MMA News Round-Up: Leon Edwards Invited to Oxford, Nate Diaz Puts Forth New Condition for Jake Paul, Conor McGregor Accepts Max Holloway’s UFC Demand

The number of MMA world incidents that happened within the previous 24 hours was abundant. Despite keeping a lot of fans hooked on the sport, this might have caused some fans to miss out on some noteworthy incidents. But you may stay free from worries, as we are here once more with a few eye-catching MMA world incidents in our MMA news roundup.

Starting off with the famous, Conor McGregor’s willingness toward a Max Holloway rematch, we’ll also know about the UFC Welterweight champ, Leon Edwards’ prestigious Oxford University venture. Lastly, we’ll take a look at Nate Diaz’s new demand prior to his next fight, to wrap things up for the day.

Conor McGregor gives a green signal to a rematch against Max Holloway

After a superb performance by the famed UFC Featherweight, Max Holloway, at the UFC Kansas City, the ’31-year-old’ revealed how a rematch with Conor McGregor would be a really interesting affair for him. However, UFC fans currently might have a reason to be happy currently.

‘The Notorious’ recently gave out his opinion on the same issue. He took to the social media platform of his choice, Twitter, for this revelation. ‘Mystic Mac’ retweeted the tweet of a person who highlighted Holloway’s wish of fighting McGregor again. He wrote, “I’m never retiring so we defo fighting, lad.”

McGregor’s tweet expectedly would have got a lot of fans enthralled. It could be agreed that a large number of MMA fans would be awaiting the rematch of the 10-year-old initial bout between these two. How excited are you for this probable matchup?

Leon Edwards invited to Oxford University as a guest

It was Leon Edwards’ superb performance at the UFC 286 main event which earned him even more respect from the MMA community. Previously, a lot of people had said that ‘the UFC Welterweight kingpin’s’ first win against Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman was nothing but a fluke.

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Owing to his superb current run, Edawards was recently invited to the prestigious Oxford University to address their students. ‘Rocky’ also shared a moment of his speech on his Instagram profile. He captioned it, “It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. Today I spoke at the prestigious Oxford University. My life didn’t lead me to education, but I’m working hard so that my family can have opportunities to learn and grow in places like this.”

It was apparent that Edwards’ was delighted after receiving this opportunity. His caption also revealed that he would love to get his family members educated at a reputed institution like Oxford University.

Nate Diaz’s new requirement prior to Jake Paul fight

Nate Diaz made massive headlines after his New Orleans brawl went viral. Diaz was also arrested post the brawl to be released later on bond. With a massive fight lined up for 5th August 2023, Diaz is currently trying to make changes to the previously-agreed rules of this bout against the coveted Youtuber-boxer, Jake Paul.

Previously, Jake Paul’s, ‘Most Valuable Promotions’ and Diaz’s ‘Real Fight Inc.’ had agreed to an 8-round bout between the two. But, recently, ‘The Stockton Gangster’ took to Twitter and presented his new demand stating, “12 rounds. Ur on steroids so let’s put that sh*t to work”. It meant that now he wanted a 12-round boxing bout against Paul.

The mocking intent of Diaz for Paul was also apparent from the choice of words in his tweet. Do you think Paul will agree to this new condition?

Some more MMA news

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• Israel Adesanya revealed that he had planned an ever worse post-fight celebration after defeating Alex Pereira.