Welcome to MMA News Today, a daily feature running down the most interesting stories in the world of mixed martial arts. For July 12, 2024, we’re taking a look at:
- Fans believe Pereira was snubbed over O’Malley
- Goggins says Strickland has not replied to his challenge
- Gane and Volkov set to meet again at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi
Fans Give Confused Reaction To Sean O’Malley Winning ‘Best UFC Fighter’ At The ESPYs
ESPN’s annual awards, The ESPYs, took place last night where Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley was named the best UFC fighter.
He came out on top in a category that featured three other world champions in Alex Pereira, Islam Makhachev and Weili Zhang.
The instant reaction from fans online was to question how “Suga” could have possibly won the category, considering what “Poatan” has done in recent times.
Whilst some fans questioned whether the period of time that is judged meant that the award was voted this way, many were simply baffled at the idea of Pereira not winning this award regardless of which time frame you want to look at.
“Bro sean has fought 3 ( 4 if you county the Pedro fight) times since 2022. Alex has fought 8 smh they did bad on this”
“Alright the UFC pushing Sean as the next superstar allegations are undeniable now”
“what exactly is the criteria lmao”
what exactly is the criteria lmao
— Ben
(@butze_) July 12, 2024
— 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗲
(@WonderbreadMMA) July 12, 2024
David Goggins Challenges Sean Strickland To Three Days Of Training For Three Rounds Of Boxing
David Goggins vs. Sean Strickland has turned into a surprising social media beef as of late, with both men speaking about one another in videos.
Following the former UFC middleweight champion’s comments about Navy SEALs and Goggins’ military career, the athlete and public speaker issued a challenge to him to test what Strickland is truly made of.
“Sean Strickland, I know you’re doing all this for clickbait. We had a DM the other day, me and you, back and forth. I was pretty much DMing you because you called me a b**** and talked about my military career and going out here once again and trying to, like you said in your DM, trying to be a clown. You’re an MMA fighter and you’re also a comedian so, you know, I’m not much of a comedian at all.”
As seen below, Goggins recently shared a look at the message that he sent to Strickland which has not received a reply as of yet, calling to train and spar with him.
He continued to say that he is done with exchanging videos and that this is his final offer- and whether the former champion takes it or not is up to him.
“You say you can f*** me up in training, I responded to that video to you and this is what I said. You have yet to respond to this and so anytime you want to train with me, I am ready to train with you. I am done with the videos.”
Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov 2 Reportedly Set For UFC 308 In Abu Dhabi
The UFC is heading back to Abu Dhabi in October for UFC 308, as has become a tradition for the MMA leader’s calendar.
A first match-up has been reported for this card with Ag. Fight claiming that former interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane will be facing Alexander Volkov in a rematch on October 26.
Many were expecting to see Gane return on the Paris card in September, after he reportedly turned down the option to fight Tom Aspinall at UFC 304 later this month.
Volkov will be looking to avenge his loss to “Bon Gamin” in 2021 off the back of a big victory over Sergei Pavlovich in Saudi Arabia last month.
Read more on the story here.
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