MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Motivated Fellow Irishman Ian Garry, Colby Covington Took a Dig at Israel Adesanya; Khamzat Chimaev Eager to Face Former Welterweight Champion

The previous day in the MMA world brought a lot of noteworthy incidents for the fans. But since there were numerous incidents reported, some fans might easily miss out on a few valuable headlines. But you can stay free of worries as we are here once more with our MMA news roundup to bridge this gap. It will provide you with an overview of a few eye-catching MMA world incidents from the last 24 hours.

Today, after starting off with Conor McGregor’s motivation for a fellow UFC fighter, we’ll also know about Colby Covington’s words about Israel Adesanya. Lastly, we’ll take a look at Khamzat Chimaev’s possibly confirming his next opponent, to wrap things up for the day.

Conor McGregor motivated his countryman Ian Garry prior to his fight

It is quite understandable that Conor McGregor, being the face of UFC, has motivated a lot of youth to join MMA. One such fighter is also currently signed to the UFC. ‘Mystic Mac’s countrymate, Ian Garry, currently holds an undefeated record in MMA standing at 11-0. ‘Mystic Mac’, a well-wisher of Garry provided him with some online motivation prior to his fight.

McGregor shared the Instagram post of ‘mma.pros.pick’ as his own story. He also penned, along with a mention of Garry as well. McGregor’s friend has been matched up against Daniel Rodrigues who holds a current record of 17-3 for a Welterweight bout on UFC on ABC 4.

This might be taken as a gesture, signifying McGregor’s love for his motherland. Apart from dawning the Irish culture proudly, he also supports the people from his own country.

Colby Covington fired at Israel Adesanya

After numerous digs at his possible next opponent, Leon Edwards, Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington has probably found his next beefing partner. And it is none other than the UFC Middleweight champ, Israel Adesanya.

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In a recent interview with ‘MMA Fighting’, Covington was asked about the outcome of a bout between him and ‘The Last Stylebender. Chaos confidently replied, “I think that’s a huge fight and it’s a fight of high magnitude. I like the matchup, to be honest, I don’t think he can hang with me. I think I take him down, I beat him from pillar to post and I just break him inside that Octagon.”

This brash nature of Covington has been witnessed numerous times throughout his career. Although, many times things don’t go according to his words. Do you think ‘Chaos’ will be able to back his words if he fights Adesanya at some point in the future?

Khamzat Chimaev wants to finalize next bout against Kamaru Usman

It has been quite some time since MMA fans have seen Khamzat Chimaev inside the octagon. But excessive weight cutting to compete as a Welterweight caused problems for him which had the UFC boss, Dana White moving him to the Middleweight division. But after a recent mockery from the former UFC Welterweight kingpin, Kamaru Usman, ‘Borz’ currently looks all set for another Welterweight showdown.

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Despite Dana White discouraging this bout, Chimaev took a jibe at Usman recently via his Twitter. ‘Borz’ wrote, “@USMAN84kg, I respect you, you were one of the best, you know you’re old bro, and you know it’s my time”.

Do you think despite Dana White’s announcement Chimaev will actually have another Welterweight bout? Usman’s reply to Chimaev’s tweet would be really interesting to watch in this regard.

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