There have been a couple changes to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s final pay-per-view of
2024.
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The promotion announced on Wednesday that Kennedy
Nzechukwu will replace the injured Talisson
Teixeira and face Lukasz
Brzeski in a heavyweight clash at UFC 310.
Additionally, Martin
Buday has been removed from a proposed heavyweight matchup
against Rizvan
Kuniev due to injury and as a result, the bout has been
canceled. The nature of the injuries to Teixeira and Buday were not
revealed.
UFC 310 takes place on Dec. 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and is headlined by a flyweight title tilt pitting Alexandre
Pantoja against Kai Askaura. In the co-main event, Shavkat
Rakhmonov will square off against Ian
Garry.
After competing at 205 pounds for the majority of his promotional
tenure, Nzechukwu made his heavyweight debut at UFC 308,
where he defeated Chris
Barnett via first-round TKO on Oct. 26. That snapped a two-bout
skid for the Fortis
MMA product, who is 7-5 over the course of his UFC career.
Brzeski has lost four of his five Octagon appearances. Most
recently, he suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of
Mick
Parkin at UFC 304
on July 27.
Buday is 5-1 under the UFC banner. In his last outing, the
33-year-old Slovakia native captured a split-decision triumph
against Andrei
Arlovski at UFC 303.
Kuniev is still awaiting his promotional debut. The 32-year-old
Dagestani has secured a pair of finishes on
Dana White’s Contender Series, most recently stopping Hugo Cunha
inside of a round on Aug. 20.