MMA Summit Western Canada, Battlefield Fight League has announced that BFL 77 will be taking down this Friday, June 9th. This is the day before the UFC returns to Vancouver, Canada for UFC 289.
BFL 77 goes down during UFC 289 Weekend
The promotion announced the date via their official Instagram page on Sunday evening.
Along with the event’s history, the promotion also teased a number of potential fights that were set.
The first video of a Battlefield Fight League welterweight champion Diane Kajicwho will put his title on the line. The opponent has yet to be named, however, in BFL 76, Rodrigo Cisenando bid against a former opponent and training partner of Kajic, Said Mirzaei. After that fight, Kajic told MMASucka.com that he would like to face Cesinando, so that might be the case.
BFL bantamweight champion Sayyid will be relieved He will be looking to stamp his ticket to the big show by defending the title.
Also in BFL 76, Xavier Nash Local fans were shocked when he was defeated Navid Zanganeh to win the lightweight championship. Former BFL Champion at 155 lbs. Achilles Extremaduravacated the title when he competed in the Dana White Match Series and will return to face the current leader of Al Qaeda.
Jimmy Siraj He will be looking forward to returning to the cage on June 9th. For the past three years, “The Gremlin” has been fighting the biggest battle of his career – his health. Other titles and accolades are not what he’s after at this point, as he’s made it all the way to the UFC and has proven himself to be Canada’s best featherweight.
Other fighters who are likely to step inside the cage in BFL 76 are Maxim SoucyAnd Navid ZanganehAnd Josh KwiatkowskiAnd Mitch Strazzella And Arthur Duflo.
UFC 289 takes place on June 10 from Rogers Arena in downtown Vancouver. The main event will be for the K.S. Women’s Bantamweight Championship Amanda Nunes Takes on Juliana Pena.