If Artem Lobov goes to struggle once more, he now has to attend till a later date.
The previous UFC and BKFC fighter, who was popping out of five-year lengthy retirement to compete once more, is now not scheduled to compete on Friday after his struggle in opposition to Zubaira Tukhugov was scrapped from the cardboard on the final minute.
PFL officers confirmed that Lobov suffered an harm in coaching, and because of this, his struggle with Tukhugov was pulled from the occasion.
It’s unlucky information for Lobov after he determined to make his return to motion to settle a longstanding grudge in opposition to Tukhogov following an altercation that occurred within the UFC a number of years in the past.
Lobov was confronted by Tukhogov and different members of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s staff as a consequence of his affiliation with former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor. The heated altercation led to McGregor finally exhibiting as much as again his teammate, which led to an assault on a bus that was transporting Nurmagomedov again to his resort following a UFC press convention.
Your complete melee solely added to the already current unhealthy blood between McGregor and Nurmagomedov and Lobov was finally purported to struggle Tukhogov however an harm compelled the Russian out of the competition.
Whereas he was anxious to settle the rating with Tukhogov over that previous incident, Lobov now not counts McGregor as a buddy after they’d a falling out over the Irishman’s whiskey model that he offered again in 2021. Lobov claimed he helped launch the model and finally filed a lawsuit in opposition to McGregor for over $6 million he believes he was owed from the sale.
There’s no phrase on the character of the harm Lobov suffered, or if he may nonetheless doubtlessly compete at a later date, however for now his struggle has been pulled from the cardboard.
