UFC heavyweight Alexey Oleinik was recently banned from entering his homeland of Ukraine.
Alexey Oleinik, a native of Ukraine for over 30 years, has been banned from entering his homeland.
The UFC fighter, who received Russian citizenship shortly following his promotional debut, informed Russian sports outlet MK that he was no longer allowed into his country.
"Actually, I only have one sentence about what happened: it is absurd. Power in the Ukraine has been illegally invaded by criminals, and now they're doing what they want. And if I can be there or not be, because I'm so there is rarely visited.