Over the last few months since the situation between Russia and Ukraine has been going on, we have seen how this situation has had a big direct impact on sports all around the world. It has now majorly impacted GLORY Kickboxing as today it has been announced that all Russian fighters who are contracted to GLORY have had their contracts terminated — this and much more on Friday's social media roundup.
GLORY terminates all Russian fighters' contracts
GLORY is the next sporting promotion to be heavily impacted by the current situation in Russia and Ukraine.
GLORY are the biggest kickboxing organisation in the world and today in a statement they announced that due to coming across many obstacles including things such as travel bans and safety concerns with Russian fighters over the last few months, they have terminated the contracts of all Russian fighters on their roster.
Check out the full statement which GLORY released below.
BREAKING! GLORY has terminated contracts of ALL Russian athletes, including Light Heavyweight Champion Artem Vakhitov.
— Beyond Kickboxing (@Beyond_Kick) June 17, 2022
Full statement below. pic.twitter.com/rgCs9haXrd
The biggest of all of the releases by GLORY is their current light heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov.
Vakhitov is currently undefeated and has been dominant in the promotion however he has found himself on the wrong end of these contract terminations.
Vakhitov is yet to respond or put a statement out regarding his exit from the promotion but it is fair to say that he will not have a hard time finding another promotion now that he is a free agent.
UFC 276 bout order revealed
The UFC 276 bout order has been officially revealed by ESPN.
276 is arguably the UFC's most stacked PPV card this year and features two incredible title fights and and fighters such as Miesha Tate, Sean O'Malley, Sean Strickland and Robbie Lawler.
#UFC276 bout order (per ESPN) #IFW2022 pic.twitter.com/FNV0uNO6Mt
— Marcel Dorff -------- (@BigMarcel24) June 16, 2022
Happy Birthday to Chris Weidman
Today is the former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman's 38th birthday!
Relive Weidman's most iconic career moment below when he shockingly knocked out Anderson Silva and won the UFC middleweight title.
Happy 38th birthday to ‘The All-American’ @chrisweidman --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) June 17, 2022
The man who broke the legendary Anderson Silva’s 17-fight win streak to win the UFC Middleweight Championship --
Enjoy your day Chris! -- pic.twitter.com/ImSvpgJ898
Zabit Magomedsharipov retires from MMA
After a long period of inactivity, one of the UFC's biggest prospects Zabit Magomedsharipov has officially informed the UFC of his retirement.
It appears Zabit Magomedsharipov has informed the UFC of his decision to retire from Mixed Martial Arts… Ohh what could have been --
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) June 16, 2022
One of the most entertaining fighters to step into the Octagon --
Best of luck for the future @zabeast_mma -- pic.twitter.com/JLaWZklkf2
There have been rumors for a long time that Magomedsharipov had plans to leave MMA and follow a career in medicine.
Jeremy Stephens shaves his head and beard in order to make weight
Yesterday morning when weighing in for tonight's PFL event, Jeremy Stephens shaved off his hair and beard in order to successfully make weight.
Check out how Stephen's looked when weighing in below.
Yes… this is not edited.------
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media) June 16, 2022
That is Jeremy Stephens with a shaved head and no facial hair.#PFL #MMA pic.twitter.com/dXFAUGWYTs
Gilbert Burns reveals he has signed a new multi-fight deal with the UFC
Over the last couple of years, Gilbert Burns has established himself as one of the best welterweight fighters in the world.
Burns being one of the best in the world along with his stock rising massively after his recent fight against Khamzat Chimaev has seen him be awarded with a new multi-fight deal with the UFC.
I just signed a new multi fight deal with the UFC. Thanks @danawhite and @seanshelby for taking care of me. Just waiting for the next opponent. A lot of people talking -- abt the @ufc but without the UFC and Dana I would not be here! Thanks my brother @AliAbdelaziz00 the best!
— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) June 17, 2022
A huge UFC bantamweight fight in the works for August
A huge UFC bantamweight bout between Jose Aldo and Merab Dvalishvili is in the works for August.
-- The UFC are working on Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili for #UFC278 on August 20th.
— The MMA Media (@The_MMA_Media) June 14, 2022
Nothing is official yet.
[per @arielhelwani]#UFC278 #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/8PWGPBf1Ej
Glover Teixeira opens up about his feelings after missing a big submission attempt in the final round of his fight against Jiri Prochazka
One of the biggest moments of last weekend's incredible light heavyweight title fight between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka was when in the final round when Teixeira had Prochazka badly hurt he went for a guillotine instead of swarming on Prochazka and trying to finish him.
This was costly for Teixeira as later on in the same round he was submitted and lost his title.
Teixeira has now opened up on his feelings about the submission attempt.
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— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) June 17, 2022
More from @guicruzzz -- https://t.co/kHWiG1kJKf pic.twitter.com/thhxsJ4WTJ
George Kambosos activates his rematch clause against Devin Haney
George Kambosos has revealed that he has now officially activated his rematch clause against Devin Haney.
Kambosos lost his titles to Haney several weeks ago when he was outclassed for 12 rounds and lost via unanimous decision.
George Kambosos Jr has revealed that he's now officially activated his rematch clause to fight Devin Haney again next. [@NewsCorp]
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) June 17, 2022
