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On March 5th, Colby’s titan fight against Masvidal at the UFC
One of the biggest mixed martial arts derbies in recent years will take place on March 5th at UFC 272, between Colby and Masvidal.
One of the biggest mixed martial arts derbies in recent years will take place on March 5th at UFC 272. In particular, the former champion Colby Covington meets Jorge Masvidal in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The race is welterweight and the athletes will compete against each other for five rounds. Colby and Masvidal have major disadvantages. In fact, they were once athletes on the American Top Team. Covington has left his team and is training at the MMA Masters.
Covington comes from a loss to Kamaru last November. It was his second loss to the African in a title shot. In ten games he has eight wins in the UFC.
Masvidal also comes from a loss to the champions by knockout. And he counts two losses from Nightmare. Masvidal’s most important success in his career is winning the BMF belt against Nate Diaz and the Flying Knee against Ben Askren.
UFC 272 has already announced the following games:
Edson Barboza vs. Bryce Mitchell, Jessica Eye vs. Manon Fiorot, Mariya Agapova vs. Maryna Moroz, Dustin Jacoby vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk, Tim Elliott vs. Tagir Ulanbekov, Marina Rodriguez vs. Yan Xiaonan, Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira.
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The American’s fight has been cancelled.
In MMA and a number of other martial arts, the problem of weight loss is not any secret. Fighters, trying to fit into a category that is unnatural for themselves, torture their bodies in anticipation of the weigh-in. At times this leads to dire consequences, not in some distant future, but in the present.
The American fighter planned to fight at UFC 324, but immediately after the weigh-in he fell face first to the floor. He definitely has nothing to do in the octagon in the near future.
Bonus for Nurmagomedov
On the night of January 25, the UFC 324 tournament will take place in Las Vegas. Russian fighters Nikita Krylov, Umar Nurmagomedov and Andrey Pulyaev have made weight, so if no force majeure occurs, they can safely be expected in the Octagon. The main heroes of the evening, Englishman Paddy Pimblett and American Justin Gaethje, successfully completed the weigh-in procedure. And most of the other participants coped with the preliminary task, although there were some exceptions.
Nurmagomedov’s opponent Deiveson Figueredo showed 62.8 kg on the scales and did not meet the bantamweight limit. The fight with the participation of the Russian will still take place, but a quarter of the Brazilian’s fee will go to Umar in any case. However, this is not the worst option. American Cameron Smotherman, who also planned to participate in the tournament, made weight, but he definitely won’t enter the Octagon this time.
Hospitalization instead of the octagon
28-year-old Cameron Smotherman, who won 14 victories and seven defeats, was going to compete with another American Ricky Turcios in the precard of the UFC 324 tournament. The fighter fit into the limit, but on the scales he didn’t look like a healthy person at all. However, in the world of MMA this is not the exception, but rather the rule. Suffice it to remember how exhausted former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov looked at the weigh-in at times.
But looking unimportant is one thing. As practice shows, in a matter of hours fighters gain kilograms and become much more energetic. But Cameron didn’t have time to recover: after getting off the scale, he took a few steps and fell unconscious on his face on the floor. Those around him were horrified, they turned the American over and began to revive him, but this did not help much. The athlete required serious medical intervention.
Smotherman was hospitalized and it was difficult to imagine that he would soon appear in the Octagon. The weight cutter knocked out the American, but what could his opponent do to him? Fortunately, the UFC did not tempt the athlete’s fate by leaving him without a fight. Turcios could theoretically have been quickly found a new opponent, but it was decided to do without a replacement and simply cancel the fight.
Watch the live broadcast of the UFC 324 tournament on Sunday from 1:00 Moscow time on the Match! TV channel. Fighter”, from 3:00 – on Match TV, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Zuffa Boxing President Veal White He stated that he did not rule out the possibility of collaborating with undefeated American boxer Terence Crawford in the future.
According to the official, it is possible to take concrete steps after various events to be held in Las Vegas.
White said, “Crawford is one hundred percent the greatest boxer in history. After the masterpiece he showed that night, it was clear how good and talented he is. We will have a few fights in Las Vegas, let’s see how it goes, then maybe in 6-7 months I will get him.”
Let’s remember that Crawford last entered the ring in September of last year, defeated Saul Alvarez and then announced his retirement.
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Russian mixed-style fighters Umar Nurmagomedov, Nikita Krylov and Andrey Pulyaev successfully completed the weigh-in procedure before the UFC 324 tournament, according to the promotion website.
The tournament will take place on Saturday in Las Vegas (USA). Nurmagomedov, competing in the bantamweight category, weighed 61.6 kg, while his opponent, Brazilian Deiveson Figueredo, weighed 62.8 kg. Since Figueredo exceeded the weight limit, 25% of his fee will go to the Russian.
The opponent of the light heavyweight Krylov (93.2 kg) will be Modestas Bukauskas (92.5 kg) from Lithuania, Pulyaev (84.3 kg) will be opposed by Cameroonian Ateba Gauthier (84.3 kg) in the middleweight bout.
In the main fight of the tournament, American Justin Gaethje and Englishman Paddy Pimblett will meet for the UFC interim lightweight champion belt. According to the weigh-in results, Gaethje turned out to be 0.5 kg heavier than his opponent – 70.3 versus 69.8.
Earlier it became known that the fight between Americans Cameron Smotherman and Ricky Turcios was canceled due to health problems with the first fighter. Smotherman lost consciousness after the weigh-in and was unable to leave the stage on his own.
Watch the live broadcast of the UFC 324 tournament on Sunday from 1:00 Moscow time on the Match! TV channel. Fighter”, from 3:00 – on Match TV, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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