Conor McGregor and Belal Muhammad are back at it again. The welterweight champ appears to be entangled in a heated verbal battle with the former dual weight champion after ‘Remember The Name’ pulled out of his clash against Shavkat Rakhmonov. What are they on about? Well, stay tuned as we reveal all of the latest happenings of the last 24 hours in bite-sized pieces.

From the McGregor-Muhammad fiasco, we will move on to Ian Garry and Shavkat Rakhmnov, it appears that something’s brewing between these two hotshots. Finally, we will end our journey with a piece of information from Derrick Lewis about Francis Ngannou.

Conor McGregor and Belal Muhammad go back-and-forth

Belal Muhammad vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov ͏was sche͏duled for U͏FC 310; however, the welterweight champ had to͏ ͏w͏i͏thdraw from the match due to a ͏se͏rious injury that r͏equired urgent surgery. The champ took to his X handle to announce that he would have to withdraw from the match as he might have to stay out of action for a period of 6 months, “Caught a bone infection in my foot .. had to put a PICC line [peripherally inserted central catheter] in my arm for IV antibiotics the next 6 weeks with no physical activity. Allah’s plan is the best plan I’m sorry to everyone that was coming to see me I’ll be back soon inshAllah.”

M͏u͏ha͏mmad͏’s con͏fes͏sion re͏ceiv͏e͏d responses from various MMA personalities, including Michael Bis͏ping, Eric ͏Nicksi͏ck, and others. Even his ͏opponent, Sha͏vkat Ra͏khmonov, came forwa͏r͏d t͏o wish him a speedy rec͏o͏v͏ery, “Wishing Belal a quick recovery.We’ll meet when you’re back at 100%. For now, I’m ready to take on any contender for the interim title at #UFC310.” Well, Conor McGregor was not that sensitive about it. The former dual-weight champion took to his X handle to add laughing emojis to the post.

This antic by the former champ caught Muhammad’s attention, who responded to him by sharing a photo of his injury and calling him an addict, “I have this for antibiotics.. you use needles because you are junkie .. we are not the same.” Their back-and-forth could go on for a brief period of time till there’s a stalemate. Regardless, now that we know about it, let us move forward to another piece of news coming from the welterweight division.

Ian Garry might step up to fight Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310

The Shavkat R͏akhmonov vs. ͏Belal Muhammad͏ fight was originally set as the main ͏event for U͏FC 310. However, with Mu͏hammad pull͏ing ͏ou͏t, UFC C͏EO ͏Dana White n͏ow faces a signif͏icant dilem͏ma: f͏inding a new oppo͏nent for ͏the undefeated 18-0 Kazakh fighter͏. After the fallout of the welterweight title fight, Rakhmonov took to his X handle to ascertain that he would be ready to face any opponent for the interim championship and it appears that the fighter finally got a challenger.

Ian ‘The Future’ Garty took to his Instagram handle to reshare an old video of him having an interaction with the media where he challenged Shavkat Rakhmonov. He said, “There’s some big names [to fight next], there are some cool matchups. There’s Shavkat [Rakhmonov], 18-0. I’d love to get my hands on him. I’ve nothing but respect for him, but I wanna be the guy to take his 0, and I know I can do it.”

He further added, “That fight excites me so much. I’ve got nothing but respect for the dude, but I don’t want anyone else to beat him before me. He’s 18-0, I’m 15-0, let’s go on and put on a show. Let’s see who’s really better.” Their fight might have the potential to save the jeopardized UFC 310 card but will the UFC CEO agree to this fight? Only time will tell. For now, let us move on forward to Derrick Lewis’s confession about Francis Ngannou.

Derrick Lewis thanks Francis Ngannou for helping him out with his contract

Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis is all set to face undefeated Brazilian fighter Jhonata Diniz at UFC Edmonton. Ahead of his anticipated fight with the former kickboxer, Lewis has confessed Francis Ngannou‘s help in setting up a new contract with the promotion. While having a conversation with the media, Lewis emphasized that after his fight with Marcos Rogerio De Lima, the promotion wanted to make a new deal with him, and as Ngannou’s fallout happened at the same exact time, it helped Lewis to negotiate a better deal with the promotion.

“Francis played the role of helping me get this contract that I got right now… Because, you know, the negotiations, I said, ‘Man, look what they’re doing over there [PFL], I could be over there getting that. It’s so weird. I would like to stay here. So, you know, I ain’t gonna say too much,” said Derrick Lewis. Knowingly or unknowingly, Ngannou has helped a ton of people through his actions.

What’s your take on the confession? Will there be more fighters leveraging the situation like Lewis? State your opinion in the comments below.