Jose Aldo returns at UFC 301, Conor McGregor comments on Sydney Sweeney's post, eye poke 'No Contest' almost leads to brawl: MMA News Roundup
After a brief period of retirement, Jose Aldo is reportedly set to return at UFC 301. His former rival, to whom he lost his belt, remains busy promoting his Hollywood debut.
Catch up with the top combat sports updates with Sportskeeda MMA.
Jose Aldo is set to return at UFC 301
Jose Aldo will reportedly fight at UFC 301 on his home soil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 4.
Initially reported by Ag. Fight, the news has since been confirmed by multiple other MMA media outlets. He will take on No. 14-ranked Jonathan Martinez, per the reports.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest featherweights of all time, the 'King of Rio' retired in August 2022 after a decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame after exiting the sport.
Read the fan reactions to the news of his return here.
Conor McGregor comments on Sydney Sweeney's social media post
Conor McGregor has been relentlessly promoting his movie, Road House, for the last few weeks. Co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the remake of Patrick Swayze's 1989 classic is the Irishman's debut in Hollywood.
On Saturday, McGregor left a brief but clever comment under a post by rising sensation Sydney Sweeney to further market the movie.
In the said post on Instagram, the Euphoria star was promoting her movie Immaculate which comes out on March 22. McGregor took the opportunity to comment about the release date of Road House, tagging the official Instagram profile of the movie.
McGregor wrote:
"@roadhousemovie March 21st."
Check out Sweeney's post below:
UFC Vegas 88 fighters almost throw hands at Apex
The UFC Vegas 88 fight between Bryan Battle and Ange Loosa ended in an unfortunate 'No Contest' on Saturday, March 16.
In the second round of the bout, an accidental eye poke by Battle rendered Loosa unable to continue. The fight was declared a 'No Contest'. Fans were quick to accuse Loosa of 'copping out' of the fight, and so did Battle.
As the fight was waived off, the two fighters nearly got into a brawl in the middle of the cage. Officials stepped in to separate them before they could hurt each other illegally.
Watch the clip below:
Battle also expressed his annoyance at Loosa during the octagon interview with Michael Bisping.
He said:
"You can't tell me he wasn't looking for a way out... He looked at me, right there just a second ago. He looked at me like he wanted to fight. You're telling me you wanna fight now but you couldn't fight a second ago?"
Watch his comments below: