Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Evgeny Ignatiev will be able to participate in the Dana White Candidates Series tournament and compete for a contract with the UFC if he receives a US visa, the athlete’s manager Alexander Skaredin told Match. TV.
Ignatiev, 27, who plays in the bantamweight division, has 19 wins, two losses and two draws in MMA.
– Now we are negotiating the signing of Ignatiev. We have an agreement with the UFC: if we grant a visa to Evgeny, they will be ready to put him in the Contender series of Dana White. I have no doubts about Zhenya’s level, so actually it will mean a UFC contract for him,” Skaredin told .
The official also spoke about the plans of fellow Rat Team UFC fighters Irina Alekseeva and Roman Kopylov. The latter has had three fights in the league, earning the first victory in the third fight in September. Alekseeva will make her UFC debut.
Alekseeva is expected to make his league debut in December. And Kopylov, I think, will return at the beginning of next year. We are working in this direction. No contract has been signed. Roma himself handles cases that need to be resolved before the training begins. But the most important thing is that we have found the recipe for success, we have taken an important psychological step,” Skaredin added.
Source : MatchTV
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