Muslim Salikhov will not perform at the UFC tournament, which will be held on January 16. The fighter was unable to recover from the postponed coronavirus.
Khabib Nurmagomedov's manager Ali Abdel-Aziz mocked Tony Ferguson after his defeat to Charles Oliveira. On his Twitter account, Ali wished El Cucuy a happy retirement.
The fight of Curtis Blades and Derrick Lewis was supposed to take place back in December, but then Blades fell ill with the coronavirus. Later, information appeared that the battle was postponed to January 20. But today "Razor" announced that the fight will take place on February 20.
UFC top lightweight Tony Ferguson posted on social media after his defeat to Charles Oliveira. El Cucuy noted that he has no plans to end his career.
On December 13 in Moscow the ACA promotion held its 115th event. In the main event of the evening, Magomed Ismailov defeated Ivan Shtyrkov by unanimous decision. Here are all the results of the event.
Charles Oliveira commented on his convincing win over Tony Ferguson.
UFC promotion president Dana White noted that after the fight with Oliveira, Tony Ferguson is unlikely to be the same.
UFC President Dana White during a press conference at the 256th tournament of the promotion, answered a question about the cost of the promotion at the moment. According to the functionary, now the UFC is worth of $9-10 billion.
Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson named ex-organization light heavyweight champion Jon Jones the best fighter in MMA history. Johnson noted that Bones managed to outperform his top rivals even when he wasn’t really preparing and was using drugs and alcohol.
Legendary MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko spoke about military service and bullying.
