Islam Makhachev

On 10 days notice it was revealed that Beneil Dariush had been forced out of his UFC Vegas 49 main event fight against Makhachev. Wednesday afternoon brought the news that a planned main event bout between top-five lightweights Beneil Dariush 21-4-1 and Makhachev 21-1 was off after an injury forced.

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Jason Burgos Bobby Green will jump in on 10 days notice and face surging lightweight wrestling machine Islam Makhachev in the UFC Vegas 49 main event next weekend.

. For the second straight week the UFC has been forced to scratch a key lightweight main event. Beneil Dariush has suffered an injury that will prevent him from facing Islam Makhachev in the UFC Fight Night 202 headliner on Feb. News Corp is a.

However it didnt take long to get a backup plan together. Jump directly to the content. However shortly thereafter Bobby Green agreed to step up on short notice and take the fight but according to Makhachev three fighters were asked.

Green defeated Nasrat Haqparast by decision at UFC 271 on February 12 and not even a week later he agreed to headline UFC Vegas 49 on February 19 as he will take on Islam. Islam Makhachev says Bobby Green was not the first person that was asked to fight him. At Fridays official UFC Fight Night 202 weigh-ins Makhachev 21-1 MMA 10-1 UFC and Green 29-12-1 MMA 10-7-1 UFC had no issues on the scale as they successfully hit the 160-pound catchweight limit for their headlining matchup.

Even though Bobby Green is taking a fight against Islam Makhachev on 10 days notice Michael Bisping believes theres a good chance King gets his hand raised. Islam Makhachev could hardly have a better coach helping him rack up wins with MMA legend Khabib Nurmagomedov in his cornerSince retiring in 2020 t. LAS VEGAS The UFCs final main event of February between Islam Makhachev and Bobby Green is locked in.

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