Billy
Elekana will replace Johnny
Walker and square off against Bogdan
Guskov at UFC
311.
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The Las Vegas-based promotion announced the new light heavyweight
booking on Monday. Walker recently revealed that he would be
forced to withdraw from UFC 311 due to a “bad injury.”
A native of Apple Valley, California, Elekana has been victorious
in seven of his eight professional outings since beginning his
career in 2021. The 29-year-old has notably earned victories
competing for
Professional Fighters League and
Legacy Fighting Alliance. In his lone appearance of 2024,
Elekana stopped Jureall
Simmons in the opening stanza at Lights Out Extreme Fighting 18
this past July.
After suffering a first-round submission loss to Volkan
Oezdemir in his Octagon debut, Guskov has rebounded to score
back-to-back KO/TKO wins against Zac Pauga and
Ryan
Spann in UFC competition.
UFC 311 takes place on Saturday at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles
and is headlined by a lightweight title tilt between Islam
Makhachev and Arman
Tsarukyan.