There were no issues for the athletes who stepped on the scales for
their matchups on the Season 5 opener of Dana White’s Contender
Series, but one bout didn’t make it that far.
A proposed heavyweight clash pitting Dylan
Potter against Lukasz
Brzeski was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol. UFC officials
hope to rebook the fight at a later Contender Series event,
according to
MMAjunkie.com. As a result, Week 1 of the Contender Series will
move forward with four fights.
The Contender Series takes place on Tuesday at the UFC Apex in Las
Vegas and airs on ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m PT. The card is
headlined by a light heavyweight tilt pitting Azamat
Murzakanov (205.5 pounds) against Matheus
Scheffel (205.5).
Russia’s Murzakanov has been victorious in his first nine
professional bouts while competing for organizations such as Brave
Combat Federation, Absolute Championship Berkut and Ring of Combat.
Most recently, he knocked out Mohammed Fakhreddine in the first
round at Brave CF 29 to capture the promotion’s openweight
championship in November 2019.
Brazil’s Scheffel has compiled a 14-6 mark over the course of a
professional tenure that began in 2012. He has finished 10 of his
triumphs via knockout or technical knockout, including a
first-round TKO of
Fabio Augusto de Assis Vasconcelos at Future FC 9 in October
2019.
Dana White’s Contender Series Weigh-in Result:
Azamat
Murzakanov (205.5) vs. Matheus
Scheffel (205.5)
Diego
Lopes (145.5) vs. Joanderson
Sa de Brito (145.5)
Victor
Altamirano (125.5) vs. Carlos
Candelario (126)
A.J.
Fletcher (171) vs. Leonardo
Damiani (171)
Dylan
Potter (NA) vs. Lukasz
Brzeski (NA)*
Potter vs. Brzeski was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol.