Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, said that UFC promotion will hold its regular tournament on November 9 in Moscow.
"We also announce that the next event in Russia will be on November 9 in Moscow. There will be a lot of interesting fights, a lot of Russian athletes. And we know that we have to develop UFC in Russia. Now there is a large flow of new talented Russian athletes, who, as we have seen, take on great prominence on the world stage..." said Dmitriev.
Earlier, the press reported that the next UFC event in Russia will be held in August in Sochi. It was also reported that at this tournament Ramazan Emeev will fight Claudio Silva.