UFC promotion plans to hold its 251st tournament on July 11 at the Fight Island. As it became known, this event will be headlined by a rematch of the featherweight champion of the organization Alex Volkanovski and Max Holloway.
UFC President Dana White said that the bantamweight championship fight of Petr Yan and Jose Aldo will be held in July on the Fight Island. White also added that Aljamain Sterling will definitely meet the winner of this fight.
UFC President Dana White said that Jorge Masvidal and Jon Jones will not be able to leave the organization. Both fighters recently signed new deals with the promotion and are expected to fight seven more times.
UFC President Dana White spoke on when the first tournament on the Fight Island will take place.
UFC President Dana White spoke on the future plans of former champion in two weight categories Conor McGregor.
Well-known journalist Brett Okamoto said that a rematch of Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade will officially take place on July 11. According to Okamoto, the fight was planned for this date, but UFC President Dana White wanted to make sure that Namajunas agreed to fight. It should be noted that Rose is the only fighter from the UFC roster who refused to fight during the coronavirus pandemic. The fact is that the girl lost two relatives from this disease.
Former contender for UFC middleweight title Kelvin Gastelum will have his next fight on July 18. His opponent will be Jack Hermansson. The battle was not officially announced, but a number of sources close to the situation reported about this. As for the venue, it will most likely take place on UFC's Fight Island.
UFC light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz does not believe that Jon Jones will leave the UFC. In his opinion, The Bones simply plays his game, the goal of which is money.
Bellator light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader invited Jon Jones to go to his promotion and fight him. It is worth noting that Bader and Jones have already fought, and then The Bones won by submission.
A few days ago, Aleksey Oleynik announced that he was offered to fight on a short notice against an opponent from the top 5 UFC heavyweights rating. At the same time, he did not name the proposed opponent. Oleynik said that he asked a good purse for such a fight, which he was denied.
