Fight news!
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— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155)
May 22, 2023
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Terrance
McKinney will lock horns with Nazim
Sadykhov in a lightweight bout at
UFC on ESPN 49 on July 15.
McKinney announced the pairing in a cowboy-themed video on social
media. UFC on ESPN 49 takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and
is headlined by a women’s bantamweight duel pitting Holly Holm
against Mayra
Bueno Silva.
After beginning his Octagon tenure with back-to-back first-round
finishes, McKinney has lost two of his last three UFC bouts. Most
recently, the 28-year-old Spokane, Wash., native suffered a
second-round KO defeat to Ismael
Bonfim at UFC 283 on Jan. 21.
Sadykhov scored a third-round KO of Ahmad
Sohail Hassanzada on Dana White’s Contender Series last August
before defeating Evan Elder
via technical knockout in his promotional debut at UFC Fight Night
219 on Feb. 18. The Long and Weidman MMA product owns an 8-1 career
mark, with seven triumphs coming inside the distance.