Former interim UFC lightweight champion Dustin Poirier wrote a post in hi twitter, where he stated that Conor McGregor is the most powerful puncher, he had ever met with in the Octagon.
Today it was announced that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has signed a contract for a fight against Tony Ferguson. Almost immediately bookmakers gave their first odds for this fight. Quite expectedly Khabib opened as a favorite. The coefficient for his victory is -250. Ferguson is +190.
At today's press-conference dedicated to the fight of Mikhail Koklyaev, Aleksander Emelianenko spoke about a possible fight with Alexander Volkov. According to Aleksander Emelianenko, there's no fighter in Russia who could beat him.
Javier Mendez, the coach of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, said that The Eagle does not listen him when Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov is in the corner.
UFC champion light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will hold his next fight on Feb. 8 at UFC 247. His opponent, as was previously reported, will be Dominic Reyes. It should be noted, that before Jones wrote in Twitter a post that his next fight will take place in a few weeks. Many fans thought that he alludes to his participation at UFC 245.
The Russian heavyweight Alexey Oleynik learned the name of his next opponent. It will be Maurice Greene. The bout will take place on January 18 in one of the tournaments of Fight Night series. Oleynik announced his fight a few weeks ago, but he did not tell the name of his opponent.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said the best fighter in MMA history is Fedor Emelianenko. As for UFC, here, according to Khabib, the best is Georges St-Pierre.
UFC Fight Night Raleigh tournament is scheduled for January 25. Another information appeared yesterday that this event of this card will get the battle between the two top welterweights: Rafael dos Anjos and Michael Chiesa.
Kamil Gadzhiev commented on the infamous words that Conor McGregor allowed himself to address the Dagestani.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov explained why he does not want to give a rematch to Conor McGregor.
