MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Is Working Out to Get Back in Fight Shape; Khamzat Chimaev Consoled Dana White After “Fake News” Publication; Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Team Will Clash Against Craig Jones’ Squad in a Grappling Event

The rapidly advancing world of MMA maintained its pace during the last 24 hours as well. But it may be agreed that the number of happenings reported was quite a lot. Hence, some fans might miss out on a few noteworthy headlines in this hustle and bustle of reported incidents. But you may stay relaxed even if you are one of them, as we are back with our MMA news roundup.

Today, we’ll start off with a summary of Conor McGregor’s workout in order to get back inside the octagon. Further, we’ll also know about the massive grappling event that has been set between the noted former UFC Lightweight champ, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team and the current UFC Featherweight kingpin, Alexander Volkanovki’s coach, Craig Jones’ team. Lastly, we’ll take a look at a recent incident involving the UFC supremo, Dana White, and the coveted, Khamzat Chimaev, to wrap things up for the day.

Conor McGregor has begun pursuit to get back inside the Octagon

Fans of Conor McGregor had waited enough for his octagon return. Even after McGregor’s USADA status is still unknown, there’s fans look forward to his return.

Recently, McGregor took to the social media platform of his choice once more and tweet a snap. It showcased him having a morning workout session on his own yacht. After McGregor’s octagon return looks inevitable, such tweets might raise the expectations of the fans by leaps and bounds. McGregor also captioned his tweet with a “🌞”.

When do you finally expect him to set feet inside the octagon?

Craig Jones’ and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teams set to face each other in a grappling event

The noted former UFC icon, Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team is all set to take on the famed UFC Featherweight champ, Alexander Volkanovski’s coach, Craig Jones’ team in an all-grappling event in Kazakhstan. ‘Volk’s coach Jones’ team also has the noted grapplers Nicky Ryan, and Nicky Rodriguez as coaches on his team. News about the event was revealed by the professional grapplers, Nicky Rodriguez, Ethan Crelinsten and Damien Anderson on an episode of their own, ‘The Simple Man Podcast’.

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Crelinsten started off things by stating, “It’s a team event in Kazakhstan. Where it’s B-Team versus Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team. No [Khabib is not on the team], that would be insane. He is coaching”. Rodriguez then threw a question at his co-host stating, “Would you fight a 200lb Khabib?” Crelinsten replied, “I would, that would be crazy! But he’s probably really good.”.

Although there has been no date confirmed for the event yet, it may be said that combat sports fans will eagerly await this mega-grappling event.

Dana White bashed the media for spreading fake news and was consoled by Khamzat Chimaev

Recently, the UFC supremo, Dana White, took a heavy shot at the media after the publication of an incorrect news piece. An MMA-covering media outlet posted a headline that stated the noted UFC star, Khamzat Chimaev, had unfollowed the UFC boss on Instagram. White took to his own Instagram and replied to this “fake news”.

In his Instagram post, White first uploaded the snap of the headline of the article reading, “Khamzat unfollows Dana White”. Following that, he also uploaded a screenshot of those accounts, which Chimaev follows on Instagram.

Viewers could easily notice White’s Instagram account at the very beginning of that list. Also, White provided a frustration-venting caption to his Instagram post. It read, “This is the ‘media’. I could literally do this every day with almost every story that’s written. Everything these people write is total and absolute bulls**t.”

Chimaev dealt with the situation lightly. Initially, he posted a comment on White’s post with two “🤦🏻‍♂️🤣” emojis indicating his enlightenment at the situation. Further, he also consoled White by posting a second comment. It read, “My big brother forever 🤝🤝🤝”.

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What are your opinions in this regard?