Artem Vakhitov fights for the chance to earn a UFC contract when he faces Islem Masraf at Dana White’s Contender Sequence on Oct. 8 in Las Vegas, a number of individuals with data of the reserving instructed MMA Preventing following a report from MMA Propagande.
Vakhitov, identified for being the final man to beat UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in kickboxing, inked the deal days after an digital forwards and backwards with “Poatan”.
Vakhitov lately instructed MMA Preventing the Brazilian “has no defense”, to which Pereira responded by saying he gave the impression to be “a bit misplaced”. They went on to argue over their two bouts in GLORY, the place every received a choice.
Vakhitov was the GLORY gentle heavyweight champion till the kickboxing firm parted methods with all Russians athletes beneath contract instantly after the Russia-Ukraine battle started. Vakhitov ultimately transitioned to MMA, profitable twice this 12 months to deliver his file to 2-1.
Masraf went 2-0 as an newbie MMA fighter and has since gone 3-0 as an expert, capped off by a viral 10-second knockout over Mickael Groguhe at PFL Europe in March.
Damon Martin contributed to this report
