A lightweight bout between former
UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and
Islam Makhachev was also expected to take place at the event.
[10] The pairing has previously been scheduled and cancelled twice. First in October 2020 at
UFC 254 and then two weeks later at
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. dos Anjos with both participants pulling out due to separate health related issues.
[11][12] However, dos Anjos was yet again forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. It is unclear if a replacement will be sought by the UFC officials.
[13]
A featherweight bout between
Zubaira Tukhugov and
Ricardo Ramos is expected to take place at this event.
[14] The pairing previously was scheduled to compete at
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad, but Tukhugov pulled out due to undisclosed reasons.
[15]
A light heavyweight bout between former light heavyweight title challenger
Volkan Oezdemir and
Magomed Ankalaev was originally expected to take place at
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till.
[16] However, the bout was postponed to this event for unknown reasons.
[17]
A middleweight bout between Alen Amedovski and Hu Yaozong is expected to take place at the event.
[18] The pairing was previously scheduled to take place at
UFC 264, but it was cancelled just hours before taking place due to
COVID-19 protocol issues in Amedovski's camp.
[19]
A featherweight bout between
Makwan Amirkhani and Tristan Connelly was expected to take place at the event.
[20] However, Connelly withdrew in early September for unknown reasons.
[21]
A middleweight bout between
Alessio Di Chirico and promotional newcomer Albert Duraev was briefly linked to the event.
[22] However, Di Chirico was removed from the pairing on 22 September for undisclosed reasons and replaced by Roman Kopylov.
[23]
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Hopefully there are no more hits to this card cause somehow it's still pretty decent.
