Azamat Murzakanov is out of UFC 309.
On Wednesday, MMA Preventing confirmed that Murzakanov is out of his scheduled battle towards Nikita Krylov subsequent Saturday. It’s unclear presently if the UFC is in search of a substitute fighter for Murzakanov. Nolan King was first to report the information.
At present ranked No. 11 within the UFC mild heavyweight rankings, Murzakanov is undefeated in his MMA profession, with 4 wins within the UFC since becoming a member of the promotion off the Contender Sequence in 2021. Most just lately Murzakanov knocked out Alonzo Menifield again at UFC Abu Dhabi in August, and was seeking to proceed climbing the sunshine heavyweight rankings.
Krylov is presently the No. 6-ranked mild heavyweight within the UFC. Initially a heavyweight, Krylov put collectively a 5-2 run within the UFC mild heavyweight division earlier than leaving the promotion in 2017. He returned in 2018 the place’s he’s been up-and-down since. Nonetheless, Krylov is presently using a three-fight successful streak, most just lately submitting Ryan Spann in March of 2023.
UFC 309 takes place on Nov. 16 at Madison Sq. Backyard and is headlined by a heavyweight title battle between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.
