{"id":281049,"date":"2018-07-19T07:53:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=281049"},"modified":"2018-07-19T07:53:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T14:53:14","slug":"mark-hunt-alexey-oleynik-ufc-moscow-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alexey-oleynik\/mark-hunt-alexey-oleynik-ufc-moscow-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Hunt vs. Alexey Oleynik announced as UFC Moscow main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Moscow officially has a main event. The September 15 card, which marks the UFC&#8217;s long-awaited debut in Russia, will be headlined by a heavyweight contender bout between legendary knockout artist Mark Hunt and submission savant Alexey Oleynik.<\/p>\n<p>This bout was first reported by MMA Team Dagestan many weeks ago, and has now been made official by the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMATeamDagestan\/status\/999021147143528449<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1019877030245097472<\/p>\n<p>Alexey Oleynik was originally expected to battle former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum in the card&#8217;s main event, but this plan was nixed when Werdum was notified of a potential USADA violation. Mark Hunt was then called upon to step in.<\/p>\n<p>Oleynik will enter this UFC Moscow fight having recently dazzled with an Ezekiel choke submission of Junior Albini. This rare and difficult submission has become the Russian&#8217;s calling card. In his next most recent fight, Oleynik was TKO&#8217;d by Curtis Blaydes. This loss ended a two-fight win-streak for the Russian, which was composed of submission wins over Viktor Pesta and Travis Browne. Oleynik is\u00a056\u201311\u20131 overall, and 5-2 in the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt, meanwhile, owns and overall record of 13-12-1 \u2014 a grade that is far from indicative of his skill. He last fought in February, when he lost a decision to Curtis Blaydes. In his next most recent fight, he scored a late TKO victory over fellow knockout artist Derrick &#8220;The Black Beast&#8221; Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the UFC Moscow lineup as it currently stands.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavyweight bout:\u00a0Mark Hunt\u00a0vs.\u00a0Oleksiy Oliynyk<sup id=\"cite_ref-MoscowHeadliner_5-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Heavyweight bout:\u00a0Andrei Arlovski\u00a0vs.\u00a0Shamil Abdurakhimov<sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Middleweight bout:\u00a0Omari Akhmedov\u00a0vs.\u00a0CB Dollaway<sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<li>Bantamweight bout:\u00a0Merab Dvalishvili\u00a0vs.\u00a0Terrion Ware<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Expect many more bouts to be announced for the UFC&#8217;s anticipated Russian debut in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will come out on top when Alexey Oleynik and Mark Hunt collide in the UFC Moscow main event?<\/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 7\/19\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Moscow officially has a main event. 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