Protect your legs, “Toquinho” is back.
Wednesday, the Russian promotion Fight Nights Global revealed a trio of contests for its March 30 card, scheduled for March 30 at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow. Most notably, The Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Series of Fighting veteran Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares will square off with unbeaten Russian Aliaskhab Khizriev in a welterweight contest.
Fight Nights Global 85 will also feature a pair of promotional title fights, as Alexander Matmuratov defends his featherweight title against undefeated Movlid Khaibulaev, while in the main event, middleweight champ Abdulsupyan Alikhanov risks his throne against another unbeaten challenger in Roman Kopylov.