The Weekly Roundkick: McGregor Soon?

Welcome to the Weekly Roundkick, where you can get all your MMA news in one spot. In the age of Covid, the UFC has done a great job of being the leaders of industry in making sure the show goes on. Here’s everything that you might’ve missed this week in the MMA world.

Fight Rumors and Announcements

• Conor McGregor: UFC says they’re in the works for “something fun” for Conor McGregor. The sports biggest star has been out since his win over Cowboy Cerrone and hopefully, soon we get an announcement for what he’s doing (UFC)

• #5 Stephen Thompson, Former UFC title challenger and the NMF, Nicest Mother Effer, performed his first official twitter callout calling out #3 Leon Edwards. Leon has been all over twitter asking for a fight so we now sit and wait to see what his response is

• Khamzat Chimaev, the summers hottest star, is scheduled to face a ranked opponent in the main event spot for a date to be announced (MMA Junkie)

• Robbie Lawler is looking to bounce back against Mike Perry at UFC 255 on Saturday, November 21, 2020

• #9 Nikita Krylov vs. #7 Volkan Oezdemir is now the Co-Maiin of UFC’s Oct. 17 card

• #2 Thiago Santos vs. #4 Glover Teixeira lined up for Nov. 7 headliner (MMA Junkie)

• Carlos Diego Ferreira vs. Drew Dober lined up for November 7

• Ludovit Klein steps up a short notice to fight Shane Young (MMA Junkie)
• Jessin Ayari vs. Luigi Vendramini lined up for (Combate)
• Nassourdine Imavov vs. Jordan Williams – Two UFC Fighters making their debut (MMA Fighting)
• Dusko Todorovic vs. Dequan Townsend – Dusko making us UFC Debut while Townsend looking for his first win in the UFC 
• Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cody Stamann set up for UFC’s Dec. 5 Card (MMAJunkie)

Other MMA News

• • Cage Warriors FC Kicks off 3 days straight of Fights on UFC Fight pass starting September 25th

• Anthony Smith responds to Johnny Walker’s callout saying “I’ll beat the ___ out of you” Would be an interesting matchup if it comes to fruition. 

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