Artem Lobov was initially scheduled to face Ylies Djiroun for the lightweight title in the main event at Arena Fight 2 in France on Saturday. But the entire event has been postponed after several staff members of the promotion tested positive for COVID-19.
In a recent press release, European MMA promotion Arena Fight Championship announced the decision to postpone the event, which was set to go down on December 12.
Artem Lobov was about to make his return to MMA for the first time since 2018, where he succumbed to a unanimous decision loss against Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith. The last time Artem was seen in action was in a bare-knuckle fight in BKFC in 2019.
Artem Lobov is a teammate and dear friend of former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor. As McGregor gears up to return to the octagon in 2021 against Dustin Poirier, Lobov said that the Irishman would definitely emerge victorious in his rematch just like the first time around. Lobov claimed that McGregor’s precise striking would prove to be too much for Poirier to handle.
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