Former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference in Montreal.
Denis Lebedev of Russia will fight Lawrence Okolie of UK for the WBA cruiserweight title, which will become vacant after the transfer of the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk to the heavyweights.
The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) admitted that he nearly crashed twice in his car: “There were no serious accidents, thank God, but there were some that could be on the verge.
The WBA and WBO Lightweight Champion Vasyl Lomachenko admitted that he could end his career at 33 years old. But before that he will have to win all the titles and become the undisputed champion.
After the official announcement of the championship fight in lightweight division between the Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko (12-1, 9 KOs) and Anthony Crolla (34-6-3, 13 KOs), the bookmakers began to take bets on this fight.
Vitali Minakov of Russia will undergo surgery on his injured shoulder. On Sunday Minakov lost on points to Cheick Kongo of France in a fight at the Bellator tournament in Uncasville, Connecticut. The athlete later told that he had health problems on the eve of the fight.
Six-time sambo world champion Marina Mokhnatkina believes that the transition to Bellator is a step forward in her career. Earlier it became known that Mokhnatkina signed a contract with Bellator for four fights.
Six-time sambo world champion Marina Mokhnatkina of Russia has signed a contract with Bellator organization, Adrian Bakosh, the representative of the athlete reported. “Marina Mokhnatkina will perform at the Bellator,” said Bakosh.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov called Georges St-Pierre out to fight in November. Previously, St-Pierre expressed his desire to fight Nurmagomedov, stating that he had been negotiating with the UFC for a fight for several months.
British lightweight Anthony Crolla believes that he can defeat WBA and WBO champion Vasyl Lomachenko and take his titles: “I believe I can win the world title again, and that’s what I’m fighting for. This is the biggest fight that can be arranged for me. I deserved it, I got ...