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It appears that Zabit
Magomedsharipov will not receive a replacement opponent at UFC
Fight Night on Aug. 29.
Last week, UFC president Dana White
confirmed that Yair
Rodriguez had withdrawn from a proposed featherweight clash
with Magomedsharipov due to injury. At the time, the promotion was
in the process of seeking a new foe for the 29-year-old
Dagestani.
However, Magomedsharipov announced in a recent Instagram post that
he has ended his camp and will return to Russia. The 29-year-old
Ricardo Almeida Jiu-Jitsu representative said that he “asked for
either a belt fight or a fight with some interesting opponent with
a name” and indicated that there were no offers that met those
requirements.
Magomedsharipov vs. Rodriguez was slated to be the headliner for
the event, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It is
unclear if the organization will find a new main event or bump one
of the previously scheduled fights, such as Anthony
Smith vs. Aleksandar
Rakic or Robbie
Lawler vs. Neil Magny,
to top billing.
Magomedsharipov has kicked off his UFC tenure with six consecutive
triumphs. Most recently, he outpointed Calvin
Kattar in a three-round headliner at UFC Fight Night 163 on
Nov. 9.