Krylov (left) wants to face Maldonado (right) (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/Montagem SL)
After winning the light heavyweight belt at Fight Nights Global, a Russian MMA event, Fábio Maldonado has already started to be the target of provocations from his opponents. The Ukrainian Nikita Krylov, former UFC fighter, who last Friday knocked out former Bellator champion Emanuel Newton in just 43 seconds, used social media to challenge the Brazilian for a fight for the category title.
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“I have only one thing to say: Fabio Maldonado, I challenge you to a title fight. It will be a striking fight. It will be your hands or my feet. Let’s see who is better,” Krylov wrote on Twitter.
Maldonado became FNG champion by submitting Russian Kurban Omarov in early September. After being fired from the UFC at the end of 2015, the 'Steel Hillbilly' had four fights, totaling two wins and two losses, including the controversial fight against the legend Fedor Emelianenko.
Krylov, in turn, had his last fight in Ultimate in December last year, when he was submitted by Misha Cirkunov. His departure from the UFC was due to the fighter not entering into a renewal agreement with the organization. In nine fights at home, he won six and lost three, having been considered one of the main promises in the light heavyweight division. In 2017, before his victory over Newton, he had submitted Stjepan Bekavac in 53 seconds in June.
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