Welcome to today’s edition of Sportskeeda’s daily MMA News Roundup, where we present the biggest UFC updates and other stories from the world of mixed martial arts.
In today’s issue, we talk about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov lambasting Dana White for controversial decisions, Jake Paul revealing three major updates on his fighters’ union endeavor, and more.
The split draw decision that many believe ‘robbed’ Magomed Ankalaev of the light heavyweight championship earned quite a lot of criticism from MMA fans and fighters. Even Ankalaev’s opponent Jan Blachowicz believed the Dagestani fighter had done enough to win the belt, but the judges scoring the fight evidently did not.
The decision also did not sit well with Ramzan Kadyrov, the dictator of Chechnya, who shares a close relationship with several UFC fighters, including Khamzat Chimaev.
Kadyrov blasted Dana White in a post on his personal Telegram channel and accused the UFC of playing politics and refereeing “dirty.”
The post was shared by journalist Karim Zidan over Twitter.
White further added fuel to the discontent among fans by announcing the next light heavyweight title fight immediately after the pay-per-view ended. Despite Ankalaev’s performance, it is Jamahal Hill who will get to fight for the title next against Glover Teixeira.
Jake Paul has been talking about the creation of a fighters’ union for a while now. He made a bet with Anderson Silva ahead of their fight that saw ‘The Spider’ agree to be a part of Paul’s union if he lost the fight.
It seems like the YouTuber-turned-boxer is really going ahead with this endeavor. He even opened a logo design race on social media a few days back and announced a $5K reward for the winner.
In latest tweet, Paul provided three major updates on the process of creating the union, which has been named the United Fighters Association. ‘The Problem Child’ revealed that they are collaborating with a law firm that specializes in labor and employment law.
He also stated that they are working on identifying the fighters who could lead the union and have zeroed down on three finalists for the logo design competition.
Take a look at his tweet below:
Paddy Pimblett was awarded a controversial unanimous decision victory over Jared Gordon at UFC 282 on Saturday night. Many fighters and MMA pros have spoken up against the scoring and hailed Gordon as the true winner of the fight.
Many experts have also opined that Gordon exposed the flaws in Pimblett’s game and proved ‘The Baddy’ to be less invincible than he claimed.
Veteran referee and MMA analyst ‘Big’ John McCarthy weighed in on the matter on his weekly Weighing In podcast, co-hosted by Josh Thomson. Given that Pimblett and UFC featherweight Ilia Topuria have been feuding for a while, McCarthy predicted how a fight between the two would go:
Watch the video below:
Topuria and Pimblett got into a scuffle at UFC 282 pre-event press conference, where they nearly came to blows.
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