Poteri and Magomedov bout canceled: the Ukrainian is appointed a new fight

UFC Ukrainian middleweight Igor Losing, who was scheduled to fight Dagestan Sharabutdin Magomedov on June 22 at the promotion's debut event in Saudi Arabia, will have his next fight earlier than scheduled.

Insider Alex Behunin reported on Social Network X that Losing has agreed to replace Mahmud Muradov in a fight against Michel Pereira. The meeting will take place on May 4 as part of the UFC 301 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Recall that in February at the show UFC Fight Night 236 Loss returned to the winning rut after two defeats in a row, defeating Robert Brycek by unanimous decision of judges. The 27-year-old "Duelist" has a total of 20 wins and five losses in professional MMA.