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Covington puts rapper Lil’ Pump to sleep with brutal submission
Former welterweight interim champion Colby “Chaos” Covington recently choked out rapper Lil Pump in a new video. The rapper wanted to know what it’s like to get choked out by a professional fighter.
“Look at his eyes,” Covington said in the video. “He’s out.”
McGregor still targeting Michel Chandler for 2025 return
UFC star Conor McGregor and Dana White finally seem to be in agreement that hewon’t be seen in the octagon again until next year.
“It will be 2025,” McGregor said in a recent interview with DAZN. “We’ll see. My opponent that I had scheduled, Chandler, has gotten matched. It is what it is. I just take it on board and just rock on. My job is just to go to the gym, be in the gym, be in shape, and one thing is for sure, whenever it is and wherever it is, I’ll be 100 percent ready. That’s all I can focus on right now.”
McGregor has not fought since July 2021, when he lost to Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier by TKO after breaking his leg in round one.
Volkov injury pushes Gane rematch from UFC 308 to UFC 310
According to a report from La Sueur, Alexander Volkov is forced to push his fight with Ciryl Gane, from UFC 308 next month to UFC 310 in December, due to an injury.
UFC has not yet commented on the report.
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