Despite the ban being lifted, fighters at the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi will not be able to display their national flags, the coach told . Victoria Dudakova Hasanali Hasanaliev.
Earlier in October, UFC president Dana White said promoted fighters were once again allowed to compete in fights with their country’s flags. The UFC flag ban has been in effect since last spring.
Dudakova could fly the Russian flag for her second UFC fight. But, as the Russian fighter’s coach said with reference to the manager, he will be prohibited from participating in fights with national flags.
Dudakova previously said she was looking for the Russian flag. After being ready to provide it to the athlete, representatives of the promotion informed that outings with flags during the tournament would be prohibited.
“They said that this time it was impossible to carry flags,” wrote Dudakova’s coach Hasanali Gasanaliev to the correspondent.
The Russian will fight against Jin Yu Frey in the flyweight division.
In the main fight of the tournament, Australian Alexander Volkanovski and Russian Islam Makhachev will fight at lightweight (70.3 kg) for the UFC championship belt.
The tournament will also feature fights involving Magomed Ankalaeva , Ikrama Aliskerova And Saida Nurmagomedova .
Watch the live broadcast of the UFC 294 tournament on October 21 on (from 9:00 p.m. Moscow time) and Match channels! Fighter” (from 4:55 p.m.), as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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