Tim
Elliott will take his next Ultimate Fighting Championship
assignment on less than a week’s notice.
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The former flyweight challenger will replace Allan
Nascimento and lock horns with Su Mudaerji
at
UFC Fight Night 233 on Saturday. Elliott recently confirmed the
news on social media. The new matchup was initially
reported by Patrick McCorry, while
Ag.Fight brought word of Nascimento’s withdrawal. Elliott vs.
Mudaerji will be contested at bantamweight.
UFC Fight Night 233 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is
headlined by a bantamweight scrap pitting Yadong Song
against Chris
Gutierrez. The main card airs on ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT,
while prelims stream on ESPN+ beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
Elliott will make a relatively quick turnaround after suffering a
third-round submission defeat to Muhammad
Mokaev at UFC 294 on Oct. 21. Prior to that, “The Ultimate
Fighter 24” winner had been victorious in four of his previous five
Octagon appearances.
Mudaerji, meanwhile, had a three-bout winning streak snapped in his
last outing, when he fell to Matt
Schnell via second-round submission at UFC on ABC 3 in July
2022.