It appears that Nick Diaz’s

Ultimate Fighting Championship
return has run into some
complications.

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During the UFC
on ESPN 60
broadcast on Saturday night, it was announced the
Diaz vs. Vicente
Luque
bout that was scheduled for Abu Dhabi on Aug. 3 has been
postponed due to “travel issues.” As a result, a middleweight clash
between Sharabutdin
Magomedov
and Michal
Oleksiejczuk
has been added to the
UFC on ABC 7
lineup and will serve as the card’s new main
event. It was also revealed that the promotion hopes to reschedule
Diaz vs. Luque, but a date for that is currently unknown.

Commonly known as “Shara Bullet,” Magomedov is undefeated in 13
professional outings. The 30-year-old Dagestani has kicked off his
promotional tenure with a unanimous decision win over Bruno Silva
at UFC 294 and a third-round TKO of Antonio
Trocoli
at UFC on ABC 6.

Poland’s Oleksiejczuk has dropped three of his last four Octagon
appearances. Most recently, he suffered a first-round submission
defeat to Kevin
Holland
at UFC 302 on June 1.

Diaz hasn’t competed since falling to Robbie
Lawler
via third-round TKO at UFC 266 in September 2021. Luque,
meanwhile, is coming off a second-round TKO defeat to Joaquin
Buckley
at UFC on ESPN 54 this past March.

UFC on ABC 7 takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and is
headlined by a bantamweight showdown between Cory
Sandhagen
and Umar
Nurmagomedov
. The main card airs on ABC and ESPN+ at 3 p.m.
ET/noon PT, while prelims will be broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN+
beginning at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.

IMAK ADMIN

By IMAK ADMIN

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