UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards is highly likely to headline UFC 304, which will be held in July in Manchester. This was announced by the manager of the fighter Dave Lovell.
Bellator lightweight champion Patrick Meeks expressed confidence that his teammate Merab Dvalishvili will win the UFC belt in the same category in the near future.
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev spoke about his future goals.
UFC bantamweight championAlex Pereira explained why he won't be competing at UFC 301.
"I haven't really thought about it yet. If it goes on long enough, I'd rather defend the belt. If I fight at heavyweight and get injured, when do I defend my belt? I don't want to hold up the division. When I called for a heavyweight fight at UFC 301, I was too optimistic. But I have two broken toes on both feet.... It's complicated. I don't want to hold up the flyweight division. Of course, it would be cool to fight at heavyweight at UFC 301 and then make a title defense at flyweight," MMA Fighting quoted Pereira as saying.
UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has spoken out about his closest opponent, former interim titleholder Dustin Puryear.
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UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev revealed how he kept in shape during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
American mixed martial arts veteran, expert and analyst Chel Sonnen is confident that the UFC management will not create a new weight class up to 165 pounds for the fight between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler, which will be held on June 29 at UFC 303.
The idea was previously floated by the promotion's former two-weight champion Daniel Cormier.
"There's no need for a 165-pound division. The commission won't agree to it. Yeah and the UFC won't want to do it. Plus, Chandler and McGregor have already lost more fights than I have in my entire career. So if anyone is worthy of fighting for the mythical belt, it's yours truly," Sonnen said on his YouTube channel.
Francis Ngannou, former UFC heavyweight champion and current PFL fighter, has spoken out about his future in mixed martial arts.
"Right now, I don't know what to answer that question for you. I have a great desire to do boxing. I have to make a name for myself in this sport. I believe this sport owes me a debt. My last fight in boxing didn't go the way I wanted it to. So I want to come back and rehabilitate myself. I have to get my respect back. And in MMA, I have all that. That's why I don't know what to tell you. Maybe I will fight in MMA before returning to the ring," Ngannou stated.
We will remind, in his last fight Ngannou lost by knockout to Anthony Joshua.
Sergey Pavlovich, UFC heavyweight, named his bloodiest fight in the promotion. In Sergey's opinion, it was the fight with Derrick Lewis.
"Probably the bloodiest fight turned out to be with Derrick Lewis. I didn't even realize how it happened. I think when he was hitting the side kick, did a cross-section. You can see it in the photo there - bloody face. It's okay, it's pretty. I didn't feel it during the fight. But you can refer it to bloody fights, because there is blood on the face," - said Pavlovic in a recent interview.
Recall, his next fight Pavlovic will hold against Alexander Volkov. The fight will take place on June 22 in Saudi Arabia.
