Baysangur Susurkaev made fairly a primary impression with a devastating physique shot knockout on The Contender Sequence on Tuesday to earn his UFC contract, and now he’s already booked his octagon debut simply three days later.
The 9-0 middleweight is making an extremely fast turnaround to face Eric Nolan at UFC 319 on Saturday from the United Heart in Chicago. A number of folks with information of the promotion’s plans confirmed the information to MMA Preventing on Wednesday after ZacLikesMMA first posted the information on Twitter.
Khamzat Chimaev, who competes within the UFC 319 most important occasion, revealed throughout an interview that Susurkaev was going to hitch him on the cardboard after incomes his contract lower than 24 hours in the past.
It says loads that Susurkaev fought in Las Vegas on Tuesday, acquired his UFC deal finished and he’s now flying to Chicago to compete within the promotion on Saturday. Humorous sufficient, Chimaev’s UFC profession began in considerably comparable vogue when he rattled off his first two fights in simply 10 days’ time.
As for Nolan, he will get his alternative to compete within the UFC with the combat booked in opposition to Susurkaev.
Nolan sports activities an 8-3 report throughout his profession and he’s at present driving a four-fight win streak together with a knockout to assert the Cage Fury Preventing Championships welterweight title again in Could. He’ll make his UFC debut on quick discover in opposition to a rising star in Susurkaev.
The matchup joins the UFC 319 lineup with Chimaev clashing with UFC middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis in the primary occasion.
