The number of fights to be held at the UFC tournament in Baku on June 21 continues to increase.
Idman.biz reports that the UFC website officially reflects eight fights in the main part, including the fight between Azerbaijani Nazim Sadykhov and Brazilian Nikolas Motta in lightweight.
The main fight of the tournament will be in light heavyweight between former UFC champion Jamaal Hill and former title contender Khalil Rountree.
Confirmed pairs to fight in the Baku tournament:
Light Heavyweight
Jamaal Hill (USA) - Khalil Rountree (USA)
Heavyweight
Rizvan Kuniev (Russia) - Curtis Blaydes (USA)
Flyweight
Kyoji Horiguchi (Japan) - Tagir Ulanbekov (Russia)
Lightweight
Nazim Sadykhov - Nikolas Motta (Brazil)
Heavyweight
Mohammed Usman (Nigeria) - Hamdi Abdelwahab (Egypt)
Women
Lightweight
Irina Alekseeva (Russia) - Klaudia Szygula (Poland)
Lightweight
Melissa Mullins (England) – Darya Zheleznyakova (Russia)
Preliminary fights (Prelims, ABC/ESPN+)
Middleweight
Park Jun-yong (South Korea) - Ismail Naurdiev (Morocco)
Idman.biz
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