Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum has "changed his anger to mercy." In his last interview, he called Fedor Emelianenko the greatest fighter. Although before that he said that Fedor was his son.
Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Vadim Nemkov spoke out on a possible rematch with Ryan Bader. He stated that he would be ready to face him in the heavyweight division.
The legendary mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko may end his career with a duel in Moscow. This information was confirmed by the head of the Bellator promotion Scott Cocker.
Former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko commented on Vadim Nemkov's victory in the fight against Ryan Bader.
Bellator held its 244th tournament. In the main event of the evening Vadim Nemkov stopped Ryan Bader and took away his light heavyweight belt of the organization's champion. Valentin Moldavsky defeated Roy Nelson by decision, while Vladimir Tokov suffered his first career defeat, losing by split decision to Chris Gonzalez. The rest of the event results are as follows:
The reigning UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan during a press conference named the best, in his opinion, fighter in the promotion.
Former champion of the Ukrainian promotion WWFC, and now UFC fighter Roman Dolidze got his next opponent. Dolidze will fight John Allan on November 21. The fight will take place at the 255th UFC tournament.
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has officially announced that he is leaving his title vacant. The Bones noted that he does not end his career, but puts it on pause. He also added that he will definitely take part in the testing conducted by USADA.
Sergei Kharitonov, a heavyweight of the Bellator roster, has commented on whether Alexander Volkov can defeat UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.
Russian featherweight Zubaira Tukhugov will have his next fight on September 27. His rival will be Hakim Dawodu, and the fight will take place at the 253rd UFC tournament. Tukhugov had his last fight this February, defeating Kevin Aguilar by TKO in the first round.
