Russian UFC fighter Magomed Ankalayev said that if the organizers of UFC 310 need his unscheduled participation, he is ready to fight at this tournament in Las Vegas.
On Thursday it became known that UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad withdrew from the fight against Kazakhstan’s Shavkat Rakhmonov due to medical reasons. Their confrontation was supposed to be the main event of the UFC 310 evening. According to MMA Mania, the tournament organizers turned to Brazilian Alex Pereira and offered him a fight with Ankalaev. The tournament will take place on December 7 in Las Vegas.
— I spoke to my manager. If the UFC needs me on December 7, then I’m in. Let’s go,” Ankalaev wrote on the social network X.
Last weekend, the Russian defeated Austrian fighter of Serbian origin Aleksandar Rakic by unanimous decision at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi.
Ankalaev, 32, has 19 wins and one loss in MMA, he also tied a fight and one of his fights was declared invalid. Current light heavyweight champion Pereira has won 12 fights with two defeats.
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