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MOSCOW, RUSSIA FEBRUARY 9, 2021: MMA fighter, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov attends EFC 33 Eagle Fighting Championship at Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)

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MOSCOW, RUSSIA FEBRUARY 9, 2021: MMA fighter, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov attends EFC 33 Eagle Fighting Championship at Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace. Valery Sharifulin/TASS (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)
Eagle FC, led by Khabib Nurmagomedov, is a young promotion. Yet it seems to have the potential to make it big because Nurmagomedov has a huge fan following all over the world. The promotion is soon set to make its US debut. On January 28, Khabib’s promotion will conduct its first US event at FXLcast Arena in Miami. They have some exciting fights planned for the event.
However, according to Ali Abdelaziz, Eagle FC will hold a pre-fight show on YouTube. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto shared this news on Twitter. According to his tweet, some of UFC’s biggest names like Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo and Chael Sonnen will be present along with Khabib.
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He wrote, “Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC promotion makes its US debut this week. Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) told me that before the event, there will be a YouTube pre-fight show with Khabib, Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo and Chael Sonnen … which sounds … kind of amazing lol.”
Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC promotion makes its US debut this week. Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00) told me that before the event, there will be a YouTube pre-fight show with Khabib, Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo and Chael Sonnen … which sounds … kind of amazing lol.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) January 26, 2022
With so many big names present at the event, it will surely be an eye-catching one. It would be interesting to see what takes place at this pre-fight show.
With Khabib Nurmagomedov running his own promotion, many have started comparing it to the UFC. While it would take Eagle FC a lot of time to get there, they seem to be on the right track. They have managed to bring on board some great fighters. As a result, fans just need to wait for the promotion to conduct events in the US in full swing.
Eagle FC 44 line-up
Main Card
- Tyrone Spong versus Sergei Kharitonov
- Rashad Evans versus Gabriel Checco
- Ray Borg versus Cody Gibson
- Ramazan Kurmagomedov versus John Howard
- Raimond Magomedaliev versus Anthony Njokuani
Prelims
- Arman Ospanov versus Dylan Salvador
- Yorgan De Castro versus Shaun Asher
- Miles Hunsinger versus Demarques Jackson
- Shawn Bunch versus Adi Alic
- Sitik Muduev versus Ayadi Majdeddine
- Loik Radzhabov versus Zach Zane
With Rashad Evans fighting, fans are sure to tune in and make the event huge.
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Eagle FC’s pre-fight show might throw some more light on what fans can expect further. What do you think about Usman, Sonnen, and Cejudo being present? Let us know in the comments below.
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