2nd fight contract signed in less than a
week. Anyone anywhere anytime.
pic.twitter.com/tU8eig2vIa— Jack ‘Tank’ Shore (@jackshoremma)
August 25, 2021
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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. A competitor on the most recent season of “The Ultimate
Fighter” will be getting a shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship on short
notice. MMA
DNA and
MMA Fighting were the first to report the news that Zviad
Lazishvili has suffered an ankle injury and has been forced out
of his bantamweight match against Jack Shore
(14-0). In his stead at
UFC Fight Night 191 will be Liudvik
Sholinian (9-1-1), who is in turn the second replacement for
Said
Nurmagomedov. The portion of the report that claimed that
Lazishvili has been released from the promotion altogether has
been disputed, while the news of this booking itself has been
subsequently confirmed by the promotion.
The unbeaten Shore, with a high finish rate of 86 percent, has
rattled off three victories inside the Octagon since signing in
2019. A pair of rear-naked chokes of Nohelin
Hernandez and Aaron
Phillips led to a scrap with Hunter
Azure in April. In that tilt, the Welshman went the distance
for just the second time in his pro career. A submission artist by
trade, the ex-Cage Warriors Fighting Championship champ has
recorded seven of his eight career tapouts by rear-naked choke.
Although he competed on his season of TUF and took a decision over
top pick Mitch
Raposo, Sholinian’s last pro bout came in 2019. The once-beaten
Ukrainian’s lone defeat came under the Bellator MMA banner, and he rebounded by winning four
times, with a notable victory over future UFC rostermate Vince
Cachero in the Legacy Fighting Alliance cage.
In addition to the news of Lazishvili’s withdrawal, Sergey
Khandozhko will no longer be facing David
Zawada at this fight card. Like the aforementioned withdrawal
news, the fight booking change was first reported by MMA
DNA. Alex Morono
will be stepping in to take on Zawada, and the organization also
confirmed this switch as well.
UFC Fight Night 191 has seen its fair share of structural changes,
include a relocation from London to Las Vegas due to the
coronavirus pandemic. The marquee matchup on this Sept. 4 card is a
middleweight battle between Derek
Brunson and Darren Till.
Drawing the co-main assignment is a heavyweight rumble between
Tom
Aspinall and Sergei
Pavlovich, while Ariane
Lipski vs. Mandy Bohm
at flyweight will serve as the featured fight on the card.
