A pair of bantamweight bouts have been added to next month’s UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi.
On Wednesday, UFC officials announced the addition of Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos and Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo to the Pay-Per-View card. The event takes place on October 26, 2024 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Basharat vs. Hugo had previously been reported by Ag.Fight, but not confirmed by promotion officials until now.
Nurmagomedov (18-3) has posted a 7-2 record thus far in his UFC run. He will be returning to action for the first time since October 2023, where he picked up a submission win against ONE Championship vet Muin Gafurov. Nurmagomedov was expected to face Montel Jackson in June, but withdrew from the bout.
Opponent Santos (11-2) has earned back-to-back wins over Johnny Munoz Jr. and John Castaneda.
Farid Basharat (12-0) remains a top, undefeated prospect. Representing Afghanistan, Basharat most recently earned a unanimous decision victory over Taylor Lapilus. He takes on Victor Hugo (25-4), a Brazilian with over twice the experience of his opponent.
UFC 308 is headlined by a featherweight title fight featuring champ Ilia Topuria taking on Max Holloway. The co-main event sees the long-awaited clash between middleweight contenders Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev finally (hopefully) transpire.
The following bouts have been reported for the card thus far:
- Ilia Topuria (c) vs. Max Holloway – for the UFC featherweight championship
- Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakić
- Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige
- Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
- Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Justin Tafa
- Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Mateusz Rębecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai
- Bruno Silva vs. Ismail Naurdiev
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
- Said Nurmagomedov vs. Daniel Santos
