Russian fighter Irina Alekseeva will enter the October fight in the UFC with the Russian flag. Alexander Skaredin, the head of the Rat team, which represents the interests of the athlete, told about this.
Earlier, UFC chief Dana White said that promoted fighters were once again allowed to participate in fights with their country’s flags. The UFC flag ban has been in effect since last spring.
Alekseeva will meet Briton Melissa Dixon (5-0) on October 14 at the UFC Fight Night tournament in Las Vegas. At the end of April, the Russian defeated Switzerland’s Stephanie Egger with a painful leg hold in the first round in her first UFC fight. Alekseeva’s MMA statistics are 5 wins and 1 loss.
— Today, Irina is flying to her fight in the United States and she is flying there with the Russian flag. And he will enter his duel with the state flag. We are very happy about this. As a result, Irina will become the first Russian UFC fighter who can enter the octagon with a flag,” Skaradin told .
The UFC tournament, where Alekseeva will perform, will be broadcast live on , broadcasting will begin on October 15 at 02:00 Moscow time. And the entire tournament will be broadcast on “Match! Fighter”, starting at 10:55 p.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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