Many Russian athletes have been banned in their respective fields. For example, the Russian men's football team has been disqualified from the World Cup play-offs, such as Russian figure skaters including Serbakova, Trusova and Vallieva, who have been disqualified from the World Championships.
However, Russian media reported that at the upcoming UFC Fight Night 204 Championship in London, six Russian-speaking athletes appeared, many of them from Russia.
In fact, Russian athletes have already led two UFC races, with Markkhacev beating Bob Green on February 27, Ankaraniev beating Thiago Santos on March 13, Umar Nurmamedov, Tagil Ulanbekov and Azamat Mulzakanov also competing.
The UFC Fight Night 204 Championship in London, also led by Russian athletes, became the third Russian athlete to lead the event in a month, in addition to Sergey Pavlovich, Nikita Krylov, Valev and others will also appear.
Pavlovic will take on veterans from Dagestan, and before that, the Russian confrontation between Pavlovic and Shamil Abdulasimov stood out in the preliminaries and got the chance to compete, while Russia's Valev will face athletes from Wales.
In order to prevent Russian athletes from being unable to enter Britain, Bethan even made plans early, sending Russian athletes to Britain in advance.
Despite the pressure from the outside world, UFC President Bai Dana said he would always be on the side of the athletes.
"We are working around the clock to keep the competition of the Russian athletes involved on track," Bethana said. There's always something going to happen, but you know me – the game has to go on. I will continue to do my job well! ”