Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar have no issues taking over the headline billing for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 163 event.
The card takes place from Moscow, Russia, airing live on ESPN+ from the CSKA Arena.
Magomedsharipov enters having won all five of his UFC fights, including a recent victory over Jeremy Stephens. He has scored three “fight night” bonuses in those five bouts.
Kattar is 20-3 overall and finished former UFC title contender Ricardo Lamas this past June. He has won four of his five fights inside the Octagon.
The event was to feature former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos taking on ex-Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov. Dos Santos, though, was forced out with a bacterial infection.
Greg Hardy, a former NFL all-pro, has stepped in for dos Santos to face Volkov.
Other planned main card bouts include Zelim Imadaev vs. Danny Roberts, Khadis Ibragimov vs. Ed Herman, Ramazan Emeev vs. Anthony Rocco Martin and Shamil Gamazatov vs. Klidson Abreu.
In 2018, Zabit Magomedsharipov made a name for himself by earning a victory over Kyle Bochniak at UFC 223.
It was the first time competing on pay-per-view for the Russian, and his third consecutive “fight night” bonus. He had previously won “Performance of the Night” honors for submissions over Sheymon Moraes and Mike Santiago.
Now, riding a five-fight UFC win streak and 13-fight win streak overall, Magomedsharipov headlines UFC Fight Night 163 opposite Calvin Kattar this weekend.
Magomedsharipov and Kattar headline the card after an injury knocked former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos out.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Calvin Kattar
Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov vs. Greg Hardy
Welterweight: Zelim Imadaev vs. Danny Roberts
Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Light Heavyweight: Shamil Gamzatov vs. Klidson Abreu
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+)
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Dalcha Lungiambula
Welterweight: Rustam Khabilov vs. Sergey Khandozhko
Middleweight: Roman Kopylov vs. Karl Roberson
Welterweight: Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. David Zawada
Lightweight: Alexander Yakovlev vs. Roosevelt Roberts
Female Bantamweight: Pannie Kianzad vs. Jessica-Rose Clark
Bantamweight: Grigorli Popov vs. Davey Grant
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