Briton Mokaev Added To Rousey V Carano Undercard

Muhammad Mokaev will conflict Adriano Moraes successful a flyweight bout connected nan undercard of Ronda Rousey v Gina Carano connected 16 May successful California.

The Briton was released by nan UFC successful 2024 but has collected 3 wins since arsenic good arsenic competing successful respective grappling bouts.

Mokaev, 25, faces Brazil's Moraes who has 21 wins successful 27 fights but precocious became a free agent.

Born successful Russia earlier moving to England arsenic a young exile pinch his family, Mokaev is unbeaten successful 17 matches pinch 1 co-contest.

Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) confirmed nan bout successful announcing nan remainder of nan undercard for Rousey's comeback.

The arena will dwell of 11 bouts including Francis Ngannou v Philipe Lins successful a heavyweight title and Nate Diaz v Mike Perry successful a welterweight bout.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos and UFC two-weight champion Alex Pereira's sister Aline Pereira are besides included connected nan card.

MVP has picked up respective ex-UFC fighters and free agents for nan arena pinch Rousey insisting she wanted to "challenge nan monolith nan UFC has become" wrong MMA.

The first women's champion successful nan UFC has not fought for 10 years, aft retiring from MMA pursuing successive losses.

Among nan erstwhile UFC fighters connected nan paper are Rousey, Ngannou, Diaz, Perry, Lorenz Larkin, Robelis Despaigne and Chris Avila.

Moraes was a champion successful Asia-based ONE Championship, Jackson was a Bellator champion and France's Salahdine Parnasse won titles successful 2 weights successful European MMA promotion KSW.