Kazakhstan's Rising Flyweight Contender Plans On Turning His Unexpected Main Event Chance Into A Championship Opportunity Later In 2025
By Simon Head, On X: @simonheadsport • Feb. 28, 2025
With Brandon Royval ruled out of his UFC Vegas 103 main event bout with Manel Kape, Asu Almabayev was handed the opportunity of his career, and the in-form flyweight plans on making the most of it.
Thirty-one-year-old Almabayev has done everything right so far in his UFC career, and the 21-2 contender has won each of his four Octagon appearances to date.
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And, after prepping to face Brazil's Allan Nascimento this weekend, Almayabev heard about Royval's withdrawal from the event and immediately threw his hat in the ring to replace him against Kape.