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Khaybulaev’s 2023 Professional Fighters League campaign has
reached a premature end.

The organization announced on Wednesday that Khaybulaev is out of
his featherweight semifinal matchup against Gabriel
Braga. As a result, Chris Wade
will get a spot in the postseason and square off against Braga on
Aug. 4.

A reason for Khaybulaev’s exit was not given. A PFL champion in
2021, Khaybulaev rolled through the 2023 regular season with
victories over Ryoji Kudo
and Tyler
Diamond. The 32-year-old Dagestani is unbeaten in 23
professional outings and has won seven straight bouts since a no
contest against Daniel
Pineda in 2019.

Wade has made the PFL playoffs on four different occasions, notably
falling to Khaybulaev in the 2021 final. He dropped a unanimous
decision to Bubba
Jenkins in the PFL season opener before submitting Kudo in his
second appearance at PFL 4.

Braga, meanwhile, is enjoying a successful first PFL campaign.
After besting Ago Huskic
on the Challenger Series in March, the Brazilian took a split
verdict over Jesus
Pinedo on a day’s notice at PFL 1. He followed that effort with
a first-round stoppage of UFC veteran Marlon
Moraes at PFL 4 to punch his ticket to the postseason.

PFL 7 takes place at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio,
Texas, and features the featherweight and light heavyweight
semifinals. The main card airs on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

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