Conor McGregor was in Chicago over the weekend and took part in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the city. He was interviewed by ABC 7 and stated he is in negotiations with the UFC for his next fight to be in July, which would likely be for the UFC 239 pay-per-view in Las Vegas.
ESPN’s Ariel Helwani is reporting that heavyweight Derrick Lewis will undergo knee surgery next Tuesday. Lewis’s doctors have traced his knees injuries that include a torn ACL, torn MCL and meniscus to a February 2015 fight against Ruan Potts. Since defeated Potts in 2015, Lewis has fought 13 times and gone 9-4, including fighting for the heavyweight title last November. The report states he did alert the UFC of the injury prior to his recent loss with Junior dos Santos and he was told he could go ahead with the fight.
Bellator returns this Friday night from Thackerville, Oklahoma and airing on the Paramount Network and DAZN at 9 pm ET with the following main card fights:
- Emmanuel Sanchez vs. Georgi Karakhanyan
- Valentin Moldavsky vs. Linton Vassell
- Anatoly Tokov vs. Gerald Harris
- Will Lavine vs. Nobert Novenyi
