Alexander Romanov’s UFC debut is canceled again

Undefeated Moldovan heavyweight Alexander Romanov, who in a few hours was supposed to make his UFC debut at a tournament in Las Vegas, is eliminated from the event due to the fact that his opponent, Marcos Rogerio de Lima, passed a positive test for coronavirus.

We will note that in July Romanov couldn’t perform at the UFC 251 tournament in Abu Dhabi, as he passed a positive test for Covid-19 and was eliminated from the fight with Marcin Tybura.

In addition, the coronavirus caused the cancellation of the fight between Tiago Moises and Jalen Turner, so now in the card of the UFC Fight Night 176 tournament remains for nine, and seven matches.

The results of the ACA 110: Murad Abdullaev became the new Welterweight champion

The former ACA lightweight champion, Ali Bagov, failed to win the vacant Welterweight championship belt, losing to Murad Abdulayev by the majority of judges ‘ votes at the ACA 110 tournament in Moscow.

The opponents spent most of the match in the stalls, and starting from the second five-minute period, the fighter who managed to take the dominant position during the transfer down took the round. As a result, after 25 minutes of the fight, the judges decided that Abdulayev, who also had the advantage in the stand, did more to win, thereby further increasing the dissatisfaction of Bagov, who immediately after the final siren began to make claims to the opponent, and seemed ready to continue the fight.

In co-mainivent of the event, Eduard Vartanyan played the last match under the current contract with the League, in a close match winning by unanimous decision of Mukhamed Kokov. In the last seconds of the first five minutes, Vartanyan shook the opponent with a left haikik, but during the break Kokov managed to recover and level the fight in the remaining rounds, so in the end the hall met the referee’s decision with a dissatisfied hum, and the head of the League, mayrbek Khasiyev, promised to declare the fight invalid.

The third largest event Kurban Tagirov in the second minute of the match sent down his opponent, however, Ramazan Kishev not only managed to get back in the fight, but took the initiative at the end of round finishing the opponent. Not the least role in the outcome of the match was played by an injury to Taigibov, who dislocated his arm after unsuccessfully exposing it during a throw made by an opponent, after which he was unable to defend against Kishev’s blows.