A heavyweight rematch that had been set for Abu Dhabi now will happen in a special desert.
In accordance with a report from La Sueur, an Alexander Volkov (38-10 MMA, 12-4 UFC) harm has pushed his combat with Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC)) from UFC 308 subsequent month to UFC 310 in December. UFC officers have but to formalize the change.
UFC 308 is about for Oct. 26 at Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi. Now the large males will throw down a second time Dec. 7 at T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Former Bellator champion Volkov has received 4 straight fights in opposition to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Alexandr Romanov, Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich to place himself firmly again into title competition. That’s a spot he was when he first fought Gane in mid-2021. In that headliner, Gane walked away with a unanimous determination win.
Within the aftermath, Volkov rebounded with a win over Marcin Tybura, then was submitted by present interim champion Tom Aspinall earlier than he went on his present 4-0 run. That run consists of first-round knockouts of Rozenstruik and Romanov and a second-round submission of Tuivasa.
Gane beat Volkov of their first combat whereas he was on his ascension up the heavyweight ladder. It moved him to 9-0 and led to an interim heavyweight title combat with Derrick Lewis at UFC 265, which he received by third-round knockout. Gane dropped a choice in January 2022 to Francis Ngannou in a title unification bout, however it didn’t take him lengthy to work his means again.
After a third-round bonus-winning knockout of Tuivasa, Gane received one other title shot when he fought Jon Jones for the belt left vacant by Ngannou’s transfer to the PFL. However Jones submitted him in about two minutes to turn into champion, and put Gane again within the pack.
A yr in the past, Gane bounced again with a bonus-winning knockout of Sergei Spivac in entrance of his house followers in Paris, and that arrange the essential combat with Volkov.
With the change, the UFC 308 lineup now consists of:
- Champ Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
- Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
- Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Geoff Neal
- Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
- Stated Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos
- Brunno Ferreira vs. Abus Magomedov
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Justin Tafa
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
- Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
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