next fight Romana Kopylova in the UFC will take place in January in the United States. The Russian fighter’s manager Alexander Skaredin talked about it in an interview with .
The 31-year-old former AMC Fight Nights champion Kopylov has nine wins and two losses in MMA. In the UFC, the fighter made his debut in November 2019 with two straight losses. But in September this year, in the first promotion tournament in France, Kopylov beat Italian Alessio di Chirico. Kopylov will fight in the United States for the first time, before the fighter enters the octagon in Russia, the United Arab Emirates and France.
– Roman’s US visa expires in November, and we’ll take care of issuing a new one. So we are dealing with Kopylov’s visa and in parallel with Zhenya Ignatiev. Kopylov’s next UFC fight is scheduled for January in the United States, Skaredin told .
– Due to visa issues, Maxim Grishin’s fight in Las Vegas fell through. Can Kopylov have visa problems?
– We do not see now that there may be questions about the visa. For Roma, this will be the third visa, everything is in order with his papers. There is no precondition for him not to receive this visa. Recently, we helped Tolya Tokov (Bellator fighter) get a work visa, and he successfully got it. In general, problems should not arise.
– Kopylov’s next fight will be the last of his current contract with the UFC.
– Exactly. There have been no negotiations on an extension yet, but we discussed this moment with you even after the Roma fight in Paris (the fighter’s first victory in the UFC). We have to have a good and winning fourth fight under the contract, and I think there will be no questions about overtime. Now the UFC will look at his performance. Everything is in the hands of Roman, the matchmakers believe in Kopylov.
– You reported that Evgeny Ignatiev had the opportunity to star in Dana White’s Contender series after receiving a US visa.
– Yes. We hope to obtain a visa for Ignatiev by the end of the year. He will not have a work visa, but a talent visa. It’s a bit different and a bit more expensive. As a result, we have a verbal agreement – as soon as Zhenya gets a visa, he will be placed directly into the nearest Contender.
Source : MatchTV
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