“Vartanyan deserves to fight in the UFC, but they don’t want to see many fighters from the CIS there” – Ismailov

Coach Ramazan Ismailov suggested why Russian fighter Eduard Vartanyan cannot agree on a move to the UFC.

Previously, Vartanyan repeatedly considered the possibility of moving to the UFC. On June 16 of this year, he won the ACA Lightweight Grand Prix and refused improved terms in a new contract to continue his career abroad.

— The UFC doesn’t want to see many fighters from the post-Soviet space. They have their own politics. There are too many fighters from the CIS countries. For them, Islam Makhachev, Arman Tsarukyan and Rafael Fiziev are all Russians. If you accept all the guys in a row, not even half, but 70 percent of the fighters will be from the CIS. This will be a Russian promotion.

It will be funny if Shovkhal Churchchaev gets there instead of Eduard. But Vartanyan deserves to fight in the UFC. He won’t get lost in the tops. ACA is one of the strongest leagues in the world, second in competition,” Metaratings.ru quotes Ismailov.

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