Almost eighteen months after leaving the UFC, Nikita Krylov has re-signed with the promotion and will fight Jan Blachowicz at UFC Moscow in his return.
After an initial report from MMA Team Dagestan that Krylov had been granted a release from Fight Nights Global in order to return to the UFC, the promotion revealed on Thursday that Krylov will return to fight Blachowicz on September 15th.
After leaving the UFC in free agency, Krylov (24-5) has won four straight fights, mostly competing under the Fight Nights Global banner. The Ukrainian, who has never seen the distance in his six-year MMA career, is coming off consecutive knockout victories over Fabio Maldonado and Emmanuel Newton.