On the night of March 2-3, Las Vegas will host the UFC Fight Night 238 tournament, which will be headlined by a heavyweight bout Jairzinho Rozenstruika with Shamil Gaziev. Here is the full card for the upcoming fighter evening:
Dan Hooker number ten in the UFC lightweight division rating, announced his readiness to fight with number eight in this ranking Rafael Fiziev. According to Dan, lightweights try to avoid “Ataman”, but now he is ready to share the octagon with Rafael.
After an early victory over Alex Volkanovski and winning the championship belt in the featherweight division, the newly crowned champion Ilia Topuria gave out a dozen interviews in which he talked about his career plans. In particular, Topuria said that in one fight he will definitely fight with the current UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachevym. Today Makhachev responded to this challenge:
Paulo Costa, a former contender for the UFC middleweight title, once again “walked” through Khamzat Chimaev, who is considered a prospect in this division and one of the main contenders for a title shot.
Michael Chandler, a top UFC lightweight, answered the question of whether Alex Volkanovski seek immediate revenge with Ilia Topuria.
The 57th tournament of the Kazakh promotion NAIZA took place the other day. In the main fight of this event, ex-UFC fighter Zhalgas Zhumagulov and American Cleveland McLean met in the cage. The fight lasted the entire allotted time and ended with the victory of the local fighter by unanimous decision. After the fight, Zhumagulov announced that he had broken his leg in the first round, and fought the remaining two rounds with such a serious injury.
Ben Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion and former UFC fighter, criticized UFC CEO Dana White. According to Askren, Dana would never give a title chance to a fighter he doesn’t like.
Nate Diaz, a former UFC fighter, changed his mind about fighting at the organization’s 300th anniversary tournament, although he had previously hinted more than once that he would like to perform on April 13 in Las Vegas. Now Nate has his sights set on UFC 306, which will take place in Mexico.
Former UFC champion in two weight classes Henry Cejudo challenged the ex-belt holder in the flyweight division to a fight Brandon Moreno. The American expects to cross gloves with the Mexican at the UFC 306 tournament, which is scheduled for September 14 in Las Vegas.
UFC CEO Dana White commented on the victory of the former contender for the featherweight title Brian Ortega over the former interim division champion Yair Rodriguez.
