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Leon Edwards welcomes historic title clash with Conor McGregor at UFC 309 in MSG: ‘100%, that’s the fight’

While incumbent heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has leaked he will likely make his return at UFC 309 in November…

While incumbent heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has leaked he will likely make his return at UFC 309 in November in the promotion’s comeback to Madison Square Garden, undisputed welterweight kingpin, Leon Edwards is ready to stack the main card in a historic showdown with former two-division best, Conor McGregor.

Edwards, the current undisputed welterweight gold holder, is himself slated to make his return at UFC 304 in late July, headlining the organization’s return to Manchester in a rematch against surging contender, Belal Muhammad.

Leon Edwards confirms he will fight at UFC 300 I will defend my title in April in Las Vegas — Mandatory Credit: Zuffa LLC

As for McGregor, the former undisputed featherweight and lightweight titleholder is set to return from an almost three-year layoff at UFC 303 at the end of next month during International Fight Week, taking on Michael Chandler in a return to the welterweight limit.

Conor McGregor offered title fight by Leon Edwards at UFC 309

And ahead of UFC 304, Edwards has suggested that should he topple Muhammad, and McGregor beat Chandler, why don’t the pair feature at Madison Square Garden in New York – offering the Dubliner a chance to become a first-ever three-weight champion in the promotion.

“That’d be good, that’d be good, you know,” Leon Edwards told MMA Fighting of a fight with Conor McGregor. “It would be good to give him the opportunity – yeah, 100 percent, why not? I feel like let’s give him the opportunity to become [a] three-division world champion, [and] give me an opportunity to take out a guy like Conor (McGregor). You know, New York – that would be perfect.”

“That is the fight, you know,” Leon Edwards explained. “He goes out there and takes out Michael (Chandler), I take out ‘No One Remembers His Name’ and we’ll go from there. We’ll go to New York – MSG, let’s go. That’s the fight. That’s the fight, that’s the fight, I feel. You know, two of us have business to take care of. That’s the fight, that needs to happen. It should happen.”

Who would win in a potential title showdown: Leon Edwards or Conor McGregor?

Leon Edwards welcomes historic title clash with Conor McGregor at UFC 309 in MSG: ‘100%, that’s the fight’

While incumbent heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has leaked he will likely make his return at UFC 309 in November…

Conor McGregor offered title fight by Leon Edwards at UFC 309

Who would win in a potential title showdown: Leon Edwards or Conor McGregor?

UFC star Conor McGregor rips ‘Bald little Malteser head’ Kamaru Usman: ‘You’re nothing to me’

Forever sharing a high-profile rivalry – without ever actually sharing the Octagon with each other, the spat between former…

Forever sharing a high-profile rivalry – without ever actually sharing the Octagon with each other, the spat between former champions, Conor McGregor and Kamaru Usman have been rekindled again by the Dubliner, who labelled him a “bald little Malteaser head”.

McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight champion and featherweight gold holder under the banner of the UFC, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Dustin Poirier almost three years.

Kamaru Usman branded best welterweight of all time by UFC boss you cannot deny that — Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari – Zuffa LLC

However, slated to return at the end of next month, McGregor takes on former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler – a former training partner of Usman in the main event of UFC 303 during International Fight Week at the welterweight limit.

As for Auchi native, Usman, the former pound-for-pound number one has been out of action himself since October of last year, suffering his third consecutive loss in the form of a controversial majority decision loss to the undefeated, Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294.

Kamaru Usman welcomes middleweight run after UFC 294 I looked good at 185 pounds — Mandatory Credit: Chris Unger – Zuffa LLC

And linked with a potential move to the welterweight limit to fight Usman in a bid to become the promotion’s first-ever three-division champion, McGregor failed to ever land the pairing, with the Nigerian going on to drop his title to Leon Edwards.

Conor McGregor hits out at long-time foe, Kamaru Usman

However, continuing to fire shots at the ONX Labs trainee tonight, McGregor hit out at Usman’s claiming he was “nothing” to him, as well as hitting out at his appearance.

Dana White confirms Conor McGregor targeted to headline UFC 303 that's what we wanna do

“(Kamaru) Usman is talking crazy right now,” Conor McGregor said during a DuelBits live stream. “Where’s Usman right now? The little bald Malteaser head. What happened in his last fight again? I can’t even remember where you’re at in your game, bro, yeah? You’re nothing to me.”

Without a victory since a title rematch win over Colby Covington back in 2021, Usman has weighed up both a welterweight return and even a continued stay at the middleweight limit since his loss to Chimaev late last year.

Who would win in a potential fight: Conor McGregor or Kamaru Usman?

UFC star Conor McGregor rips ‘Bald little Malteser head’ Kamaru Usman: ‘You’re nothing to me’

Forever sharing a high-profile rivalry – without ever actually sharing the Octagon with each other, the spat between former…

Conor McGregor hits out at long-time foe, Kamaru Usman

However, continuing to fire shots at the ONX Labs trainee tonight, McGregor hit out at Usman’s claiming he was “nothing” to him, as well as hitting out at his appearance.

Who would win in a potential fight: Conor McGregor or Kamaru Usman?

McGregor ‘Ecstatic And Delighted’ By Khabib’s Unpaid Taxes Report

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Conor McGregor never misses an opportunity to take a shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team.
Nurmagomedov got the last laugh inside th…

UFC 229: Khabib v McGregor — Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Digital First Media/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Conor McGregor never misses an opportunity to take a shot at Khabib Nurmagomedov and his team.

Nurmagomedov got the last laugh inside the Octagon when he and McGregor finally fought at UFC 229 in October 2018. The fourth round neck crank victory for “The Eagle” only temporarily halted the pair’s rivalry, at least from McGregor’s side as Nurmagomedov and company have left the hatchet buried.

It was reported earlier this month (May 12, 2024) that Nurmagomedov might be in trouble with the Russian government. The former UFC Lightweight champion has allegedly been under investigation for underpaying his business taxes at an estimated $300 million rubles ($330 million United States dollars). Catching wind of the report, McGregor was unsurprised and satisfied.

“That’s typical rat behavior,” McGregor said on a Duelbits live stream. “Scurrying rat. So, he has bills to pay. Two main events or something he has in the UFC and he owes his bollocks to the Russian government. So, he’s gonna pay his f—kin’ money that he owes instead of siphoning it out through to other countries. I’m ecstatic and delighted that that’s coming on top of him.

“We all will welcome him back into the fight game where he’s ran from,” he continued. “It’s a rat trap. The rat trap has been set. We’re excited about that and to see where it goes. We noticed a little rat scurrying on back. We see him back around. The fat rat we call him.”

Nurmagomedov, 35, fought twice after his McGregor win before he retired in October 2020. McGregor, on the other hand, has fought thrice since the loss and gone 1-2 before his upcoming return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29, 2024.

UFC champion Sean O’Malley gets swatted while quietly streaming at home: ‘I got shotguns pointed at me’

Sean O’Malley was held at gunpoint as SWAT team members raided his house. During the most recent episode of…

Sean O’Malley was held at gunpoint as SWAT team members raided his house.

During the most recent episode of his TimboSugarShow podcast with longtime coach Tim Welch, the reigning UFC bantamweight champion revealed that he was recently swatted — a term used for when someone calls the police claiming an individual is either violent, armed or in the process of committing a crime.

The incident occurred while O’Malley was sitting quietly at home streaming.

“Went home, I’m like, ‘You know what? I’m gonna stream today,’” O’Malley said. “Streaming, about an hour and a half in I see a f*ckin cop fly down my road. I feel like instantly I kinda knew because I’ve heard about Adin [Ross] and the big streamers getting swatted. People find out where they’re at and they call the cops, say something happened that obviously didn’t happen and then they’re f*cking getting swatted.”

“So, I peek out my head out the window to see if maybe it’s something else. But then they’re on the intercom and I see a bunch of cops and they’re like, ‘Walk out with your hands up.’ So I f*ckin’ walk out, hands up. I was like, ‘I’m just gonna listen. I could get shot.’” I was like, ‘Okay if I just listen to them, I’ll be alright.’ But you never know, someone sneezes, pulls the trigger. I got f*ckin shotguns pointed at me. ARs from like four different cops pointed at me. I was like I’m just gonna listen and walk back.”

Sean O’Malley uses his time in the back of a police car to meditate

Because he exited his home unarmed and was cooperative, the responding offers did not force him to get on the ground. Instead, they cuffed him and tossed him in the back of a police vehicle where he used the time to meditate and marvel at the crazy situation he had suddenly found himself in.

“No. They didn’t have me get on the ground. I just turned around, walked backward with my hands up, put me in handcuffs. Put me in the cop car. I just used it as a meditation because moments like those bring you into the present moment so much. I was sitting in the back of that cop car in handcuffs and I was like, ‘Dude, that’s crazy. I had freedom five minutes ago. Now I have none. Zero.’

“They said I k*lled my parents or something like that, and they thought there was an active shooter inside. …Someone called the cops and said there’s an active shooter, and two dead people in the house or something.”

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for a second set of officers to arrive on the scene and immediately recognized who Sean O’Malley was, bringing an end to the incident roughly an hour removed from when everything initially went down.