Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight top contender is competing later this month.
Today (Mon., Sept. 30, 2024), Abu Dhabi Extreme Championship (ADXC) announced via their social media that the presumed next challenger for the UFC Bantamweight championship, Umar Nurmagomedov, will grapple former Bellator Bantamweight champion Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas at ADXC 6 on Oct. 25 inside Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu match will be held at Featherweight.
Former UFC Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling competed at ADXC earlier this year.
Nurmagomedov is staying active while waiting for UFC’s call that he’s next for Merab Dvalishvili. The undefeated Russian is coming off a five-round demolishing of Cory Sandhagen to earn him a shot at the UFC Bantamweight title – even though Dvalishvili doesn’t think he’s earned it.
Nurmagomedov sits pretty with an 18-0 record and is 6-0 in UFC.
Dantas, 35, was robbed of a UFC contract in 2022 as UFC CEO Dana White wasn’t impressed with his violent second-round knockout of Jose Alday during his Lookin’ For a Fight show. The Brazilian lost his next fight.
Dantas is a two-time Bellator champion and went 11-4 in the promotion.
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