March 12, 2025 6:27 pm ET
Ranked gentle heavyweights will collide on Could 17.
At a UFC Fight Night occasion, Johnny Walker and Azamat Murzakanov will sq. off in a three-round battle. Two folks with data of the matchup not too long ago knowledgeable MMA Junkie of the reserving however requested to stay nameless because the promotion has but to make an official announcement.
The occasion has been publicly rumored by some fighters and their administration teams to be slated for Qatar, although the promotion has but to announce the cardboard or its location.
Walker (21-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) goals to snap a two-fight skid that consists of knockout losses to present UFC gentle heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev and perennial contender Volkan Oezdemir.
Murzakanov (14-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) returns from a six-month drug test suspension that knocked him out of a UFC 309 showdown vs. Nikita Krylov in November. UFC antidoping program CSAD decided the constructive drug check was resulting from a dietary complement that didn’t have the banned substance listed on the label. Murzakanov enters the bout with UFC wins over Tafon Nchukwi, Devin Clark, Dustin Jacoby, and Alonzo Menifield. With the addition, the UFC Battle Night time lineup for Could 17 consists of:
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