UFC Fight Night 165 on December 21 is now without a main event. Brian Ortega was injured and was out for 2-3 months. It was reported by a well-known insider and journalist Ariel Helwani. Thus, the Korean Zombie Chan Sung Jung still remains without rival.
The light heavyweight Nikita Krylov of Russia will have his next fight on March 14. His opponent will be the Brazilian prospect Johnny Walker, and the fight will take place at UFC event in Brazil. It was reported by a number of sources, including well-known insider and journalist Ariel Helwani.
Today, some fake news appeared that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov failed a doping test, and now his fight with Tony Ferguson, which is scheduled for April 18, is in serious jeopardy.
A well-known journalist and MMA insider Ariel Helwani in his recent interview said that the former UFC champion in two weight categories Conor McGregor plans to fight three times next year.
The current UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway admitted that he feels respect for the former champion of the organization in two weight categories Conor McGregor. According to Max, Irishman trash talking is just business.
Yesterday Francis Ngannou once again called out the Russian heavyweight Alexander Volkov. Drago responded to his challenge, tweeted the following post:
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and trainer of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov gave a credit to Fedor Emelianenko for the development of MMA in the world. In particular, Abdulmanap said that Fedor made for the MMA in Russia more than anyone else did.
Conor McGregor and UFC made an agreement. The Irish to fight on January 18 against Donald Cerrone. This information was confirmed by the president of promotion Dana White last night. He also reported that Conor and Donald will fight in the main event of UFC 246.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos expressed his desire to have a duel with the former boxing champion Tyson Fury. Moreover, Dos Santos wants to fight him twice: by MMA and boxing rules.
Aniah Blanchard, the stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, was found dead. Today Alabama police confirmed that the remains of the 19-year-old girl were found on November 25.
