McGregor, Jones-Ngannou, Bellator rumors, more

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Conor McGregor is within the information once more for the flawed causes. A lady has accused him of “violently” sexually assaulting her at Sport 4 of the NBA Finals in Miami earlier this month – and there’s video of McGregor taking his accuser by the hand and showing to take her to a toilet. McGregor has denied the allegations, however this isn’t the primary time there have been headlines for him about one thing of this nature. Aside from the plain, this brings up every kind of points for the UFC, “The Final Fighter” and simply MMA normally.
Francis Ngannou left the UFC and now has a take care of PFL. He was in attendance for Week 5 in Atlanta – as was UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who gained the belt Ngannou vacated when he bailed after a contract dispute. They acquired nose to nose and had phrases, however who got here out wanting higher?
There have been some massive outcomes this previous weekend, together with Sergio Pettis’ title protection towards Bellator GOAT Patricio Freire, Vadim Nemkov’s title protection over Yoel Romero and Jared Cannonier’s record-setting win over Marvin Vettori. What had been the opposite massive moments within the UFC, Bellator and PFL?
Bellator president Scott Coker confirmed Viacom, its father or mother firm, is in discussions with potential companions – together with what might be a merger with the PFL. Would one thing like that be good for the game?