Shara Magomedov will get his want of preventing at UFC 308, however not in opposition to his desired opponent.
Magomedov (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets Armen Petrosyan (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout Oct. 26 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Etihad Area in Abu Dhabi, UFC officers introduced Monday morning. Armenia MMA was first to report the information.
Magomedov known as out Nick Diaz after defeating Michal Oleksiejczuk in a Battle of the Evening battle at UFC on ABC 7 in August. In the meantime, Petrosyan is coming off a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira in February. Previous to that, he scored back-to-back wins over A.J. Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan.
With the addition, the newest UFC 308 lineup now consists of:
- Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
- Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
- Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
- Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
- Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
- Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
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