Midnight Mania: Dana Walks Back McGregor Update, Leaves 2024 Door Open
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UFC CEO Dana White still doesn’t expect Conor McGregor to return in 2024, but he won’t rule it out completely.
A couple days ago, White dropped an unfortunate update on McGregor’s much-anticipated UFC comeback, explaining that he would not be returning this year after his pinky toe derailed a scheduled July clash versus Michael Chandler. Seeing as McGregor’s injury was relatively minor, it was a surprise that the delay would be so long, and there have been some strong reactions.
McGregor himself, for example, was upset! He took to Twitter to argue his case and demand a December booking. His would-be opponent, Michael Chandler, is still unconvinced that the fight is off, though he did offer up one replacement option. McGregor also reached out to White directly, which resulted in at least a mild walk back of his former comments.
White elaborated further on the McGregor negotiations and explained, “You can imagine after I said that, Conor was blowing me up, going ‘I’ll definitely fight this year!’ When we get to a point where we’re setting a fight, and I believe that a Conor McGregor fight is going to happen, I will announce it. As of right now, I believe that Conor will not fight this year.
“Conor saying he wants to fight in December? We’ll see how it plays out.”
White’s quote isn’t confidence-inspiring, but at least it’s slightly more optimistic than the previous update?
Insomnia
Colby Covington is hitting a new low with whatever the f—k this nonsense is.
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Dana getting told to his face that Power Slap is monotonous is long overdue.
Bro is spittin pic.twitter.com/SZDHz3t3vR
— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin) August 14, 2024
Heavyweight action coming to an Apex near you!
Waldo Cortes Acosta will fight Chris Barnett at #UFCVegas98 on October 12th. (first rep. NTRD MMA) #UFC #MMA #UFCESPN #UFC2024 pic.twitter.com/DrYHobUOe2
— Marcel Dorff (@BigMarcel24) August 15, 2024
Dricus Du Plessis puts in a formal request that Israel Adesanya stops being weird, which I don’t think is possible!
Good morning everyone, except DDP. pic.twitter.com/yW3qrGik3d
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) August 14, 2024
Dricus du Plessis sends a message to Israel Adesanya:
“Israel, stop searching for my willy on the internet. It’s weird, it’s very freaking weird man. Cmon!”
@MMAFighting #UFC #MMA #UFC305 pic.twitter.com/j9W5RrCClY
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 15, 2024
On a more classy note: “DDP” showing respect to Israel Adesanya’s coach and talking about those 2014 training sessions.
Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya’s head coach Eugene Bareman had a cool interaction yesterday at the #UFC305 fighter hotel pic.twitter.com/fkRuVcsCAT
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) August 15, 2024
It’s been a really long time since Stipe Miocic won a fight.
Today is the 4-year anniversary of Miocic's last win and Dana still gets mad at anyone suggesting Jones should fight Aspinall instead. pic.twitter.com/GYvrK2eLHH
— Guilherme Cruz (@guicruzzz) August 15, 2024
Fun fact, Fedor has won a fight more recently than Stipe has. https://t.co/sYhlBL8iLx
— Jed Meshew II (@JedKMeshew) August 15, 2024
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Carlos Prates is here to kick ass and rip cigs.
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Surgical destruction of the lead leg makes for a great high kick setup.
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Elbow war!
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Random Land
This dog’s face is the funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks (don’t get mad at me in the comments, it’s a bit!).
i love the chinese dog that gets snitched on. get owned, buddy pic.twitter.com/mvtpMcYl7b
— bladee if he was mexican and could bench 315 (@OfficialBrohoss) August 14, 2024
Midnight Music: Alternative, 1995
Sleep well Maniacs! More martial arts madness is always on the way.
