The UFC president Dana White appeared on The Pat McAfee Show yesterday and revealed that the UFC are targeting to make a fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic — we'll cover this and much more in Wednesday's social media roundup.
Dana White confirms the UFC are trying to make Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic
The one heavyweight bout which has been spoken about for years now but is still yet to happen is Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic.
It has been almost two and a half years since Jon Jones step foot in the Octagon. Since then a lot of things have happened including Jones relinquishing the light heavyweight title and announcing that he would finally be moving up to heavyweight.
However, over two years on from his last UFC fight, we are yet to see Jones make his heavyweight debut despite there being constant talk and rumors around him potentially fighting one of either Stipe Miocic or Francis Ngannou.
With Ngannou still recovering from knee surgery and being involved in a contract dispute with the UFC, this would be the perfect time to make Jones vs Miocic as it would be one of the biggest fights in the UFC heavyweight division's history.
It seems like Dana White and the UFC have also realised this as yesterday when he appeared on The Pat McAfee show, Dana White confirmed that the UFC are actively working on getting Jones vs Miocic official and confirmed for later this year.
Dana White tells @PatMcAfeeShow they are working on Jones/Miocic. Says a fight like that would happen in Vegas or MSG.
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) June 8, 2022
White also mentioned that if the fight is successfully made it would have to happen in either Vegas or Madison Square Garden in New York.
If the fight does get made, who do you think will win, Jones or Miocic?
Fighters face off ahead of UFC 275 this weekend in Singapore
The UFC will make its return to Asia this weekend when UFC 275, which is headlined by Glover Teixeira vs Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title will go down at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
Check out the clips below of some of the face offs we got earlier today at media day.
Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka just had an intense faceoff at media day ahead of their #UFC275 main event title fight. -- pic.twitter.com/FMndaqHcBA
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 8, 2022
Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos were all business as they squared up for the first time ahead of their #UFC275 title fight. -- pic.twitter.com/71sFV1XbxT
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 8, 2022
Joanna Jedrzejczyk brought back the boogeywoman stance for her faceoff with Zhang Weili ahead of the #UFC275 rematch. -- pic.twitter.com/bER71FdJBO
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 8, 2022
The card will feature two title fights and a highly anticipated rematch of the greatest women's MMA fight of all time between Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Bob Arum interested in making Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko
Devin Haney catapulted himself into boxing stardom this past weekend when he masterfully defeated George Kambosos Jr by unanimous decision.
There will be many huge fights which Haney will be involved in in his career and the first of those huge fights could be next as boxing promoter Bob Arum has expressed his interest in making a fight between Haney and one of the pound for pound best in the world Vasyl Lomachenko.
Bob Arum has declared that he'd like to make Devin Haney vs Vasyl Lomachenko for Haney's undisputed WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO lightweight world titles… pic.twitter.com/y8AzxkvBky
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 5, 2022
Official UFC London poster revealed
The poster for the next UFC London card has been officially revealed.
Hype level... Rising --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) June 7, 2022
The official #UFCLondon poster has just dropped!
-- @UFCEurope pic.twitter.com/2nTJfA3c0L
The upcoming UFC London card will once again feature the best fighters which Britain have to offer as well as seeing the likes of Alexander Gustafsson return to the Octagon.
Brandon Moreno reveals he is leaving Entram Gym
The former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno has revealed that he will be leaving Entram Gym which is where he has trained for a majority of his MMA career so far.
It wasn't easy for Brandon Moreno to say goodbye to Entram Gym. -- ----
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) June 6, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/p7AgIDYYKX pic.twitter.com/tEE0fINhmb
Moreno insisted that the move away from the gym was simply down to it being "time for a change" for him.
South African boxer sadly dies after a viral video showed him punching thin air during his last fight
Over the weekend, a video went viral of a South African boxer called Simiso Buthelezi punching thin air after he knocked his opponent down in a fight.
Very scary in South Africa please ---- for Simiso Buthelezi (4-1). At 2:43 of the 10th & final round, Siphesihle Mntungwa (7-1-2) falls through the ropes but then Buthelezi appears to lose his understanding of the present situation. Mntungwa takes the WBF African lightweight title pic.twitter.com/YhfCI623LB
— Tim Boxeo (@TimBoxeo) June 5, 2022
It has now been very sadly revealed that Buthelezi died in hospital after suffering a brain injury which caused him to throw punches at thin air which resulted in the end of the fight.
South African boxer Simiso Buthelezi has died in hospital after suffering a brain injury which caused him to throw punches at thin air during his fight (the video of which went viral) at the weekend.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 8, 2022
Huge UFC bantamweight fight made official
A huge and exciting UFC bantamweight fight has been made official for August.
The always exciting Marlon Vera will face off against arguably the greatest bantamweight of all time Dominick Cruz.
--BANGER ALERT-- Who you got? -- (per ESPN Deportes) pic.twitter.com/7O00WdQXGi
— MMA On Point (@OnPointMMA) June 6, 2022
Belal Muhammad tells Khamzat Chimaev to stop targeting fighters who don't want to fight him
Belal Muhammad is a guy who has been quietly proving himself to be one of the best welterweight fighters in the UFC.
Muhammad is now looking to get himself a title shot and a good way to do that is by going after Khamzat Chimaev.
Earlier today, Muhammad responded to one of Chimaev's posts on Twitter where Chimaev was seemingly trying to build himself towards potential bouts against Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal.
See what Muhammad had to say to his post below.
Stop picking on guys who don’t want to fight you .. only two fighters in the top 5 that haven’t fought Kamaru winner gets next . @danawhite @seanshelby https://t.co/tTli8m8O6B pic.twitter.com/cUZmDaV9Ri
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) June 8, 2022
Dominick Reyes motivated ahead of his UFC comeback
After having a very closely contested bout with Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title which he came up short in, Dominick Reyes has suffered two huge losses where he has been finished by Jan Blachowicz and Jiri Prochazka.
Reyes opened up on Twitter about how it has been motivating but also tough to watch MMA over the past few months but also revealed that he is now ready to fight his way back to the top.
Not gonna lie, It’s been very motivating and a lil tough watching the ufc these last few months. I’ve only fought the best, I’m a down ass mfer, and I have seen the errors of my ways. I have been through my crucible, time to fight my way back to the top. #ufc #fight
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) June 4, 2022