UFC 311 has undergone one other change with a change to a preliminary struggle simply 5 days earlier than the occasion is scheduled to happen.
Sedriques Dumas is now not competing on Saturday for undisclosed causes. In his place steps LFA middleweight champion Azamat Bekeov, who’s now slated to face Zachary Reese at UFC 311 from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
A number of folks with data of the promotion’s plans confirmed the information to MMA Combating on Monday. ZacLikesMMA first reported the change on Twitter.
With an 18-3 file total, Bekoev joins the UFC roster on a six-fight win streak together with three consecutive victories in title fights. The 29-year-old Russian shared his pleasure about getting the decision to signal with the UFC after his supervisor, Brian Butler from Suckerpunch Leisure, gave him the information.
As for Reese, the Contender Sequence veteran appears to be like to construct on back-to-back wins after demolishing Julian Marquez in simply 20 seconds after which scoring a unanimous resolution over Jose Medina this previous August.
Total, Reese sports activities a 2-1 file within the UFC together with his solely loss coming from a freak slam the place he was knocked out by Cody Brundage again in 2023.
UFC 311 goes down Saturday evening from Los Angeles with Reese vs. Bekeov becoming a member of the preliminary card whereas a pair of title fights headline the present as light-weight king Islam Makhachev defends his belt towards Arman Tsarukyan in the principle occasion whereas Merab Dvalishvili takes on undefeated bantamweight Umar Nurmagomedov within the co-main occasion.
Mike Heck contributed to this report
