UFC may lose profits of about $5 million due to the transfer of the UFC 232 tournament to Inglewood, California from Las Vegas, Nevada after a failed doping test by Jon Jones. This is reported by the head of the organization, Dana White.
Jon Jones does not consider himself guilty of violating anti-doping rules, because of which UFC tournament had to be moved from Nevada to California. About this athlete wrote in his Twitter.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov explained why he does not walk out on his fights with the Russian flag. “That’s not true,” said Nurmagomedov. “There’s above on the screens the flag of the country. Everyone in America calls me — who does not know Dagestan, Chechnya, and the Caucasus — the Russian. And if you notice, even the foreign fighters who talk about me, everyone says that I am Russian. So for them we are one nation, for them we are one people. Most importantly, that our people should not divide us. Such as you, for example. So that you don’t ask such stupid questions.”
Abudlmanap Nurmagomedov the father and coach of UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov admitted that they had already been offered a contract for a rematch with Conor MacGregor for $15 million, but they want to get twice as much.
Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor MacGregor made it clear that he plans to hold the next fight in 2019. "I am launching rockets in 19’" MacGregor stated on Twitter with photos of his workout.
On December 15 at WWFC 13 Mixed Martial Arts tournament at Sports Palace arena in Kiev, Ukraine, in the main event WWFC light heavyweight champion Roman Dolidze of Georgia defended his title in the fight against Michal Pasternak of Poland. In the third round, Dolidze effectively caught Michal with the beautiful backfist, and the Pole fell on the floor. Dolidze landed several more strikes and the referee stoped the meeting.
At Bellator 213 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Brazilian mixed martial arts veteran Lyoto Machida defeated former champion of the organization, his compatriot Rafael Carvalho, in an extremely dull bout.
In the main event of UFC on Fox 31 tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, American lightweight Al Iaquinta scored the unanimous decision victory over Kevin Lee. The scores were 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Iaquinta.
In the main event of RCC 5 tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia, the famous middleweight Alexander Shlemenko stopped Jonas Billstein.
At RCC 5 tournament in Yekaterinburg, Russia, light heavyweight Ivan Shtyrkov knocked Thiago Silva out.
