries. The MMA community was not aware of the real reason for the withdrawal until he revealed it. So it turns out that McGregor withdrew from his comeback because of his pinky-toe injury. Sounds a bit absurd? Well, according to Dr. Brian Sutterer, a respected sports medicine specialist, Conor McGregor did the right thing by pulling out, as this injury could have turned into something big.

However, Rafael Dos Anjos is not in the mood to entertain McGregor for this minuscule reason for his pullout. The fighter took to x to rip out McGregor. “That’s the difference between me and you Conor, you finally got exposed. You got a pinky toe injury while I got a broken foot,” wrote Dos Anjos.

Well, Dos Anjos is not the only one who was critical of McGregor. Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev also chimed in to call out ‘Mystic Mac, “You don’t need a pinkie toe for a fight lol. Chicken,” wrote Makhachev. Well, whether McGregor should have competed is his decision, but his opponents seem to be in no mood to spare him. Let us move on to Khamzat Chimaev.

Alexander Gustafsson’s valuable observation of Khamzat Chimaev’s health

Khamzat Chimaev‘s health seems to be in terrible shape as he had to pull out of his clash against Robert Whittaker for the number one contender for the middleweight belt. The actual reason for his sickness is yet to be known, but it’s kind of weird that Chimaev has been staying sick for most of his career after Covid-19, and seems like even his teammates are noticing this pattern now.

UFC fighter and Chimaev’s teammate, Alexander Gustafsson, revealed that when ‘Borz trains his best, then his body doesn’t support him. “The guy gets ill. There is something with his body that reacts to hard training because he is the hardest worker in the room. He very easily catches a cold. For example, runny nose, coughing, symptoms that are not a big deal at all. We all get that,” said Gustafsson.

He further added, “But I have seen when he increases his training a lot, I know his body reacts differently to that training. I don’t know where it comes from. It is crazy how he reacts to the training these days.” Chimaev’s health has been a concern for him since he Covid-19. He even was on the verge of retirement, but Dana White pulled him in.

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