Former UFC two-weight champion Conor McGregor is back in trouble with the law. As it became known, literally on the eve of the duel with Dustin Poirier, the Irishman received a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. The case has been dragging on since 2018, when McGregor was accused of rape in Dublin.
Today in Abu Dhabi the UFC On ESPN 20 tournament will take place. The broadcast of the prelims will begin at 8 am ET. Below are the links to the broadcast and the entire card of the tournament.
Tomorrow, Abu Dhabi will host the 8th tournament of the UFC Fight Island 8 series. The event will be headed by a duel of Michael Chiesa and Neil Magni, which will be held in the welterweights. At the same tournament, Khabib's brother Umar Nurmagomedov makes his debut in the promotion. His rival will be Sergey Morozov of Kazakhstan. Today all participants of the event have passed the mandatory weigh-in procedure.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov commented on Max Holloway's striking victory against Calvin Kattar. Nurmagomedov expressed confidence that Max is capable of becoming the greatest fighter in history.
Russian MMA fighter, featherweight from the UFC roster Zubaira Tukhugov found out the name of his next opponent and the date of the fight. On March 13 Tukhugov will fight Ricardo Ramos. This information was reported at once by several independent sources including representatives of Ramos' team.
UFC lightweight Charles Oliveira reacted to the words of the champion of the promotion in this division, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who recently said that he was interested in a fight with him.
UFC Featherweight Champion Alex Volkanovski will face his next rival on March 27 at the 260th UFC tournament. Alex's opponent will be Brian Ortega. Also on this card there will be a rematch of the organization's heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and top heavyweight Francis Ngannou. It is worth noting that their first fight ended in victory of Miocic by unanimous decision.
In a duel against Calvin Kattar, Max Holloway set the UFC record for the most strikes thrown. The Blessed One dealt 445 hits in 5 rounds of combat. 274 hits were to the head and 117 landed on the body. These figures are also record-breaking. Another record is the number of strikes in one round. Max threw 141 of them.
Today, Fight Island will host the UFC Fight Island 7. The event will be headlined by a duel of Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. The broadcast of the prelims will start at 12 pm ET.
UFC President Dana White spoke about a possible fight of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges Saint-Pierre. In particular, the functionary noted that for the sake of this fight, Khabib would have to give up the title.
