In the main event of the evening in Baku, Azerbaijan, IBO cruiserweight champion Kevin Lerena (21-1, 9 KOs) of South Africa won the unanimous decision over the Ukrainian Roman Golovashchenko (19-2, 17 KOs). The scores were 115-112, 115-112, 116-111. Golovashchenko was down in the fifth round.
On June 2 in Rzeszow, Poland, Ukrainian middleweight Fedir Cherkashyn (10-0, 7 KOs) scored another TKO victory in the second round over Ayoub Nefzi (26-11-2, 5 KOs) from Tunisia, who live in Belgium. At the end of the first round, Cherkashyn was able to send his opponent to the canvas ...
In Utica, New York, at the UFC Fight Night 131, in the main event Jimmy Rivera knocked Marlon Moraes out in the first round. The meeting lasted only 33 seconds: Moraes landed a luxurious left high kick and instantly finished his opponent off.
On the night of June 2 in Utica, New York, at the UFC Fight Night 131 tournament in the main event the American Jimmy Rivera will face the Brazilian Marlon Moraes. Preliminary fights of the tournament will begin at 7 pm ET time. The main card is at 10 pm.
Russian MMA fighter Alexander Shlemenko lost to Brazilian Bruno Silva in the fight at the M-1 Challenge 93 tournament. The fight took place in Chelyabinsk. Silva knocked Shlemenko out in the first round. The fight between Alexander Shlemenko and Bruno Silva was the main event of the M-1 Challenge 93 ...
The fight between Alexander Povetkin and Anthony Joshua may happen in England this fall, Povetkin says. Povetkin is the official contender for the WBA title, which is owned by Joshua. The WBA sanctioned a fight between them and gave the teams 30 days to negotiate. However, Joshua himself said that ...
The leadership of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) optimized the prices for tickets for the first tournament of the organization in Russia. This was reported by senior vice-president of the UFC David Shaw.
Tom Loeffler, the promoter of the WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs), stressed that the Kazakh team is ready to start organizing a fight against the Ukrainian challenger for the IBF belt Sergey Derevyanchenko (12 -0, 10 KOs).
WBO lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran (35-7-1, 21 KOs) hopes to enter the ring with WBC belt holder Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) while Vasyl Lomachenko (11-1, 9 KOs) is recovering from the surgery on his shoulder.
Russian veteran of the UFC heavyweight division Aleksey Oleynik shared his opinion about his closest rival New Zealander Mark Hunt. Oleynik has already signed a contract to fight on September 15 in Moscow, but the official announcement from the organization was not made yet.