On Saturday, September 2, the UFC Fight Night 226 tournament starts in Paris. The prelims of the event will start at 19:00, and the main card will start at 22:00. Below is the full fight map and links to the online broadcast:
Errol Spence, a former world welterweight champion, activated a rematch clause with the undisputed world champion in that division Terence Crawford. This was announced by Terence's coach Brian McIntyre.
Sergey Lapin, director of the WBA, WBO, IBF world heavyweight champion team Alexandra Usika, announced that negotiations had begun again on the battle with Tyson Fury, WBC world champion. The preliminary date of the fight is January next year.
Paulo Costa, a former contender for the UFC middleweight championship belt, spoke about his plan for a fight with Khamzat Chimaev. The Brazilian noted that he practices a lot of defense against takedowns.
Top UFC bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili responded to criticism from promotion president Dana White.
Robert Garcia, a famous American coach, spoke about a possible fight between Oleksandr Usyk And Tyson Fury. The specialist believes that the Briton will be able to beat Usyk due to the difference in size.
Rizvan Magomedov, Manager Khabiba Nurmagomedova, reacted to the words of BJJ representative Craig Jones that Khabib asked for $ 5 million for a grappling fight with Georges St-Pierre.
Sean O'Malley, UFC bantamweight champion, commented on the words of the coach Gervonts Davis that his ward will knock out Sean in the first round.
Vadim Nemkov announced that he had vacated the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship. He announced this during today's communication with the press.
Devin Haney, the absolute world lightweight champion, told what happened to Vasily Lomachenko after their duel. According to Devin, the Ukrainian went to the hospital.