MMA News Roundup: Conor McGregor Reveals Upcoming Documentary Release Date; Sergei Pavlovich Surpasses Stipe Miocic in Rankings; Jake Shields Defends Nate Diaz After Arrest Warrant Issuance

The MMA world saw a number of major advancements in the last 24 hours. But since the number of incidents was quite abundant, some fans might have missed out on a few important ones. Hence, we are here once more with our MMA news roundup to provide you with updates about a few eye-catching MMA world incidents from the last day.

Starting off by taking a look at Conor McGregor’s new Netflix documentary, we’ll also know about Sergei Pavlovich passing the coveted, Stipe Miocic in the UFC rankings. Finally, we’ll end things for the day after casting light on Nate Diaz’s bosom friend trying to defend him after an arrest warrant was issued against him.

Conor McGregor’s new Netflix documentary all set for release

2023 is getting even bigger for Conor McGregor. After McGregor’s debut movie ‘The Road House’ getting all set to release this year, McGregor seemingly had even more silver-screen projects coming up this year.

Recently, ‘The Notorious’ took to Twitter and announced the release date of his ‘Netflix’ documentary named, ‘McGregor Forever’. His caption read, “You heard it here first. My brand new documentary series McGregor Forever, is coming to @Netflix on May 17! The only place to hear my true story, which is only getting started!”

There are a lot of reasons to believe that the documentary will feature

McGregor’s horrific leg break against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 as a major part of it. How excited are you to witness McGregor’s documentary?

Sergei Pavlovich surpassed Stipe Miocic in UFC rankings

The win at UFC Fight Night 222 was bringing a lot of good news for the noted Heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich. After finishing off his opponent, Curtis Blaydes in the initial of their UFC Fight Night 222, Pavlovich signaled that he would like to fight the coveted Jon Jones for the UFC Heavyweight title next.

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However, a recent changeover in the UFC Heavyweight rankings has probably got Pavlovich further closer to his dream. The Russian moved up a spot in the UFC Heavyweight rankings to topple the noted Heavyweight, Stipe Miocic, and bag the #2 spot in the division. Pavlovich’s achievement was lauded by a number of fans and UFC personalities along with the noted former UFC champ-champ, Daniel Cormier.

Pavlovich is now the officially most deserving Heavyweight for a title shot. How soon do you think the encounter between him and ‘Bones’ will happen?

Jake Shields attempted to defend his friend Nate Diaz after the issuance of an arrest warrant

Nate Diaz’s all-weather friend, Jake Shields, was apparently moved after the New Orleans Police Department issued an arrest warrant against his friend. The viral street brawl in which Diaz choked out a Jake Paul lookalike landed him in this trouble. However, Shields took to Twitter and posted a series of tweets to clarify that Diaz wasn’t the aggressor in the video.

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He broke down the video with his team. ‘The American Jiu-Jitsu guy’ also divided the video into snaps. In each snap, he labeled that the positions Diaz had taken during the brawl were all defensive jiu-jitsu positions.

In which way do you think will this case proceed? Will Shields’s efforts bring any change to his seasoned friend, Nate Diaz’s fortune after the street brawl?