Zabit Magomedsharipov has no opponents to fight

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Following the loss of his main event opponent Yair Rodriguez, Zabit has announced he’s shutting down his training camp and returning to Russia.

Zabit just broke the news on his Instagram, releasing a statement where he explained that he will no longer be fighting on 29th August.

Fight Cancelled and back to Russia

Zabit Magomedsharipov was all set for a highly anticipated bout against Yair Rodriguez on Aug. 29, 2020. However, due to an ankle injury to Yair. It no longer looks like that’s the case.

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Zabit just broke the news on his Instagram, releasing a statement in Russian explaining the situation.

“As-salamu ‘alaykum greetings to all!” he wrote.

“I want to inform you that my fight on August 29 will not be happening. Rodriguez jumped out of the top 5 to replace anyone.

Fighting those who are even lower in the rankings is a step back. I asked for either a belt fight or a fight with some interesting opponent with a name. There were no offers, so we turn off our camp and return to Russia.”

“For the second time in a row @UFC breaks off preparation at the final stage,” he finished. “Thanks to everyone who supported and waited for this fight. The team and I did our best.”

UFC was unable to pull together either an opponent or a financial incentive lucrative enough to keep Magomedsharipov in the main event. It did seem like UFC was low on ideas, considering the most interesting option we saw was a rematch with the previous opponent Calvin Kattar.

During the post-fight collapse smack talk Yair had declared, “I’ll see you in October-November 5 rounds”. Perhaps after a month or two for the original Yair vs. Zabit main event might come back.

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