In a disappointing turn of events, rising middleweight star Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez has been forced to withdraw from his highly anticipated matchup against Roman Dolidze at UFC 302.
Anthony Hernandez will lock horns with Roman Dolidze in a middleweight bout at UFC 302. MMAFighting.com was first to report the pairing. UFC 302 takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on June 2 and will also include a heavyweight scrap pitting Jailton Almeida against Alexander Volkov.
Yesterday we learned of a big time heavyweight matchup that was getting added to UFC 302. Jailton Almeida and Alexander Volkov will go head-to-head on the first June PPV.
This past Saturday night in the main event of UFC Vegas 85, we saw a middleweight bout with a top ten ranking on the line. Roman Dolidze (12-3) entered the contest ranked eighth and he was looking to defend that spot against Nassourdine Imavov (13-5).
This past Saturday night in the main event of UFC Vegas 85, we saw a showdown in the middleweight division with a potential top ten ranking on the line.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping is tired of seeing fighters clinch up against the fence. Over the weekend, Nassourdine Imavov survived Roman Dolidze to earn a majority-decision victory.
Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling has weighed in on Roman Dolidze's recent setback. Over the weekend, Dolidze came up short opposite Nassourdine Imavov via majority-decision.
Nassourdine Imavov (13-4) put the middleweight division on notice with a hard-fought majority decision victory over Roman Dolidze (12-3) in the main event of UFC Vegas 85.
One former UFC fighter thinks change is needed for Roman Dolidze following his difficult setback at the hands of Nassourdine Imavov this past weekend.
The downed fighter rule needs a new coat of paint. Over the past few months, there have been several controversial moments in a fight where a fighter put a hand down on the mat to stop a knee or kick, and the circumstances made it hard to tell if it was legal or not.
Perhaps the biggest talking point coming out of the majority decision win for Nassourdine Imavov over Roman Dolidze in Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event had little to do with the actual fight itself.
On Saturday, the mixed martial arts leader returned for its latest event, UFC Fight Night: Roman Dolidze vs. Nassourdine Imavov. After a two-week break following the first pay-per-view card of 2024 in Canada last month, the UFC was back on our screens this weekend.
Nassourdine Imavov took care of business, even if it was messy in practice. The Frenchman made his pitch as a Top 10 contender in the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division, as he outstruck and outlasted Romand Dolidze to a majority decision in the UFC Fight Night 235 headliner on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
The UFC kicks off a stretch of events for, at least, the next eleven straight weeks as UFC on ESPN+ 93 gets things started inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Action Network's top UFC props for Saturday's ESPN+ event include a juicy Roman Dolidze vs. Nassourdine Imavov prop pick.
Roman Dolidze (186) vs. Nassourdine Imavov (185) Drew Dober (156) vs. Renato Carneiro (156) Randy Brown (171) vs. Muslim Salikhov (171) Viviane Araujo (126) vs.
After a week away, MMA‘s top promotion is back in action. This Saturday night, Las Vegas will again be the center of the combat sports world when the UFC opens up February with UFC on ESPN+ 93.
Roman Dolidze and Nassourdine Imavov have both fought fighters ranked in the top five of the UFC’s middleweight division. Neither man has produced an impressive enough result to stay there himself.
Retired lightweight fighter Josh Thomson recently had some strong praise for Roman Dolidze. This weekend, Roman Dolidze will look to finally bounce back from his disappointing March 2023 unanimous decision loss to Marvin Vettori. Opposite him will be the No.11-ranked UFC middleweight contender Nassourdine Imavov.
In the cramped warfare space of the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the stage is set for a February spectacle built around two promising Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight contenders.
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