MMA News Roundup: Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou Confront Each Other; Tyson Fury Revealed UFC’s Offer for Him; Anderson Silva Intended to Retire After One Final Bout

A number of MMA fans often find themselves lagging behind the world of their beloved sports. Hence, our MMA news roundup is the solution to this inconvenience. It will provide you with summaries of a few noteworthy MMA world incidents from the last 24 hours within a single news piece.

After starting off this edition with a meetup between the once-feuding Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones, we’ll also take a look at Tyson Fury‘s latest revelation related to the UFC. We’ll conclude this edition after taking a look at the noted, Anderson Silva‘s retirement tease after a final bout.

Former rivals Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou cross paths at a PFL event

Most fans already know about the greatest UFC Heavyweight debate that took place a few months back between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou. ‘The Predator’s’ departure from the UFC earlier this year disheartened the fans since it appeared that his touted bout against the Heavyweight ‘Bones’ won’t ever materialize. This led to both declaring an online war on each other firing tweets.

Of late, the two came face-to-face finally during the PFL 5 held at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta. Although some fans might have expected things to get really bad, both the big men showcased mature behavior as they continued their beef but with poker-faced smiles.

Both ‘Bones’ and ‘The Predator’ held on to their narrative of claiming themselves as the best. However, both look interested in the fight between them that didn’t happen. So will the fans finally get to see the Jones vs Ngannou fight which they had lost hope on?

Tyson Fury revealed the UFC’s hybrid fight offer for him

A large chunk of fans might already know about the ongoing feud involving Dana White, Tyson Fury, and Jon Jones. After Fury denied the UFC boss’ offer of stepping inside the cage, the promotional authorities have now agreed to change a few rules of the bout. The famed WBC Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury revealed the same recently on a live Twitter Space.

Fury stated, “There’s talks of me and Jon Jones doing a hybrid fight as we speak right now. I received an offer from the UFC yesterday.”

However, when this incident was reported, the fans came out with a number of negative reactions claiming that Fury would never accept this bout. Well, they might not be too wrong. ‘The Gypsy King’ had also talked about a similar mixed-rules bout against Francis Ngannou, a few months back. But, fans were only subjected to disappointment as that bout never happened. But, do you think Fury will accept the UFC fight offer this time after revealing it to the fans?

Anderson Silva intends to retire from combat sports after one last bout

Anderson Silva is undoubtedly one of the first global icons that the sport of MMA had seen. Starting off his international MMA career in the Japanese promotion ‘Shooto’, Silva almost dominated most of the promotions he fought in. Even in the UFC, Silva had defended his Middleweight title an insane 10 times consecutively.

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A lot had also thought that Silva will give up combat sports post his UFC retirement in 2020. But, ‘The Spider’ ventured into the boxing ring, although he picked up a defeat in his initial venture against the famed, Jake Paul. However, Silva feels that he still has one last fight left in him. It was also reported by MMA Fighting that Silva wanted his last fight in Japan, where he started his professional MMA career.

Further talking to Fight Hub TV, ‘The Spider’ also stated, “My last MMA fight in Japan, I’m just waiting. Maybe Hayato Sakurai, because Sakurai fight with me in Shooto, you know. I think this is a good fight for us; we will see”.

What do you think about Silva’s retirement? Will we see the legendary ‘Spider’ Silva end his remarkable career in the same place where he started making a name for himself? Tell us in the comments below.

Some more MMA news

• Leon Edwards’ camp announced that he had accepted the Colby Covington bout
• Alexander Volkanovski also wanted the BMF title, along with two UFC divisional championships.

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