Ahmad
Sohail Hassanzada’s
UFC debut has been put on hold after he was arrested on two
felony charges over the weekend.
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According to Sacramento County Main Jail records, Hassanzada has
been charged with a lewd or lavicious act with a child under 14 and
a lewd act on a child/victim aged 14 or 15 where the defendant is
10 or more years older than the victim. Bail has been set at
$400,000, and Hassanzada’s next court appearance is scheduled for
Tuesday. Ag.Fight was first to report the news.
Hassanzada was slated to make his first Octagon foray against
Evan
Elder at UFC
Kansas City on Saturday. Without mentioning the arrest, the
promotion announced that Gauge Young
will now face Elder on the card, which is also known as UFC on ESPN
66.
A native of Kabul, Afghanistan, Hassanzada made his second
appearance on
Dana White’s Contender Series this past September, where he
earned a UFC contract with a third-round submission of Dylan
Mantello. The 28-year-old
Team Alpha Male product owns an 11-3 mark and has compete for
organizations such as Cage Warriors and Legacy Fighting Alliance
over the course of a professional tenure that began in 2016.
UFC on ESPN 66 takes place at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City,
Missouri, and is headlined by a welterweight duel pitting Ian Garry
against Carlos
Prates.