In 2016, the then UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez could fight Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Russian fighter had already signed a contract for the fight, but Eddie refused to do so and ended up fighting against Conor McGregor. Eddie recently hosted a fan conference on his Twitter account. One of his fans asked the fighter why he refused to fight Nurmagomedov and fought McGregor. Here's what Eddie said.
The fight of Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier has been officially confirmed. The battle will take place on January 23 next year on The Fight Island. It is also known that the fight will be held in the lightweight division at the 257th UFC tournament.
The popular Russian MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov spoke about the possible return of Khabib Nurmagomedov to the cage. Mago believes that the "Eagle" can return for a duel with the legendary Georges Saint-Pierre.
Khabib Nurmagomedov's brother Umar was supposed to make his UFC debut on October 24 at the 254th tournament of the promotion. It was expected that he will have a duel with Sergei Morozov. But, a few days before the debut, Umar fell seriously ill: his temperature rose to 40 degrees and he began to vomit. As a result, he was forced to withdraw from the fight.
The fight of Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier may not take place. The fact is that the parties have not yet signed a contract for the fight. In particular, Poirier is still bargaining with the UFC, trying to knock out better terms for himself. The promotion is tired of his demands and is considering an option in which Justin Gaethje will fight against McGregor instead of Poirier. This information was reported by Ariel Helwani.
The official website of the UFC promotion has been hacked. In particular, the P4R rating of the fighters suffered. Conor McGregor moved up from the eleventh line of this rating to the first place, and the current leader of the rating, lightweight champion of the promotion Khabib Nurmagomedov was on the third line. After some time, justice was restored: Khabib was again returned to the first line, and McGregor returned to his eleventh place.
UFC Vegas 13 Prelims will kick off at 7 pm ET. The main card starts at 10 pm. Here are the entire event card and links to the broadcast.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov spoke out about the fight with Justin Gaethje. It is worth noting that Khabib was preparing for this fight for the first time without his father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, who died on July 3 from the coronavirus.
Stephen Thompson, a former contender for the UFC welterweight belt, will fight next on December 19th. Jeff Neal will be Vanderboy's rival. The fight will take place in Las Vegas.
Michael Chandler, the former Bellator champion who recently moved to UFC, has expressed a desire to fight Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson.
