On October 4, 2012, two rising stars of the featherweight division clashed at UFC 143 - 23-year-old Dustin Poirier and 20-year-old Max Holloway. Already in the fourth minute of the battle, the more experienced Dustin masterfully conducted a triangle reseption, forcing the Hawaiian to surrender.
On April 13 at UFC 236 in the State Farm, Atlanta, Georgia, in the main event of the evening the current featherweight champion Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier will fight for an interim lightweight title.
Watch the second episode of the UFC Embedded series of video blogs dedicated to the UFC 236 tournament: Holloway vs Poirier 2.
On April 14 at the UFC 236 in Atlanta, in the main event the current featherweight champion Max Holloway will fight Dustin Poirier for an interim lightweight title. On the eve of the fight, bookmakers in their quotes give advantage to Holloway.
Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey was injured while performing at the wrestling show WrestleMania35. The athlete broke her arm. Rosie during the show met in the ring with Becky Lynch and Charlotte Fleur. The victory eventually went to Lynch, who won the belt WWE Raw and WWE Smack Down.
The top UFC bantamweight Peter Yan stated that he does not consider his star compatriot Khabib Nurmagomedov a spectacular fighter.
Russian mixed martial arts fighter Vartan Asatryan will be fined 20% of his purse for insulting judges after a fight with Ali Bagautin. This was stated by the head of the promotion Fight Nights Global.
UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier expressed confidence that former title holder and now WWE superstar Brock Lesnar deserves to fight again for the belt. “This is a fight that I want. I think everyone wants to fight Brock. We all want to fight Brock,” said Cormier.
Former UFC super bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw has been suspended for two years from performing by the USADA anti-doping agency.
Watch the traditional Countdown dedicated to the UFC 236 tournament on April 13 in Atlanta, USA. Max Holloway and Dustin Poirier will headline the event as they battle for an interim lightweight belt. In the second co main event, Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya will determine the interim middleweight champion.
