Ukrainian boxer Lomachenko and Russian fighter Makhachev took a joint photo at UFC 285
Russian mixed martial arts fighter (MMA) Islam Makhachev and Ukrainian boxer Vasily Lomachenko took a photo together at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament. An episode from the broadcast was published on the official page of the organization in Twitter.
Athletes hit the frame at the UFC 285 tournament in Las Vegas. Makhachev and Lomachenko embraced while posing for the cameras.
In the main battle at this tournament, the American fighter Jon Jones and the Frenchman Cyril Gun fought. Jones won via submission in the first round. For him, this fight was the first after a three-year break in his career, which began in February 2020.
On February 12, Makhachev defeated Australian Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 284 by unanimous decision. He defended the organization’s lightweight title for the first time.
Lomachenko is a former World Boxing Association (WBA) Super and World Boxing Organization (WBO) world champion. He lost these titles in October 2020, losing to the American Teofimo Lopez by a judicial decision.
Source: Lenta
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