Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov got a confident victory over Brazilian Edson Barboza at the UFC 219 tournament in Las Vegas, USA.
On December 30 at the "T-Mobile Arena" in Las Vegas, UFC 219 - one of the main tournaments of the outgoing year - will take place. The title fight in the women's featherweight division between Cris "Cyborg" Justino and former owner of the bantamweight title Holly Holm. In the co-main event, undefeated Russian lightweight Habib Nurmagomedov will make his long-awaited return in a fight against the spectacular Brazilian Edson Barboza.
In Las Vegas the participants of the UFC 219 tournament made the ceremonial part of the weigh-in before the night at the T-Mobile arena. In the main event of the evening female champion in the featherweight division Cris Cyborg will meet Holly Holm, and in the second main fight the top lightweights Khabib Nurmagomedov and Edson Barboza will collide.
UFC officially announced a fight in the heavyweight division between Andrei Arlovski and Stefan Struve. The fight will take place at the UFC 222 tournament, which will be staged on March 3 at T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier stressed that he considers himself a loser in the fight with Jon Jones. After the victory, Jones failed the doping test and the result of the fight was canceled.
December 23 Moscow hosted an evening of mixed martial arts, ACB 77, in the main event of which the lightweight champion Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov got a controversial victory over Eduard Vartanyan.
Albert Duraev beat Vyacheslav Vasilevsky via technical knockout in the first round at the ACB 77 tournament in Moscow and won the vacant title of the organization in the middleweight division.
38-year-old UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier admits that next year he can complete his professional career in mixed martial arts.
On Saturday, December 23, Moscow will host one of the main tournaments of this year in the Russian mixed martial arts. Another ACB event will give MMA fans three title matches at once.
Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, father and coach of the top UFC lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov, spoke about some of the secrets of the behavior of the Russian fighter's team during the upcoming fight with Edson Barboza .
