The surging Sharabutdin Magomedov has his next assignment in the calendar, and it comes on a major card.
Unbeaten in three UFC fights to date, Magomedov (14-0) has only grown his prominence since arriving on mixed martial arts' biggest stage in October 2023. After a debut win over Bruno Silva, the Dagestani reeled off victories over Antonio Trócoli and Michał Oleksiejczuk this past summer.
And Magomedov's work for 2024 is not complete yet. After emerging victorious in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi thus far into his Octagon tenure, "Bullet" is once again set to make the walk in the Middle East.
The promotion announced this week that Magomedov will share the cage with Armen Petrosyan (9-3) as part of the stacked UFC 308 lineup in Abu Dhabi on October 26.
Magomedov Targets Fourth Straight UFC Win At Petrosyan's Expense
When he makes the walk at Etihad Arena, Magomedov will look to keep his undefeated professional and UFC records intact.
The latest man tasked with blemishing the Russian's slate is Petrosyan, a Muay Thai specialist who has experienced a mixed bag of things in the UFC to date. After earning a contract with a brutal head kick knockout on Dana White's Contender Series in 2021, the Armenian announced his arrival by outpointing the highly regarded Gregory Rodrigues.
"Superman" has since gone 2-2, losing out to current top-five contender Caio Borralho and most recently Rodolfo Vieira, with consecutive decision wins over AJ Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan sandwiched between those setbacks.
He'll now look to secure what would go down as his biggest win to date at the expense of a name touted by some to quickly rise the ranks at 185 pounds.
With this addition, the current fights expected to take place at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 26 are as follows:
- Ilia Topuria (C) vs. Max Holloway (featherweight championship main event)
- Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev (middleweight co-main event)
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakić (light heavyweight)
- Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige (featherweight)
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov (heavyweight)
- Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos (welterweight)
- Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan (middleweight)
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (welterweight)
- Mateusz Rębecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai (lightweight)
- Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (heavyweight)
- Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira (light heavyweight)
