Shara Magomedov draws Armen Petrosyan at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi

[autotag]Shara Magomedov[/autotag] will get his wish of fighting at UFC 308, but not against his desired opponent.

Magomedov (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag] (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout Oct. 26 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UFC officials announced Monday morning. Armenia MMA was first to report the news.

Magomedov called out Nick Diaz after defeating Michal Oleksiejczuk in a Fight of the Night battle at UFC on ABC 7 in August. Meanwhile, Petrosyan is coming off a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira in February. Prior to that, he scored back-to-back wins over A.J. Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan.

With the addition, the latest UFC 308 lineup now includes:

• Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title

• Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker

• Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov

• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic

• Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

• Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy

• Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos

• Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima

• Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira

• Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki

• Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira

• Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.

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