MMA News Roundup: ‘McGregor Forever’ Revealed Conor McGregor’s “Dark” Period; Ex-UFC Champion Derided the Upcoming ‘BMF’ Title Contenders; Israel Adesanya Revealed His Latest Wish for UFC 293

The fast-paced world of MMA maintained its nature during the last 24 hours as well. It offered the fans several MMA news and updates to talk about. But the overwhelming number of incidents might cause some fans to miss out on a few important happenings. To bridge the gap, we are here with our MMA news roundup to provide you with an insight into the most noted MMA world incidents from the last 24 hours.

Today, after starting off with one of the revelations made by Conor McGregor’s coveted documentary, we’ll also take a look at how an ex-UFC champion took a dig at the two upcoming BMF contenders. Lastly, we’ll know about the current UFC Middleweight Champion, Israel Adesanya’s latest wish to wrap things up for the day.

Conor McGregor’s coach revealed his dark Khabib Nurmagomedov pre-fight period

It was apparent that the release of Conor McGregor’s documentary, ‘McGregor Forever’ would reveal a lot of backstage stuff about the UFC icon. McGregor’s long-time coach, John Kavanagh, took a front seat here as he revealed he was at his worst during the training camps for his coveted fight against Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov.

Kavanagh stated, “The build-up to the Khabib fight was different than anything before. Very dark very negative. A lot of the training was Conor just, kind of, wanting to come in and fight people. Conor didn’t really wanna drill with the guy, or train with the guy. He just wanted to come in and beat the guy.”

Further, it also revealed a rather unknown fact about the same time. ‘McGregor Forever’ exhibited that ‘the former double champ had suffered an injured toe as he walked into the UFC 229 main event against Khabib Nurmagomedov. A scene in it showcased McGregor’s teammates rallied around him during a training session, prior to his bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov.

It was one of McGregor’s dislocated toes that had caused the tensions to rise. Further, despite some real agony, McGregor allowed his teammates to relocate his toe. He also walked into his fight with that injured toe only. The documentary will provide you with a lot more of such unrevealed stuff about ‘The Notorious’. So how soon are you tuning into it?

A noted ex-UFC champion derided the upcoming BMF contenders

The revelation about the main event of the upcoming UFC 290 main between the explosive lightweights, Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje might have startled some fans. But for some UFC fighters like Rafael dos Anjos, it was just an opportunity to fire at his divisional rivals. The winner of the UFC 290 main event would be crowned the new ‘BMF’ of the UFC. However, Dos Anjos claimed himself as the one and only ‘BMF’ of the UFC.

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Further, he also detailed the reason he wasn’t fighting for the ‘BMF’ title despite being the real ‘BMF’ in the UFC. Dos Anjos took to his Twitter and retweeted one of his fans’ tweets. He also captioned it, “Forgot to mention that I became champion and defended the title successfully. But I think to fight for a BMF title you can’t be a champion or former champion”. ‘RDA’s’ mocking intent apart from his self-brag was apparent from his tweet.

Further, the fans’ tweet that he had retweeted revealed why he was the real uncrowned ‘BMF’ of the UFC. After knowing about the issue, do you agree with ‘RDA’s’ views? Do you also think that he is the real BMF of the UFC?

Israel Adesanya revealed his desire to headline UFC 293

Amid a lot of happenings related to himself, the UFC Middleweight kingpin, Israel Adesanya, has ramped up the count by one more. Recently, ‘The Last Stylebender’ shared an Instagram story that got the fans talking. ‘Izzy’ shared the promotional poster of UFC’s return to Sydney with UFC 293 on 10 September this year, as his story. With the previous Australian UFC event headlined by his friend and the UFC featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, it was apparent that ‘Izzy’ was targeting to headline this one.

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Adesanya also added ‘eye emojis’ to his story as well, making it clear that he was eyeing a bout on the card. Now, when a humongous name like Israel Adesanya looks to take the octagon, it must be for a main event.

This happening might have enthralled a lot of fans as they can see a chance of Adesanya’s return to the Octagon post his UFC 287 victory. How excited are you after knowing about ‘Izzy’s’ wish?