Mauricio Ruffy Promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC
Mauricio Ruffy He was "well received" in the land of Alexander VolkanovskyThe Brazilian, who has a fight scheduled against Raphael Fiziev by the division of lightweights (up to 70,3 kg) in UFC 325, this Saturday (31), in Sydney, Australia, had a conversation with the current featherweight champion (up to 65,7 kg) published on social media in which he talked about his time in camp in the country and the reception from local fighters.
In a video posted on the 'UFC Brasil' channel, Ruffy shared that he is excited to fight Fiziev on Saturday and that he was well received by the Freestyle MMA academy, where Volkanovski trains.
“I came here to Freestyle MMA to train with the guys and I was super well received. We're doing very well and super excited to perform,” the Brazilian told the UFC channel.
During the video, the Brazilian is also seen talking to the featherweight champion. Throughout the dialogue, Volkanovski asked about Ruffy's training camp, if he was enjoying it, and if he felt in shape for the fight. In response to the Australian, the fighter from Alagoas said: "Very fit. I've never trained so hard in my life."
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On the 31th of January, Mauricio Ruffy, currently ranked 14th, will have the opportunity to climb in the lightweight rankings if he wins. Raphael Fiziev. Check out the fight program below UFC 325 (subject to change).
UFC 325 fight schedule
MAIN CARD
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Alexander Volkanovsky x Diego lopes – Fight for the belt
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Dan Hooker x Benoit Saint-Denis
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Raphael Fiziev x Mauricio Ruffy
Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg.): Tai tuivasa x Tallison Teixeira
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Quillan Salkilld x Jamie Mullarkey
PRELIMINARY CARD
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Junior Tafa x Billy Elekana
Middleweight (up to 83,9 kg): Cam Rowston x Cody Brundage
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Jacob Malkoun x Torrez Finney
Welterweight (up to 77 kg.): Jonathan Micallef x Oban Elliott
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Kaan Ofli x Yi Zha
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): SangWook Kim x Dom Mar Fan
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Sulangrangbo x Lawrence Lui
Flyweight (up to 56,7kg): Aaron Tau vs. Namsrai Batbayar
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