Rival Khamzata Chimaeva Former UFC welterweight champion to attend UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi Kamaru Usman said the promotion manager Dana White on social networks.
White said the Chimaev-Usman fight would be the co-main event of the tournament, which takes place on October 21. Chimaev will represent the United Arab Emirates in this fight. Chimaev was born in Chechnya and at the age of 18 he emigrated to Sweden. In mixed martial arts, the fighter has 12 victories in 12 fights.
Initially, Chimaev was supposed to meet Paulo Costa, but the Brazilian withdrew from the fight due to elbow surgery. “I have staph bacteria in my elbow, the doctors are taking me out of the fight,” Costa wrote on social media.
Watch the UFC 294 tournament live stream on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. The main event of the evening will be the confrontation between the Russian Islam Makhachev and the Australian Alexander Volkanovski.
Source : MatchTV
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