Sodiq
Yusuff will not remain on this Saturday’s
UFC Fight Night 210 card following the withdrawal of co-main
event opponent Giga
Chikadze.
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Instead, Yusuff will relocated to UFC
Fight Night 211 two weeks later, where he will welcome newcomer
Don
Shainis to the Octagon in a featherweight bout. The Las
Vegas-based promotion recently announced the update. UFC Fight
Night 211 takes place on Oct. 1 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a strawweight scrap between Mackenzie
Dern and Xiaonan
Yan.
The 29-year-old Yusuff has been victorious in five of his first six
promotional appearances — with his lone setback coming to ranked
featherweight Arnold
Allen. The Dana White’s Contender Series alum is coming off a
three-round verdict over Alex
Caceres at UFC Fight Night 203 on March 12.
A native of Stoughton, Mass., Shainis will take a five-fight
winning streak into his Octagon debut. Shainis is a Cage Titans
featherweight champion and has earned wins over the likes of UFC
veteran Cody
Pfister and ex-Bellator competitor Cris
Lencioni.