MMA News Roundup: Arrest Warrant Issued Against Nate Diaz Following Viral Brawl; Colby Covington Takes a Dig at Jorge Masvidal’s Retirement; the Real Reason Behind Stephan Bonnar’s Death Revealed

The previous 24 hours in the MMA world also packed a lot of notable incidents which kept MMA fans talking. But since the number of incidents was numerous, it’s quite possible for some fans to miss out on a few touted events. This is why we are here with our MMA news roundup to provide you with a few eye-catching updates about some of the MMA world incidents from the previous day.

Today, after starting off with Nate Diaz getting into legal trouble, we’ll also take a look at the coveted Colby Covington’s opinion about his friend-turned-foe’s retirement. Lastly, we’ll know about the brand-new revelation about the year-old death of the famed UFC Hall of Fame inductee, Stephan Bonnar, to wrap things up for the day.

Second-degree assault charges placed against Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz and his recent brawl at the New Orleans street had been in the headlines for the past few days. The latest advancement in this matter saw the coveted Paul brothers, Jake and Logan Paul, mocking Diaz after his feeble actions. But, as it seems, Diaz’s brawl-related trouble wasn’t leaving him anytime soon.

Recently, the New Orleans Police Department issued an arrest warrant against Diaz owing to his earlier misconduct. NOPD spokesperson, Karen A. Bourdie, spoke to ‘MMA Fighting’ and revealed that Diaz had been charged with second-degree battery. Further, the video confirmed his misconduct, which led to an arrest warrant being issued against him.

Do you think he might refrain from such brawls after this arrest?

Colby Covington labeled Jorge Masvidal’s retirement as a fake one

Reigniting the bitter feud between himself and Jorge Masvidal, Colby Covington, gave out a deriding statement about the retirement of ‘Gamebred’. Recently, the team of ‘InsideFighting’ caught up with Covington while he was at the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas.

‘Chaos’ stated that Masvidal’s UFC 287 retirement was just a showoff. He said, “I retired him last March when we fought here at the T-Mobile Arena in 2022”. He also laid stress on how ‘Gamebred’ wasn’t the same anymore after he fought Covington. ‘Donal Trump’s favorite fighter’ also labeled Masvodal’s UFC 287 retirement as a “fake” one.

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Covington implied that he knew Masvidal would return to the UFC since it was the only way he could make money. ‘Chaos’ iterated, “We all know people in the UFC that don’t retire. He’ll [Masvidal] get out of the USADA pool, probably go do some steroids and come back because he doesn’t know how to make money any other way but fighting.”

Recent reports suggest Stephan Bonnar died due to an accidental fentanyl overdose

The UFC Hall of Famer, Stephan Bonnar’s demise had sent the MMA world into deep mourning. The American MMA legend bid goodbye to the world on 22 December 2022. Initially, presumed “heart complications” were announced as the reasons for his death. But a recent report from The Clark County (Nev.) coroner’s office claimed otherwise.

The coroner’s office wrote the reason for Bonnar’s death as “Fentanyl, Parafluorofentanyl and Mitragynine intoxication” in an email sent to ‘MMA Fighting’. There had also been a public records request for revealing the reason behind Bonnar’s death. Previously, the coroner’s office had declined to give out details on the same.

Bonnar had also been vocal about his use of opioids to treat his long-time injuries from wrestling and MMA. He also stated that the UFC had blacklisted him due to his drug usage.

Some more MMA news

• Bobby Green took a dig at UFC commentator, Paul Felder for UFC Vegas 71 commentary
• Conor McGregor predicted that Nate Diaz will slap the head off Jake Paul.

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