Don't worry, America – Conor McGregor is here to kick Donald Trump's ass.
Following her defeat at UFC 193, Trump tweeted that he was glad to see Ronda Rousey lose her Bantamweight title, because she's "not a nice person." While other fight fans – like Lady Gaga – uttered similar sentiments, they were mostly upset that Rousey refused to touch gloves with Holly Holm before the fight. In Trump's case, we suspect it had more to do with that time she told CNN "I wouldn't vote for him…I don't want a reality star running my country."
UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has withdrawn from a scheduled title defense against Conor McGregor at UFC 189 on July 11 in Las Vegas due to a rib injury.
Former two-time title contender Chad Mendes will step into Aldo's place and fight McGregor (17-2) for the interim featherweight title. UFC president Dana White announced Aldo's withdrawal on ESPN's SportsCenter on Tuesday.
As seen above, UFC Women's Bantamweight ChampionRondaRousey recently made aWall StreetJournal cafe appearance and was asked about WrestleMania 32. Rousey says she wants to do something with WWE again because she already started something and believes the audience needs a resolution to her angle with Stephanie McMahon. Rousey also expresses interest in coming in for a period of time, not just forone show, so they can build her up for a match. She will befilminga movie during WrestleMania 32 season so it's highly unlikely she works that show. Despite recent comments by UFC PresidentDana White, Rousey believes she can change his mind about letting her work WWE. Rousey also said she had an idea to try and keeping her name alive by getting "Four Horsewomen" Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke involved with WWE or NXT.
We noted before that UFC President Dana White said Ronda Rousey would not be wrestling any matches for WWE and this caused "shock" among the WWE creative team as they've been hoping for a single match with Rousey vs. Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania 32.
The Fight Network recently spoke with UFC's Dana White, as seen above. Ronda Rousey wrestling a match for WWE in the future came up and White said he thought what Rousey did at WrestleMania 31 with The Rock was great but mentioned it was a "one and done" and that he would not allow her to wrestle a match.
WWE officials reportedly feel like UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey is "part of the family now" after her appearance at WrestleMania 31. They fully expect her back to do business at some point and may end up promoting some of her non-UFC projects such as acting.
While there's been a lot of speculation about Ronda Rousey's WWE future, WWE officials are hoping to have her work a future singles match against Stephanie McMahon.
We noted before that a WWE representative said former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen was not invited to WrestleMania 31 and then last night, former UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva wrote on Facebook that he really did receivean offer from WWE. F4Wonline.com reports that despite what WWE said, Sonnen will still be attending the WWE Hall of Fame and WrestleMania this year. While there won't be a formal meeting, Sonnen is expected to talk with people in WWE while he's there.
We noted earlier how former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen said on TSN's Off The Record that WWE officials had invited him to WrestleMania 31 weekend to talk business, and that former UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva was also invited.
A WWE representative issued the following statement today in response to a request for comment on the story:
"There has been no invitation from WWE for Chael Sonnen to attend WrestleMania."
Regarding former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen claiming that he and former UFC fighter Wanderlei Silva have been invited to WrestleMania 31 weekend to have unknown talks with WWE, Dave Meltzer points out that WWE has wanted to work with Sonnen for some time.
UFC President Dana White confirmed to The Fight Network that WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar has no fights left on his MMA contract so legally Lesnar is able to talk with Bellator MMA. There has been some speculation that Bellator couldn't legally negotiate with Lesnar because he may have had some dates left on his UFC deal. Technically, both MMA companies can't legally talk with Lesnar until March when his WWE deal is done.
UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta recently spoke with ESPN.com and commented on CM Punk's debut in The Octagon Fertitta promised Punk's UFC debut will come against someone "competitive" and said it will probably be a pay-per-view co-main event.
