Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Ex-UFC flyweight contender Askar
Askarov has signed with Absolute Championship Akhmat.
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The promotion announced the news on Saturday. Askarov asked to be
released from his UFC contract late last year, and the Las
Vegas-based organization
granted that request. A date for his ACA debut is currently
unknown.
“Due to my return being delayed due to medical reasons and being my
last fight under my contract, I asked UFC to release me,” Askarov
wrote on Instagram last October. “To which, I received a positive
response. First, let’s put our health in order, and then we will
see what and how.”
Askarov suffered his first loss in 16 professional outings last
March, when he dropped a unanimous verdict to Kai Kara
France at UFC on ESPN 33. He wouldn’t compete again in 2022, as
he pulled out of proposed fights against the likes of Brandon
Royval and Alex
Perez.
The 30-year-old Dagestani is a former Absolute Championship Berkut
title holder who owns wins over Joseph
Benavidez, Alexandre
Pantoja and Tim Elliott
in UFC competition. He also fought current UFC flyweight champion
Brandon
Moreno to a draw in September 2019.