UFC star terrifies YouTuber with chokehold, Colby Covington "doesn't want to kill himself," Joe Rogan's $30M Jon Jones tease: MMA News Roundup

A popular entered the cage to spar a UFC fighter as part of a collaboration video and ended up begging to be let go. Elsewhere, Colby Covington weighed on potentially moving to a different division in the future.

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Raul Rosas Jr. leaves N3on begging for life with a chokehold

YouTuber and social media influencer N3on recently collaborated with 20-year-old UFC star Raul Rosas Jr. In one segment of the 42-minute video, the social media content creator boldly declared that he would soon be a UFC champion.

"I'm going to be the featherweight champion of the UFC in 3, 4, 5 years, bro."

However, a panic-stricken N3on got a reality check shortly afterward as Rosas Jr. playfully held him down in a loose chokehold.

"I got medical problems! I got medical problems! If I pass out I could die... You scared the f*ck out of me."

There is a possibility that N3on's over-the-top reaction was part of the skit. Several YouTubers, most notably Sneako, have willingly participated in sparring sessions with MMA fighters in the last few months only to get beaten up brutally.

Watch the full collaboration video below:

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Colby Covington "doesn't want to kill himself" at UFC lightweight

Colby Covington will not be a "weight bully" at the expense of his health and longevity. During a recent interview with Submission Radio, 'Chaos' was asked if he would move down to lightweight after his recent loss to Joaquin Buckley, which he claims he only lost because of the "DEI" female doctor.

Covington said that he has considered moving down to 155 pounds for a long time but has recently changed his mind:

"Colby realized that he doesn't want to kill himself. He doesn't want to be a weight bully. You know Islam [Makhachev], these guys at lightweight, the Khabibs [Nurmagomedov] of the world, they're little lightweight bullies. They just have such a weight advantage of 30-40 pounds, but it's just not healthy."

Instead, a move up to middleweight and a contest with Sean Strickland intrigues the former welterweight title challenger.

"I mean the Sean Strickland fight's always interesting. He's had his things to say about me in the past. I don't think he's any special."

Listen to Colby Covington's thoughts below (28:50):

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Joe Rogan knows something we don't

During the Dec. 31 episode of his podcast with stand-up comics Yannis Pappas and Chris DiStefano, Joe Rogan shared a rumor about Jon Jones' next fight. He stated that 'Bones' is allegedly demanding $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall and the UFC is close to obliging.

The commentator said:

"I think it's going to be [Tom] Aspinall. I think they're trying to come to some sort of an agreement. The rumor is that he wants $30 million and UFC is going to pay it. Hopefully."

Jones previously stated that he would need to be paid "f*ck you money" by the promotion to consider facing the British interim champion.

When Pappas chimed in that he would rather watch the heavyweight champion fight Alex Pereira, Rogan opined:

"Perhaps, if it's going to happen - they're both 37 - it should probably happen soon."

Catch Joe Rogan's comments below (2:31:50):