UFC News Round Up: Wiz Khalifa and Ex-UFC Stars React to Jake Paul MMA Debut, Dana White’s Power Slap Taken Out by TBS, Nate Diaz Teases Rizin Entry, Conor McGregor Praised by Road House Co-star. Here’s your daily UFC news round up. For more combat sports news, follow Insidesport.IN.
UFC News Round up Wiz Khalifa and Ex-UFC Stars React to Jake Paul’s MMA Debut
The PFL broke the MMA internet world last night when they announced their deal with Jake Paul to start the PFL super fight PPV division. This attracted the attention of some big names, including Tony Ferguson, Wiz Khalifa, Anthony Pettis, Ben Askren, and many others. Even Conor McGregor gave his two cents on the news.
Wiz Khalifa and Anthony Pettis welcomed Jake Paul to the PFL family. Ben Askren reacted by saying Dana White is having a bad week, Tony Ferguson offered to coach Jake Paul, while Conor McGregor ridiculed the deal.
Let me know when you need a good MMA coach @jakepaul You can be one of my students- Champ 🥷 -CSO- 🇺🇸🏆🇲🇽 # KeepGrindin’Kid pic.twitter.com/11JQM4NS4T
— Tony Ferguson (@TonyFergusonXT) January 5, 2023
Welcome to the PFL @jakepaul
More than happy to welcome you to MMA’s league if Nate isn’t available 🤝 @PeteMurrayPFL @PFLMMA @DonnDavisPFL
— Anthony Pettis (@Showtimepettis) January 5, 2023
Welcome To The Fam 🔥 @JakePaul x @PFLMMA pic.twitter.com/GLhz5F3ITv
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) January 5, 2023
Ooof Dana is having a bad week! https://t.co/0NYa0TKWkM
— Funky (@Benaskren) January 5, 2023
Dana White’s Power Slap Taken Out by TBS
Dana White’s week may have gone from bad to worse. After a viral video of him slapping his wife, the UFC president has to deal with another issue. TBS has postponed the telecast of the first Power Slap event. There was a lot of excitement surrounding the power slap ever since the UFC bought it.
However, the show, which was supposed to air on January 11, will now air on January 18. While this is not a long delay, the UFC did not reveal the reason behind the postponement.
Nate Diaz Teases Rizin Entry
Free agent and legendary MMA star Nate Diaz may have dropped a huge hint about his next move. While all fans predict him to move to the PFL to face Jake Paul in the super fight PPV division, the former UFC fighter posted a tweet that said otherwise.
Diaz shared an image of the Rizin Fighting Federation event without a caption. Thus leaving it up to fans to speculate what the post could mean.
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) January 5, 2023
Conor McGregor Praised by Roadhouse Co-star
And Conor McGregor was back in the headlines for his movie Roadhouse. The former UFC double-champion posted a picture to promote his film. Co-star Daniela Melchior commented, “Can’t wait to see a @roadhousemovie teaser! Let’s Go”.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAHbttNedJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=fcc5da7e-02b1-470d-8851-386f1625f0db
Clearly, the Portuguese actress is excited about the release of the movie, which also features Jake Gyllenhaal.
So these were the big stories in MMA today! What do you make of all these stories?
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