Ukrainian UFC fighter Igor Losing will not fight Russian Sharabutdin Magomedov, better known as Shara Bullet. It was announced today that their confrontation, which was scheduled to take place on June 22 in Saudi Arabia as part of UFC On ABC 6, has been canceled. Losing will compete at UFC 301, which will take place on May 4 in Rio de Janeiro. His opponent will be Michelle Pereira. Igor will step in to replace Mahmud Muradov, who pulled out of his fight against Pereira.
In his last fight, Losing beat Robert Brycek by judge's decision. The Ukrainian took the fight on short notice, dropping down to the middleweight limit. Prior to that, Losing had lost two consecutive fights in the UFC.
