UFC Fight Night 148 will take place in Nashville, USA on the night of March 23. The main event of the event will be an intriguing welterweight confrontation - former challenger Stephen Thompson will fight the former lightweight division champion Anthony Pettis. In the second main event, the heavyweights Curtis Blaydes will face Justin Willis.
Bookmakers gave their quotes for the fights at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 148 tournament, which will be held on the night of March 24 in Nashville, USA.
In the main event of the Bellator 218 tournament, the former featherweight title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez defeated Georgi Karakhanyan.
On March 23 at the Winstar World Casino in Tuckerville, USA, at Bellator 218 in the featherweight title fight Emmanuel Sanchez will face Georgi Karakhanyan in the main event.
On March 23 in Nashville, USA, at the UFC Fight Night 148 show in the main event in the welterweight bout Stephen Thompson will face Anthony Pettis. For the former lightweight champion Pettis this bout will be the first in the UFC lightweight division. Anthony, as expected, without any problems showed the desired weight - 171 pounds. Thompson was also accurate on the scales - 170.5 pounds.
The UFC lightweight champion TJ Dillshaw gave up his title after a positive doping test. The results of the doping test and its decision 33-year-old American fighter said on his page on Instagram.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to fight next on September 7. The name of the opponent is still unknown. The journalist Azamat Bostanov told about this in his Instagram.
The fighter of the club "Archangel Michael" Ivan Shtyrkov (15-0-1) has signed a contract for four fights with the UFC. It is planned that he will fight in the light heavyweight division. The date of the UFC debut and the name of his opponent are not yet known. Ivan’s career development at the UFC will be handled by Sayat Abdrakhmanov, who also works with Peter Yan (12-1) and Alexey Kunchenko (20-0).
49-year-old Dana White declared that he signed a new contract with the UFC for seven years. Thus, he will continue to fulfill the duties of the president of the MMA-organization.
In the NHL regular championship match, “Boston Bruins” beat the “Columbus Blue Jackets” in overtime with a score of 2:1 OT (1:1, 0:0, 0:0, 1:0). Thus, the Bruins interrupted their series of three defeats.
