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LFA champion will get late UFC 311 alternative as substitute fighter

January 13, 2025 4:01 pm ET UFC 311 is undergoing a fight-week change. With Sedriques Dumas out of his preliminary fight against Zach Reese, LFA middleweight champion Azamat Bekoev has been tabbed to step in on five days’ notice. X user Octagon Update was first to report news of Dumas’ withdrawal, although no reason was

LFA champion will get late UFC 311 alternative as substitute fighter


UFC 311 is present process a fight-week change.

With Sedriques Dumas out of his preliminary combat in opposition to Zach Reese, LFA middleweight champion Azamat Bekoev has been tabbed to step in on 5 days’ discover. X consumer Octagon Update was first to report information of Dumas’ withdrawal, though no motive was acknowledged. MMA Junkie subsequently confirmed the addition of Bekoev with two folks near the state of affairs.

Bekoev’s administration, Sucker Punch Leisure, introduced the information on Instagram.

Bekoev (18-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC), 29, will debut at UFC 311 on a six-fight profitable streak and hasn’t tasted defeat since 2021. His profitable streak features a 4-0 run in LFA with two defenses of the promotion’s 185-pound title.

Reese (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), 30, has rebounded from dropping his UFC debut with back-to-back wins over Julian Marquez and Jose Medina.

With the change, the UFC 311 lineup now consists of:

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MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan – for light-weight title
  • Champ Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov – for bantamweight title
  • Jamahal Hill vs. Jiri Prochazka
  • Beneil Dariush vs. Renato Moicano
  • Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/Disney+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Billy Elekana vs. Bogdan Guskov
  • Raoni Barcelos vs. Payton Talbott
  • Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac
  • Azamat Bekoev vs. Zach Reese

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)

  • Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira
  • Ailin Perez vs. Karol Rosa
  • Muin Gafurov vs. Rinya Nakamura
  • Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
  • Clayton Carpenter vs. Tagir Ulanbekov

For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 311.

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