Heavyweights Use Twitter To Agree To Fight At UFC Fight Night Rotterdam
There are currently no fights set yet for UFC Fight Night Rotterdam this September, but according to two fighters in a Twitter exchange, a heavyweight division clash may be on the way.
Stefan Struve and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov have been talking on Twitter about meeting together inside of the Octagon.
The whole thing kicked off with a series of Twitter posts by Struve.
Alright lets do this then @AlexDragoVolkov lets dance https://t.co/u7tY0YoqH2
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) April 20, 2017
Lets do it @AlexDragoVolkov lets give the people a tall men scrap https://t.co/SY17W5lKK5
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) April 25, 2017
What do you guys think about me vs @AlexDragoVolkov ? Who is the most skilled tall fighter in the world, lets find out?! https://t.co/YlUPFcp2Ep
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) May 5, 2017
Big Ben has got some USADA problems and Me and Mr Volkov have 99 problems but USADA aint one https://t.co/eqLb3oSi5s
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) May 5, 2017
.@AlexDragoVolkov Come one @AlexDragoVolkov don't just like and retweet my posts, speak up, in this world you gotta take what you want you know!
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) May 5, 2017
Volkov would finally respond to his fellow heavyweight and if the UFC gets on board, we may have our first fight for this September’s event.
@StefanStruve Of course I can not refuse your challenge.
You'll probably be first my opponent, I'll have to look up, not down as I used too.— Alexander Volkov (@AlexDragoVolkov) May 7, 2017
Sounds like a fight then. @ufc can you take care of the paperwork? @AlexDragoVolkov n myself want to test our skillsets! Respect my man https://t.co/cbmyXMOjVR
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) May 7, 2017
Looks like we have a fight comming up! @ufc ufceurope And I just looked in my schedule and I… https://t.co/nxaGqKhBNB
— Stefan Struve (@StefanStruve) May 7, 2017
UFC Fight Night Rotterdam takes place on Saturday, September 2 from the Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands with no main event announced at this time. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which streams live on UFC Fight Pass.
