{"id":343161,"date":"2020-03-04T06:47:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343161"},"modified":"2020-03-04T06:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:47:13","slug":"petr-yan-marlon-moraes-to-headline-ufcs-debut-in-kazakstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/petr-yan-marlon-moraes-to-headline-ufcs-debut-in-kazakstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Petr Yan, Marlon Moraes to headline UFC&#8217;s debut in Kazakstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s debut in Kazakhstan, scheduled for June 13, now has a main event \u2014 and it&#8217;s a good one. The card will reportedly be topped by a bantamweight contender bout between Russia&#8217;s Petr Yan and Brazil&#8217;s Marlon Moraes, which has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-manager-says-ufc-working-on-petr-yan-vs-marlon-moraes\/\">rumored for some time <\/a>and has now been confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/ufc-kazakhstan-marlon-moraes-vs-petr-yan-main-event-fight-booking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Petr Yan will step into the cage in Kazakhstan, a country with a huge Russian population, on a fantastic nine-fight win-streak. His last six victories have occurred in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon, where he&#8217;s defeated the likes of John Dodson, Jimmie Rivera, and most recently, former bantamweight title challenger Urijah Faber, who he knocked out on the main card of UFC 245 in December. The Russian is 14-1 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Moraes, meanwhile, also fought last on the UFC 245, card, where he defeated former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo with a tight decision. Prior to that, he was defeated by Henry Cejudo via TKO in a bid to capture the UFC bantamweight title, which was left vacant after the former champ TJ Dillashaw was suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). The Brazilian, who is the former World Series of Fighting champion, will step into the cage with Yan with a 23\u20136\u20131 overall record.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC&#8217;s debut in Kazakhstan will go down in the capital city of Nur-Sultan which, until very recently, was called Astana. It was renamed in 2019 to honor long-time President Nursultan Nazarbayev.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond this this Petr Yan vs. Marlon Moraes fight, not much is known about the fight card for the UFC&#8217;s debut in Kazakhstan. That being said the promotion recently booked a bout between newly signed flyweight Zhalgas Zhumagulov, who hails from Kazakhstan, and Jordan Espinosa. It also recently signed former Invicta flyweight Mariya Agapova, who is also a native of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates on this UFC Kazakhstan card \u2014 and the newly announced Petr Yan vs. Marlon Moraes fight \u2014 as details emerge.<\/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 3\/4\/2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s debut in Kazakhstan, scheduled for June 13, now has a main event \u2014 and it&#8217;s a good one. The card will reportedly be topped by a bantamweight contender bout between Russia&#8217;s Petr Yan and Brazil&#8217;s Marlon Moraes, which has been rumored for some time and has now been confirmed by MMA Junkie. 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