Literally today in the press the information appeared that Petr Yan and Jose Aldo will fight for the UFC bantamweight title. A bit later, specifics appeared regarding the venue of the battle and the approximate date. The fight will take place on UFC's Fight Island this July. This information was partially confirmed by Yan's manager Sayat Abdrakhmanov.
Alexander Volkov wrote a post on his Instagram in which he announced that he could hold his next fight in June.
As it was previously reported, the honored MMA trainer in Russia, the coach of the famous fighter Magomed Ismailov, Vladimir Osiya was detained. He was detained on suspicion of organizing a murder. Later, information appeared that during the search, Osiya threw a packet of powder from the window.
The famous MMA fighter Ben Askren posted on his Twitter account the list of seven fighters who can claim the title of the greatest MMA fighter in the history. This list looks like follows: Georges Saint-Pierre, Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier, Henry Cejudo, Demetrius Johnson and Jon Jones. It is noteworthy that the legendary Fedor Emelianenko was not on the list.
Already former UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo has confirmed that he has completed his career. On social networks, the fighter wrote a post in which he thanked Dana White for everything and said that the “Triple Champion” didn't fight any more.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov told how he supported soccer team of Liverpool in the Champions League final against Milan, which took place on May 25, 2005. Then the English club was able to recoup after 0:3 in the first half and transferred the meeting to a series of penalty shoot-outs, where they won.
Henry Cejudo is excluded from all UFC rankings; his bantamweight belt has become vacant. Thus, Cejudo announcement of his retirement was not a joke. It is worth noting that Ali Abdelaziz the manager of Henry previously stated that Cejudo joked about his retirement and will hold the next fight in the summer.
Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping believes Justin Gaethje could be the first to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov. Bisping explains this by the fact that Gaethje fights at a high level, and he has good defence from takedowns. And also, according to Michael, Justin is more effective standing than Khabib.
Former UFC champion Frankie Edgar will hold his next fight against Pedro Muñoz. The battle will take place on July 11. At the moment, the venue of the event remains unknown. However, a number of sources informs that the tournament will be held on UFC's Fight Island.
Representatives of former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker are negotiating on a meeting on June 27 at UFC event, Combate.com reports. The meeting was originally scheduled for May 16 in San Diego, but was canceled due to an outbreak of coronavirus. Now the promotion plans to organize this meeting as the main event of the evening in Las Vegas at UFC Apex.
