Dumas Out Of UFC 311, LFA Champion Gets The Call On Five Days Notice

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“The Reaper” will not fight this weekend (and he’s not fighting a Crips gang member)
Multiple sources confirmed to MMAmania.com today (Mon, Jan. 13, 2025) that Ultimate Fig…


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“The Reaper” will not fight this weekend (and he’s not fighting a Crips gang member)

Multiple sources confirmed to MMAmania.com today (Mon, Jan. 13, 2025) that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Sedriques Dumas is out of his scheduled UFC 311 fight against Zachary Reese. Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) Middleweight champion Azamat Bekoev will step in on five days’ notice to face Reese.

4oz to Freedom was the first to report the news.

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Reese (8-1) is riding a two-fight win streak leading into his UFC 311 fight. Unfortunately, he snapped his 100% finish rate in his last outing when he defeated Jose Media via unanimous decision. Before the Medina fight, “Savage” finished every single opponent in under five minutes – five by knockout and two by submission.

Bekoev (18-3) enters UFC as the LFA Middleweight champion. The Russian won the interim LFA championship against Dylan Budka, unified the title against Lucas Fernando, and then defended it once against Chauncey Foxworth. Bekoev is riding a six-fight win streak and holds a 77% finish streak with eight submissions and six knockouts.

With the addition of Reese vs. Bekoev, here is the finalized UFC 311 fight card.

UFC 311 PPV Main Card on ESPN+ PPV:

155 lbs.: UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan

135 lbs.: UFC Bantamweight Champion Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov

265 lbs.: Jailton Almeida vs. Serghei Spivac

205 lbs.: Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill

185 lbs.: Kevin Holland vs. Reinier de Ridder

UFC 311 ‘Prelims’ Card on ESPNN/Disney+/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):

135 lbs.: Rinya Nakamura vs. Muin Gafurov

205 lbs.: Bogdan Guskov vs. Billy Elekana

135 lbs.: Karol Rosa vs. Ailín Perez

185 lbs.: Zach Reese vs. Azamat Bekoev

UFC 311 Early ‘Prelims’ Card on Disney+/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET):

135 lbs.: Payton Talbott vs. Raoni Barcelos

135 lbs.: Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopai

155 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Diego Ferreira

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