Flyweight prospect Muhammad
Mokaev will lock horns with Malcolm
Gordon at
UFC 280.
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ESPN
was first to report the 125-pound booking. UFC 280 takes place on
Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and is headlined by a
lightweight championship showdown between Charles
Oliveira and Islam
Makhachev. In the co-main event, Aljamain
Sterling will defend the bantamweight crown against T.J.
Dillashaw.
Muhammad is unbeaten in nine professional outings, including a pair
of triumphs in UFC competition. In his last outing, “The Punisher”
landed 12 takedowns en route to a unanimous decision victory over
Charles
Johnson at UFC Fight Night 208 in London on July 23.
After coming up short in his first two UFC appearances, Gordon has
won back-to-back fights in the Las Vegas-based promotion. The
former TKO MMA flyweight champion is coming off a first-round
stoppage of Denys
Bondar at UFC Fight Night 200 on Feb. 5, a victory that ran his
professional record to 14-5.