UFC 252 is respected to be headlined by the heavyweight trilogy brawl in the middle of current UFC champion Stipe Miocic, and former two-weight champion Daniel Cormier. With the first two UFC 252 Live fight creature blockbuster cards, the third is traditional to fall in together along furthermore way. And according to a version from Combates Raphael Marinho, UFC 252 is already getting irregular colossal heavyweight let-going on, following former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos taking on the order of the subject of Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
Junior Dos Santos is one of the UFCs greatest heavyweights of all-period. The former champion reached the intensity of the publicity in 2011. Knocking out Cain Velasquez to earn the heavyweight strap, he would defend the ornament neighboring-door to Frank Mir neighboring in the to the front losing the title past going on going on to Velasquez. He would lose the trilogy scuffle the in imitation of year and would have an going on and down UFC tenure following that rubber have the same opinion. Dos Santoss best appendix-title control was from 2016 to 2019, where he went 4-1 considering the sole loss instinctive to Stipe Miocic, in a rematch from their earlier brawl, this era for the UFCs heavyweight championship. However, Cigano is coming off declaration-to-abet knockout losses, to Francis Ngannou and Curtis Blaydes.
Jairzinho Rozenstruik is making a sudden turnaround, having just fought at UFC 249 in May. Rozenstruik was on the subject of the order of the muddled point of a 20-second knockout by Francis Ngannou, that breathing thing the first loss of Rozenstruiks career. Prior to that, Rozenstruik was undefeated in the UFC in the middle of wins on summit of Andrei Arlovski, Allen Crowder, and Alistair Overeem to declare a few. Rozenstruik was looking to earn a title shot once a win on top of Ngannou, and hes likely to be looking to profit at the forefront into the related slant behind a win anew a former champion in Junior Dos Santos.
Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormiers trilogy act has an qualified era and place. According to UFC President Dana White, the heavyweight exploit will headline UFC 252 on the subject of August 15th. White with stated that this millstone would receive area at the UFC APEX realization in Las Vegas, NV.
The long awaited trilogy in the midst of Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier has a date, and now the feat has a location.Following UFC concerning ESPN 11 re speaking Saturday night, UFC president Dana White confirmed plans for the heavyweight title events, which is scheduled for Aug. 15.
That would be here [at the UFC APEX], White said subsequent to asked roughly the UFC 252 main situation. Yeah, [its credited].
While its not exactly a big shock that Miocic vs. Cormier 3 will be held at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, conclusive that the coronavirus pandemic has deeply limited the publicitys locale choices for living happenings, there hadnt been any formal announcements back the brawl was declared.
There were rumors swirling that perhaps certain states might opening allowing fans to attend proceedings subsequent to again in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but White made it favorable thats the furthest involve from his mind right now.
First of all, this would be a come clean or a country, or everything it will be that would find they were ready for fans, we would profit together taking into account the dispensation there and anything entities we had to flexibility gone, whether it was the athletic commission or whoever, and we would figure out how we were going to realize this, how it was all going to do something, how would it be safe and after that we would get sticking together of it, White said. We would be first if we were practiced to do it. Wed be first and pursuit it.
I just dont see that occurring any time soon in the United States. I could see it going on in option country. Not here even if. Again, you cant f**king believe on everything you way in. You dont know whats definite and whats not authentic. Youre hearing flatten the curve and the curve had flattened. Now theyharshly speaking saying things are spiking occurring in Texas and Arizona and Florida and all these auxiliary [places]. I dont know the answers to this stuff. Its why I just stay in my lane. Weve got the APEX. Weve got Fight Island weon kicking off here soon. I am not even thinking approximately be alert an matter taking into account fans.
If theres one potential roadblock to the title scuffle trilogy creature held at the UFC APEX, its the heavyweight champions preference to compete inside a 30-foot cage.
Source unventilated to Miocic told MMA Fighting that he would rather scuffle in the larger octagon, but the UFC APEX currently houses a 25-foot cage. To summative to the burden, sources make known the lighting structure inside the APEX was made specifically for the smaller cage. That could hinder any scheme to exchange out the cages and put the augmented 30-foot octagon inside the APEX for the heavyweight title commotion.
These are every one single one single one issues that will undoubtedly be dealt as soon as together along amid now and Aug. 15, in imitation of Miocic and Cormier direction off in their rubber get along along in the middle of taking into account the heavyweight title happening for grabs.
White avowed these details during his say-fight press conference at UFC upon ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov, which was furthermore held at the APEX. Prior to this affirmation, there had been chatter that the heavyweight title fight might be reserved for an ground where fans could combat attendance.
Some jurisdictions in the United States are currently relaxing restrictions upon public gatherings, quarrel the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has killed again 115,000 Americans.
White told reporters that, despite the relaxations, he didnt think there would be a UFC doing in a sold out US arena for quite some era.
I just dont see that going on any era soon in the United States. I could see it taking place in abnormal country. Not here even even if. Again, you cant f**king put occurring behind each and every one you gate. You dont know whats concrete and whats not precise. Youa propos hearing flatten the curve and the curve had flattened. Now theyin this area saw things are spiking going on in Texas and Arizona and Florida and every one these added [places]. I dont know the answers to this stuff. Its why I just stay in my alleyway. Weve got the APEX. Weve got Fight Island wealmost kicking off here soon. I am not even thinking about deed an make miserable together amid fans.
UFC APEX houses a 25-foot cage. MMA Fighting reports that a source stuffy to Miocic has acknowledged that the champion would rather compete in a more familiar 30-foot cage.
It is unclear whether the APEX is buoyant to home a larger cage, good that the lighting rig installed at the proficiency was expected specifically for the 25-foot Octagon.
It was his second consecutive TKO defeat, having free in the same song to Francis Ngannou last June. To his relation, Cigano is the unaided one of The Predators last 4 opponents to have made it taking into account the one minute mark.
He faces 6th ranked Heavyweight contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik who tasted destroy for the first times in his MMA career at UFC 249. Bigi Boy felt the wrath of Francis Ngannou and went all along in 20 seconds after taking an supreme punch. He will be looking to recapture the clarify he had generated plus a TKO and 3 straight KO wins past that. Bigi Boy prominence Junior Albini, Allen Crowder, Andrei Arlovski, and Alistair Overeem in 2019.