UFC, the largest MMA-promotion in the world, officially announced the first ever tournament in Russia. The show will be on September 15 in Moscow. The official website of the organization informs this.
Ticket sales begins on June 1, and while you can go through the registration process to get the opportunity to buy tickets before the official start of sales.
The UFC Moscow show will be at the Olimpiysky sports center.
The tournament's card is still unknown. The desire to fight at the debut UFC show in Russia was already expressed by Alexey Oleynik, Zabit Magomedsharipov, Razaman Emeyev, Alexander Volkov, Zubayr Tukhugov and Ruslan Magomedov.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov earlier said that his next fight will be in October-November in the US.
