The head of Fight Nights Global Kamil Gadzhiev said he was willing to increase Magomed Ismailov purse if he would agree for a rematch with Vladimir Mineev. Earlier, Kamil said that Magomed is willing to pay him 7.5 million rubles ($110 k).
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will fight in just a few weeks. The Bones tweeted the post:
Well-known Russian fighter Vladimir Mineev his next fight will have on April 4th. His opponent will be Dauren Ermekov and Fight Nights Global middleweight title will be at stake. Earlier this belt belonged to Roman Kopylov, but he went to UFC, leaving the belt vacant.
Sergei Kharitonov broke his unbeaten run, losing by TKO to Linton Vassell at Bellator 234 tournament, which took place today in Tel Aviv. The fight was stopped in the second round. After the fight Kharitonov recorded video, in which he stated about the torn ligament in the first round of the fight.
A few days ago the press reported that Alexander Shlemenko his next fight will have on RCC 7, and his opponent will be Louis Taylor. However, Taylor was injured and forced to withdraw from the fight against The Storm. Now promoters of Shlemenko are looking for a new opponent.
UFC fighter, the ward of Alexey Oleynik Dmitry Sosnowski got in trouble. He and fifth other men were arrested on charges of kidnapping and ransom. Today Sosnowski's lawyer Ravil Saberov commented on the situation.
Finally Frankie Edgar will debut in the bantamweight division. On January 25 at UFC Fight Night 166, he will fight Cory Sandhagen. This day was announced officially. It is also reported that this fight will be the co-main event of the tournament. As for the event, it will be held in North Carolina in Raleigh.
Jorge Masvidal is sure that he will be able to transfer to boxing and compete against the leader of P4P rankings Saul Alvarez.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov during his last interview admitted that he beat with pleasure only one of his rivals. And he was talking about Conor McGregor.
Rizvan Magomedov the manager of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov during TASS interview did not rule out that Khabib could fight with Tony Ferguson in Russia. According to Magomedov, now in UFC they are developing license tournaments in Russia. It is expected that it will take place in spring and in its main event Nurmagomedov will face Ferguson.
