UFC plans to hold championships in Russia in the future. This was stated by the senior vice president of promotion David Shaw.
UFC head Dana White noted that the Russian-Irish MMA fighter Artem Lobov is still in the organization's roster. "Artem still remains with us. We did not make any decisions regarding his status in the organization. I'm still waiting for the story with Conor to finish, then deal with this situation," White said on the UFC Unfiltered podcast.
The challenger for the interim UFC welterweight title Colby Covington shared his expectations from a fight with Rafael Dos Anjos on June 9th at the UFC 225 in Chicago. "I spent many rounds over training cardio in the bed. I will try to do everything possible to finish "Ralfi Dos Nachos" in the first round, but I have been training hard and ready for five rounds,” said Covington.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov met young athletes of Ingushetia in Russia. Nurmagomedov at the Palace of Sports "Magas" shared with young people the secrets of success and victories, and talked about his sports plans.
Russian MMA fighter Alexander Shlemenko told to SE about the reasons of his defeat to Bruno Silva and plans for the future. “Most importantly - I worked without a game plan,” said Shlemenko. “This is the main reason of the defeat. I had to wait first, but not immediately to go in the brawl. I had the success attack at the start of the battle, it relaxed me. I decided that win is a matter of time. Unfortunately, I did not consider that he, too, could hit, and dropped my hands. But Silva is a puncher.”
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will defend his first title against interim title holder Joel Romero on June 9 at the UFC 225 tournament in Chicago. On the eve of the match, bookmakers name the representative of Australia as the favorite of this fight.
In Utica, New York, at the UFC Fight Night 131, in the main event Jimmy Rivera knocked Marlon Moraes out in the first round. The meeting lasted only 33 seconds: Moraes landed a luxurious left high kick and instantly finished his opponent off.
On the night of June 2 in Utica, New York, at the UFC Fight Night 131 tournament in the main event the American Jimmy Rivera will face the Brazilian Marlon Moraes. Preliminary fights of the tournament will begin at 7 pm ET time. The main card is at 10 pm.
Russian MMA fighter Alexander Shlemenko lost to Brazilian Bruno Silva in the fight at the M-1 Challenge 93 tournament. The fight took place in Chelyabinsk. Silva knocked Shlemenko out in the first round. The fight between Alexander Shlemenko and Bruno Silva was the main event of the M-1 Challenge 93 tournament.
The leadership of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) optimized the prices for tickets for the first tournament of the organization in Russia. This was reported by senior vice-president of the UFC David Shaw.
