MOSCOW, Aug 17, Ivan Orekhov. The undefeated Moldavian UFC fighter Alexander Romanov explained why the promotion could introduce a temporary heavyweight belt. Earlier, the media wrote about the development of a fight for an interim title between Americans Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. The fight may take place at the end of 2022.
"Fights for temporary belts warm up the audience. Let's say the current UFC champion (Francis) Ngannou is injured: he was operated on — recovery is underway. To deprive him of the belt due to injury is inappropriate, he deserved the belt. But "freeze" because of this, the division will be unfair to other fighters. Therefore, a temporary title is being introduced", the athlete told the correspondent.