The dominant champion in the UFC women's featherweight division Brazilian Cris "Cyborg" Justino confidently held another defense of her title, defeating in the first round Yana Kunitskaya of Russia. The fight took place at UFC 222 tournament in Las Vegas, USA.
At UFC 222 in Las Vegas, promising featherweight Brian Ortega stopped veteran Frankie Edgar in the first round.
On March 3 at UFC 222 in Las Vegas, USA, in the main event the dominant champion in women's featherweight division Cris "Cyborg" Justino will meet the debutante of the organization Yana Kunitskaya.
On March 3 in Las Vegas, USA, before UFC 222 official weigh-in procedure took place.
In his last interview Oleksandr Usyk spoke about the transition to heavyweights, the Ukrainian boxing school, his attitude to patriotism and trips to ATO zone. Read the first part here.
UFC heavyweight Dutch Stefan Struve spoke very harshly about the possible return of former champion Brock Lesnar, who failed the doping test for a fight with Mark Hunt in July 2016.
Kathy Duva, promoter of WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev stressed that her fighter is ready for a meeting with Dmitry Bivol, unlike Bivol himself.
On March 3 in New York WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol will defend his title in a fight against Sullivan Barrera of Cuba. Barrera paid tribute to the skills of Bivol, but at the same time noted that he still did not had a worthy opposition before.
Unified cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev will begin his preparations for the final of World Boxing Super Series against Oleksandr Usyk on March 5.
Top Swedish UFC light heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson once again made it clear that under no circumstances he is going to meet in the octagon his teammates.
