As previously reported, Robert Whittaker withdrew from his fight against Jared Canonniers, which was supposed to take place at UFC 248. As the Australian said himself, he did so for personal reasons. Today journalist Amy Kaplan wrote in his Twitter account that Darren Till may replace Whittaker.
Conor McGregor doubts that the fight of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will be held. Also, the Irishman said that he would be ready to replace one of the fighters.
Top UFC bantamweight Peter Yan expressed his desire to fight TJ Dillashaw. According to Yan, he did not mind that the opponent was caught for doping and banned.
On April 11 two former world junior welterweight champions - Regis Prograis (24-1, 20 KOs) and Maurice Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) can fight on the evening of boxing, organized in the United States. American journalist Mike Coppinger informed about the negotiations on this issue.
2012 Olympic silver medalist and the owner of the title of WBO International lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk (12-0, 7 KOs) will have his next pro fight on February 22 at the SEC "Terminal" in Brovary, Ukraine in the main event of the boxing evening of K2 Promotions Ukraine.
Bulgarian channel BTV announced that Anthony Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) would meet Kubrat Pulev (28-1, 14 KOs) in May at Vodafone Arena in Istanbul. This object can accommodate more than 40,000 spectators.
Kevin Lee will hold his next fight not against Russian fighter Islam Makhachev. Today it became known that on March 15 Lee will face Charles Oliveira. They will headline the UFC Fight Night event in Brazil.
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor in his last interview again talked about Khabib Nurmagomedov. At this time, the Irishman commented on the conflict with the Russian at the parking lot when Conor attacked the bus with UFC fighters, and Khabib was one of them.
Light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (17-0, 11 KO's) is waiting for an opponent for his next fight. Manager Vadim Kornilov would like to see a duel of the Russian against former super middleweight champion undefeated Gilberto Ramirez (40-0, 26 KOs).
Andrew Ryabinsky, the promoter of Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) has declared readiness of his fighter to hold a fight against Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs).
