Conor McGregor Shows Off Yacht Ahead Of UFC 257, More News | Social Media Roundup
Conor McGregor appears to be enjoying some of the spoils of being the face of the UFC ahead of his UFC 257 clash against Dustin Poirier — Fightful has you covered on what McGregor is doing to stay level-headed before his main event bout and much more from social media from around the world of MMA.
Conor McGregor Shows Off Yacht Ahead Of UFC 257
Conor McGregor is known for flashing his wealth and popularity and that doesn’t change just because he’s days out from his main event at UFC 257 against Dustin Poirier.
The brash-Irishman took to Twitter to share photos of himself aboard of a super yacht on UFC’s Fight Island in Abu Dhabi.
Yachtside —- — @etihadarena_ae pic.twitter.com/uxIgnvh1nO
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 18, 2021
McGregor is set to main event UFC 257 on Jan. 23 alongside Dustin Poirier in a rematch from UFC 178 when McGregor defeated Poirier via first-round TKO.
Khabib Nurmagomedov Excited For Future Of Eagle Fighting Championships
During the main card of UFC Fight Island 7, UFC President Dana White announced Khabib Nurmagomedov’s “decision” on his retirement…and it wasn’t much of a decision.
The Russian-born UFC lightweight champion apparently told White that he’s staying retired unless someone at UFC 257 can “impress” him during either the main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier or in the co-main event between Dan Hooker and promotional-newcomer, former Bellator lightweight champion, Michael Chandler.
Nevertheless, Nurmagomedov acquired MMA promotion Gorilla Fighting Championship, in November 2020 and renamed it Eagle Fighting Championship as on ode to his nickname “The Eagle”.
Nurmagomedov took to Instagram to share his excitement for the future of the promotion:
Calvin Kattar Releases Statement Following UFC Fight Island 7 Defeat
Sixth-ranked UFC featherweight contender Calvin Kattar got outclassed during the main event of UFC Fight Island 7 by former champion Max Holloway.
However, Kattar rightfully garnered a ton of respect and admiration from fans and fighters alike due to his display of heart and toughness by somehow pushing the fight to the distance while getting battered by the former featherweight champ for all five rounds.
The Boston-native Kattar took to Instagram to make his first statement since the loss:
Israel Adesanya Shows Off New Zealand Sunset
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is attempting to become just the eighth double champion in UFC history when he moves up to 205-pounds to challenge UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259.
Ahead of his second title bid, the Nigerian-born, New Zealand-bred champion is showing off his home nation’s beautiful sunset while on his “private jet”…which is a JETski.
On my private jet. pic.twitter.com/TOUATWOclw
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) January 18, 2021
UFC 259 is set for March 6 and is slated to host a title triple-header when Israel Adesanya challenges Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight championship, Amanda Nunes defends her UFC women’s featherweight championship against Megan Anderson and Petr Yan defends the UFC bantamweight title against Aljamain Sterling.
Michael Chiesa Donates To Dustin Poirier’s Charity
Dustin Poirier is set for the biggest fight of his life at UFC 257 on Jan. 23 and just days before his clash against Conor McGregor, Michael Chiesa is sending him some good vibes in the form of a donation to Poirier’s “The Good Fight” foundation.
Chiesa is also main eventing a UFC event this week when he goes head-to-head against Neil Magny at UFC Fight Island 8 on Jan. 19.
Poirier took to Twitter to thank Chiesa for his generosity:
Thank you @MikeMav22 for helping us fight the good fight!@TheGoodFightFDN
— The Diamond (@DustinPoirier) January 18, 2021
Matt Brown Admits Defeat Against Carlos Condit At UFC Fight Island 7
The co-main event of UFC Fight Island 7 was for the hardcore MMA fans who long wanted to see Carlos Condit battle Matt Brown.
While it may have been a few years after fans had wished to see the two legends square-off, the fight was still a fun one.
However it wasn’t all smiles for both competitors after Condit won a unanimous (30-27 x3) decision victory over Brown. Brown called the 30-27 decision on all three judge’s scorecards ‘ridiculous’ and thought he won the first-round.
Brown took to Twitter to cloear up his comments on the fight, admitting he thought he had lost the bout, while still thinking he won the first-round:
I’d like to make it clear I know I lost. 29-28 is proper and third round wouldn’t be a robbery if you gave it to me but I won’t argue at all giving it to Condit. Last post on this love all you guys hope yo I enjoyed the show! Onward and upward! https://t.co/vRKDb8rH8G
— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) January 18, 2021
Belal Muhammad Shares Hilarious Fake Text Exchange With Dana White
Belal Muhammad is known as a bit of a Twitter troll if you ask around the MMA world but he’s sure a funny one.
When TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter answered a fan’s question of who could be a potential opponent for a returning Nate Diaz, the UFC welterweight Muhammad decided to offer up his own response after a “text” exchange with Dana White was shown:
Well based off the text I got from Dana I think it’s max pic.twitter.com/veBHOeuJPu
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) January 17, 2021
Roxanne Modafferi Shares Insane Fight Total Stat
One of the true pioneers of women’s MMA is current UFC flyweight contender Roxanne Modafferi.
Modaferri, who’s scheduled to face Viviane Araujo at UFC Fight Island 8 on Jan 19. decided to waste some time while weight cutting and share that she owns the record for most professional MMA fights in the sport’s history (if you count fights from The Ultimate Fighter):
So I’ve got 42 officially, but 47 fights counting The Ultimate Fighter. So I’ve won the title for the most female fights in the world!!! If you count TUF (which are counted as ‘exhibition’ but to me, they’re fights)Guess I gotta wait a few more if ya wanna be technical. @ufc #ufc pic.twitter.com/IFg0UUR3lz
— Roxanne Modafferi (@Roxyfighter) January 18, 2021
Thiago Santos Offers Up Some Monday Motivation
Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Thiago Santos woke up on the right side of the bed, this morning and decided to share his inspirational thoughts with the masses via Twitter:
The process is infinitely more valuable and important than the result. When you commit to the process — never giving up, creatively overcoming setbacks and obstacles, trying new strategies — a powerful metamorphosis happens. You literally transform in the process. pic.twitter.com/xSYRynZhE5
— Thiago Marreta (@TMarretaMMA) January 18, 2021
Santos, 37, is yet to schedule another bout since being submitted in the third-round by Glover Teixeira at UFC Vegas 13.
Fightful has all of your MMA needs covered. Follow us on Twitter for updates, and subscribe to our YouTube channel for exclusive interviews, lists, news updates and predictions.
