From sacking the fighters, and hitting back at the comments to praising others' work, here is everything you need to know to know from the world of MMA.
Dustin Poirier slapped a fan for using one of Conor McGregor’s famous quotes to insult him in public while he was riding a float at a Mardi Gras parade in Youngsville, Louisiana, with his wife and kids.
UFC has sacked multiple fighters after losses at UFC Vegas 69. The two fighters removed from the heavyweight division are William Knight and Jordan Wright. As per the reports, Lina Lansberg has also been removed due to retirement.
In a recent interview, Islam Makhachev expressed that he misses Khabib Nurmagomedov and his coaching.
He said, “100% I would give more, work somewhere more, because his tips are very important. How he is in fight, few people in this sport can suggest. And the absence of Khabib, I think, also played some role. It was already in many fights that he shouted out some kind of clue and I did and I won.”
Dwayne Johnson left a comment on Jon Jones’s Instagram post appreciating his new song “Dope”. He wrote, "Adding this track to my workout playlist my brother."
Ariel Helwani has finally reacted to Tony Khan's comments where he called him a “fraud” for supporting one promotion over the other. On his show, the ‘MMA Hour’, he took a moment to respond to Khan and said, “He’s no different than Dana (White). What I thought about tweeting back to him was, ‘Dana is not going to shag you, mate."
The US Congressmen have taken up on the UFC president Dana White's Slap League and have questioned whether TBS and Warner Bros run a disclaimer at the beginning or at the end of the program. In a recent tweet, they informed that they are penning the letter to the parent company of Warner Bros, TBS.