![]() Lerone Murphy stepped in to replace Connelly. However, Connelly withdrew in early September due to unknown reasons. Ī featherweight bout between Makwan Amirkhani and Tristan Connelly was expected to take place at the event. However, Amedovski was removed from the event due to undisclosed reasons and replaced by Andre Petroski. The pairing was previously scheduled to take place at UFC 264, but it was cancelled just hours before taking place due to COVID-19 protocol issues in Amedovski's camp. Ī middleweight bout between Alen Amedovski and Hu Yaozong was expected to take place at the event. ![]() However, the bout was postponed to this event for unknown reasons. Ī light heavyweight bout between former light heavyweight title challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Magomed Ankalaev was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Muhammad, but Tukhugov pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. The pairing previously was scheduled to compete at UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Ī featherweight bout between Zubaira Tukhugov and Ricardo Ramos took place at this event. However, dos Anjos was yet again forced to withdraw from the bout due to injury. dos Anjos with both participants pulling out due to separate health related issues. First in October 2020 at UFC 254 and then two weeks later at UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. The pairing has previously been scheduled and cancelled twice. Ī lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and Islam Makhachev was also expected to take place at the event. Cory Sandhagen stepped in for Sterling for an interim championship. However, on September 25, Sterling withdrew from the contest due to lingering neck issues. The duo had previously met earlier this year at UFC 259 with Sterling winning the fight (and title) by disqualification (intentional illegal knee strike) in the fourth round, becoming the first fighter to win a UFC title by disqualification. Ī UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion Aljamain Sterling and the former champion Petr Yan was expected to take place at this event. Former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka served as backup and potential replacement for this fight. However, the bout was pushed back in late June and headlined this event. Ī UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current champion Jan Błachowicz (also former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion) and former title challenger Glover Teixeira was expected to take place at UFC 266. ![]() It was the first numbered UFC event that was not pay-per-view in the United States since UFC 138 in 2011. ![]() This event took place in the evening in Abu Dhabi, which was the morning and afternoon in North America. ![]()
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