Former UFC fighter Artem Lobov shared his opinion about who is the best fighter in the history of MMA. Lobov, without thinking for a second, called the name of Fedor Emelianenko. Artem recalled that Fedor had beaten five UFC champions, and also had beaten Mirko Cro Cop Filipović in his own style.
Peter Yan, the third number in UFC bantamweight ratings, said he was ready to defeat the current champion of this organization, Henry Cejudo at UFC 250.
UFC top lightweight Peter Yan declared his desire to become the first to fight lightweight champion of the promotion Henry Cejudo.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov told how he relates to criticism.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov reacted to the cancellation of UFC 249. In his Instagram, Khabib wrote the following post:
UFC promotion canceled its 249th tournament, as well as all upcoming events. This was originally written on Twitter by ESPN journalist Brett Okamoto, and later confirmed by the president of the organization, Dana White. According to Mr. White, he received a call from above, after which he decided to cancel the tournaments and reschedule them indefinitely.
UFC President Dana White does not despair over the cancellation of upcoming tournaments of the promotion. According to Dana, he does not give up the idea of a fighting event on a private island. He also added that now the construction of infrastructure is already underway on this very island.
Kamil Gadzhiev, the head of Fight Nights Global the Russian promotion, said that in a fight of Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje he will be rooting for "El Cucuy". Gadzhiev said that he would be rooting for Tony in order to see his fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in future.
Former UFC minimumweight champion Rose Namajunas will not be able to perform at UFC 249 in the rematch with Jessica Andrade. At this point, the reasons why Rose will not fight at the event, were not disclosed. What is known is that the promotion urgently seeking a replacement for her. The main contenders are Claudia Gadelia and Carla Esparza.
Roman Vlasov, two-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling, said that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov asked him to go in the promotion.
