In the world of MMA, significant events have unfolded in the past few hours, particularly at UFC 284. As a result, we’ve compiled a roundup of the most notable happenings. Alexander Volkanovski, the main event fighter at UFC 284, had some strong words for his opponent Islam Makhachev, accusing him of using illicit substances. However, Belal Muhammad, a respected UFC welterweight, came to Makhachev’s defense. Additionally, Irish UFC star Conor McGregor recently met with British sports promoter Eddie Hearn, generating significant buzz within the industry.
Alexander Volkanovski criticized Islam Makhachev for using medications prior to their bout
The UFC 284 didn’t quite go Alexander Volkanovski‘s way. Despite putting up a stupendous fight against the lightweight king, Islam Makhachev, the Australian fell short of achieving his target. But, recently ‘Volk’ revealed that Islam Makhachev‘s victory wasn’t a fairly achieved one. ‘The Great’ joined the noted MMA coverage personality, Ariel Helwani’s podcast, where he had a shocking revelation to make about his UFC 284 adversary.
A lot of fans knew that Makhachev had to face some complications while cutting his weight. Volkanovski also talked about Makhachev’s weight and revealed from his knowledge, “I’ve heard it gets up to like yeah 180, like 83 kilograms closely. So it could be yeah like, you know it’s. You fill up pretty quick, you know, with IVs and stuff like that, yeah.”
Although he didn’t place any direct accusations, the bashing intent could be realized from his words. Hence, when Helwani made questions related to weight, ‘Volk’ didn’t let the opportunity go and put light on how Makhachev might have gained an unfair advantage.
UFC fighter from team Khabib snapped back at accusations against Islam Makhachev
It’s pertinent to note that the famed UFC Lightweight, Dan Hooker, also fired at Makhachev with a series of tweets. Hooker went as far as labeling the UFC lightweight Champ as a “Cheating Dog”. It was he who publicized revealed that Makhachev had used IVs to regain his body weight within a short time.
But, the Dagestani found support from one of his team Khabib mates and UFC Welterweight contender, Belal Muhammad.
‘Remember The Name’ put a tweet of his own expressing his support for Makhachev and calling Hooker‘s accusations as “lies”.
However, there has been no concrete news about who is the actual “liar” here since Makhachev hasn’t given out his response on this issue yet.
Conor McGregor had a meeting with Eddie Hearn about an event
The noted UFC star, Conor McGregor, had vocalized himself previously to help the noted Irish boxer Katie Taylor. McGregor had intended to pay the “extra security charges” required to organize Taylor’s bout at the noted Croke Park.
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Recently, McGregor had a meeting with the noted English promoter. Eddie Hearn to finalize things about Taylor’s next bout.
Reportedly, Taylor will be stepping back into the ring on 20 May 2023 for her coveted rematch against Amanda Serrano. Hence, McGregor and Hearn met up to discuss making the fight happen at Croke Park with a seating capacity of 80,000.
