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.
On February 8th Houston will host 246th UFC tournament. Initially, the event was supposed to carry the 247th number, but the license of January tournament was canceled.
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and trainer of Khabib Nurmagomedov, commented on the news that his son has signed a contract for a fight against Tony Ferguson.
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.
