{"id":279201,"date":"2018-06-24T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=279201"},"modified":"2018-06-24T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:20:42","slug":"report-light-heavyweight-talent-nikita-krylov-in-talks-for-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nikita-krylov\/report-light-heavyweight-talent-nikita-krylov-in-talks-for-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Light heavyweight talent Nikita Krylov in talks for UFC return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 206 submission loss to Misha Cirkunov, Ukrainian light heavyweight talent Nikita Krylov parted ways with the UFC. Given Krylov&#8217;s history of delivering incredible finishes in the Octagon, and his commendable 6-3 Octagon record, the UFC received quite a bit of flack for letting him go.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that it sounds like he could be back in the Octagon quite soon.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from MMA Team Dagestan on Twitter, Krylov is in talks with the UFC surrounding an Octagon return \u2014 potentially when the UFC debuts in Moscow this September 15.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMATeamDagestan\/status\/1010223437175050243<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Chamatkar Sandhu was also able to verify that there have been talks between Krylov and the UFC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I followed up on this report regarding Nikita Krylov. I&#39;ve spoken to FNG officials who tell me he&#39;s currently in negotiations to re-sign with the UFC. Would make a ton of sense to have him feature on the Moscow card on September 15th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WErPOUXGCv\">https:\/\/t.co\/WErPOUXGCv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandhuMMA\/status\/1010509756707102720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I followed up on this report regarding Nikita Krylov,&#8221; Sandhu said in a Tweet. &#8220;I&#8217;ve spoken to [Fight Nights Global] officials who tell me he&#8217;s currently in negotiations to re-sign with the UFC. Would make a ton of sense to have him feature on the Moscow card on September 15th.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Krylov is currently the Fight Nights Global light heavyweight champion \u2014 an honor he earned with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nikita-krylov\/video-nikita-krylov-destroys-fabio-maldonado-to-claim-fngs-light-heavyweight-title\/\">a May knockout of fellow UFC veteran Fabio Maldonado<\/a>. Since leaving the UFC, he&#8217;s also knocked out former Bellator light heavyweight champ Emanuel Newton, TKO&#8217;d Maro Perak, and submitted\u00a0Stjepan Bekavac.<\/p>\n<p>Nikita Krylov is currently a strong 24-5 overall. Who would you like to see him fight in his potential return to the Octagon?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 6\/23\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after his UFC 206 submission loss to Misha Cirkunov, Ukrainian light heavyweight talent Nikita Krylov parted ways with the UFC. Given Krylov&#8217;s history of delivering incredible finishes in the Octagon, and his commendable 6-3 Octagon record, the UFC received quite a bit of flack for letting him go. 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