While still loaded with prominent names and big stakes, next month’s UFC 308 pay-per-view has lost one of its main card matchups.
After staging a UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi early last month, mixed martial arts’ leading promotion will soon be back in the Middle East for its annual October numbered event at the Etihad Arena.
And the UFC has put together a stacked card for the occasion, headlined by a highly anticipated featherweight title fight between Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway. Setting the stage for them will be a rearranged middleweight showdown that sees Khamzat Chimaev return against Robert Whittaker.
Among a slew of other ranked collisions was set to be a heavyweight rematch between former interim champion Ciryl Gane and charging Russian Alexander Volkov. That, however, doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.
Per French outlet La Sueur, the bout has been postponed due to an injury on the side of “Drago.” The pair are now expected to run back their 2021 bout at UFC 310 in Las Vegas on December 7.
With this news, 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)
- Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos (welterweight)
- Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan (middleweight)
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (welterweight)
- Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos (bantamweight)
- Mateusz Rębecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai (lightweight)
- Bruno Silva vs. Ismail Naurdiev (middleweight)
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo (bantamweight)
- Justin Tafa vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (heavyweight)
- Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira (light heavyweight)
