Michael Bisping, former UFC middleweight champion and now analyst, spoke about the upcoming fight between Sergei Spivak and Cyril Gan.
Former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira promised not to use three-pointers on the eve of a rematch with the current owner of the belt Islam Makhachev, which will take place on October 21 at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi.
John Jones, the reigning UFC heavyweight champion, named an opponent who, after Alexander Gustaffson, gave him a real beating in the octagon. According to Bons, it was Dominic Reyes.
Former UFC light heavyweight contender Volkan Ozdemir gave a commentary on the upcoming fight with the Uzbek debutant of the promotion Bogdan Guskov.
Sergey Spivak, a UFC heavyweight from Moldova, said that he does not watch the fights of his rivals, does not study them. This also applies to Cyril Gan, with whom Spivak will fight on September 2.
UFC President Dana White erupted in criticism of the Georgian fighter of the bantamweight division Merab Dvalishvili.
Today, the MMAfighting portal, citing open sources, published the net fees (excluding bonuses for "Performance of the Night" and "Fight of the Night") of the participants of the UFC 292 tournament. The champion of the promotion received the largest fee Weili Jean — 520,000 dollars.
UFC President Dana White answered a question if he plans to organize a fourth fight between the reigning featherweight champion of the promotion Alex Volkanovski and former champion of this division Max Holloway. During today's press conference, the functionary said that he did not like this idea.
On September 9, Sydney will host the 293rd UFC tournament, which will be headlined by the promotion's middleweight champion. Israel Adesanya with the applicant Sean Strickland. In anticipation of this fight, the promotion released the official trailer for this fight:
Cyril Gun, a former contender for the UFC heavyweight championship belt, recalled his defeat to Jon Jones.
