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Farah Hannoun

Shara Magomedov draws Armen Petrosyan at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi

Shara Magomedov will get his wish of fighting at UFC 308, but not against his desired opponent.

Magomedov (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets Armen Petrosyan (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout Oct. 26 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UFC officials announced Monday morning. Armenia MMA was first to report the news.

Magomedov called out Nick Diaz after defeating Michal Oleksiejczuk in a Fight of the Night battle at UFC on ABC 7 in August. Meanwhile, Petrosyan is coming off a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira in February. Prior to that, he scored back-to-back wins over A.J. Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan.

With the addition, the latest UFC 308 lineup now includes:

  • Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
  • Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
  • Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
  • Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
  • Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
  • Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
  • Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
  • Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
  • Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
  • Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
  • Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
  • Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.

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