MOSCOW, June 24 Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) Umar Nurmagomedov successfully passed the weigh-in procedure before performing at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament in American Las Vegas, according to the promotion’s Telegram channel. The cousin of the former lightweight champion of the organization will fight in the bantamweight division with Nate Maness from the USA on June 25. The Russian showed a weight of 61.7 kg, keeping within the allowable limits of his category. His opponent turned out to be 0.5 kg lighter. In addition, Kazakhs Sergei Morozov (lightweight, 61.7 kg) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (welterweight, 77.1 kg) successfully passed the weigh-in, who will be opposed by the Brazilian Raulian Peiva and American Neil Magny respectively. The main fight of the evening in the lightweight division between the Armenian-Russian fighter Arman Tsarukyan and the Pole Mateusz Gamrot, who showed a weight of 70.8 kg, also remained in force. Umar Nurmagomedov is 26 years old, he won all 14 fights in MMA, including two under the auspices of the UFC. The 30-year-old Maness has 14 wins with one defeat.
