Sergey Kharitonov could hold his next fight in August of this year. According to the fighter, he was invited to take have a rematch in August with Matt Mitrione. Kharitonov accepted the offer, now it remains for Mitrione to accept it.
MMA promotion of UFC continuously strives to expand the geography of its events. Just today it was reported that on August 31 the organization will hold a tournament in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. This event will be the third that UFC will hold in China.
Javier Mendez, the trainer of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov made a rating of the most difficult rivals for the "Eagle".
At UFC on ESPN+10 Kevin Lee lost by a rear naked choke in the fourth round to Rafael Dos Santos. After the fight he recorded a video message in which commented on his failure:
Today in Rochester at the tournament of UFC on ESPN+10 in the main event of the evening Rafael dos Anjos "choked" Kevin Lee. It happened in the fourth round.
On June 29 Tyron Woodley and Robbie Lawler were about to meet in a rematch. Just yesterday evening it became known that the fight will not happen. Woodley injured his hand and was forced to withdraw from the bout.
Sage Northcutt, former UFC fighter, made a poor debut in the promotion One Championship. At the tournament ENTER THE DRAGON, which was held on May 17 in Singapore, "Super" Sage lost to Cosmo Alexandre by knockout. Moreover, the it took took less than 30-seconds for the Brazilian to stop ...
On May 18 UFC promotion will hold its tournament UFC on ESPN+10. Preliminary events will start at 5 p.m. ET, with the main card starting at 8 p.m.
Yesterday Alexey Oleynik of Russia said that his next fight would take place in two months. Today it was announced that on July 20 Oleynik will meet in the cage Walt Harris. Their fight will take place at 4 UFC on ESPN.
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway will have his next bout at UFC 240. Max’s rival will be Frankie Edgar. At the moment, it is known that both fighters have given oral consent to fight.