Top UFC featherweight contender Zabit Magomedsharipov won’t fight on August 29th after the UFC was unable to find a suitable replacement for Yair Rodriguez.
The pair were first scheduled to fight back in August 2018, but an injury forced Rodriguez out of the fight. Fast forward two years later, and history has repeated itself. Last week, Rodriguez pulled out of their main event fight next month due to a foot injury.
After Zabit’s requests for a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski, or a fight with a worthy opponent were denied, the Russian says he now won’t fight on August 29th entirely.