UFC officially announced a fight in the heavyweight division between Andrei Arlovski and Stefan Struve. The fight will take place at the UFC 222 tournament, which will be staged on March 3 at T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier stressed that he considers himself a loser in the fight with Jon Jones. After the victory, Jones failed the doping test and the result of the fight was canceled.
December 23 Moscow hosted an evening of mixed martial arts, ACB 77, in the main event of which the lightweight champion Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov got a controversial victory over Eduard Vartanyan.
Albert Duraev beat Vyacheslav Vasilevsky via technical knockout in the first round at the ACB 77 tournament in Moscow and won the vacant title of the organization in the middleweight division.
38-year-old UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier admits that next year he can complete his professional career in mixed martial arts.
On Saturday, December 23, Moscow will host one of the main tournaments of this year in the Russian mixed martial arts. Another ACB event will give MMA fans three title matches at once.
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, father and coach of the top UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov, spoke about some of the secrets of the behavior of the Russian fighter's team during the upcoming fight with Edson Barboza .
The famous Irish fighter of mixed martial arts Conor McGregor commented on the visit to the Kremlin of his friend and sparring partner Artem Lobov, who conducted training for FSO employees.
Featherweight UFC contender Holly Holm shared her expectations from the upcoming meeting with champion Cris Justino, scheduled for December 30 in Las Vegas.
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the second number in the UFC lightweight ratings, continues to answer journalists' questions regarding the upcoming weigh-in and possible duels with Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson. On December 30 the Russian will meet Edson Barboza.