UFC
309 has lost a couple of its original fights less than two
weeks before the event.
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According to MMAjunkie.com, Azamat
Murzakanov has withdrawn from a preliminary light heavyweight
clash against Nikita
Krylov for undisclosed reasons. It’s unclear if Krylov will
remain on the card against a replacement opponent.
Meanwhile, Lucas
Almeida has pulled out of a featherweight showdown with
David
Onama, also for undisclosed reasons. MMAFighting.com was first to report the news.
Onama is expected remain on the card against a different
opponent.
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Murzakanov is undefeated in 14 professional outings — including
four in the UFC. He is coming off a second-round knockout of
Alonzo
Menifield at UFC on ABC 7. Krylov has won three straight
outings, including a first-round submission of Ryan Spann in
his last Octagon appearance in March 2023.
Almeida is 2-2 in the promotion and last competed at UFC on ESPN
58, where he snapped a two-bout skid with a decision triumph over
Timoth Cuamba. Onama, meanwhile, has earned back-to-back UFC wins
against Jonathan
Pearce and Gabriel
Santos.
UFC 309 takes place on Nov. 16 at Madison Square Garden in New York
and is headlined by a heavyweight title tilt between Jon Jones and
Stipe
Miocic. The main card is available via pay-per-view on ESPN+
beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The prelims begin on ESPN+ at 6
p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT before moving to ESPNEWS/ESPN+/Hulu/FX at 8 p.m.
ET/5 p.m. PT.