Former UFC flyweight contender Muhammad Mokaev will probably be leaving blended martial arts for his subsequent battle.
Mokaev surprisingly discovered himself outdoors of the game’s main promotion shortly after his win at UFC 304 in Manchester final July. In a lackluster affair, the Dagestan-born Brit outpointed Manel Kape to maneuver to 13-0 as a professional and 7-0 within the UFC.
With a victory over “Starboy,” Mokaev was anticipating a possible title shot. However seemingly owing to his conduct behind the scenes, “The Punisher” was as a substitute let go after preventing out his contract.
The 24-year-old was fast to complain concerning the determination publicly, even providing to battle without cost if it could enable him again into the UFC. His efforts evidently fell on deaf ears, nonetheless, and he’ll must put the work in outdoors of the Octagon to stake his declare for a brand new deal.
To date, that has included one victory again underneath the Courageous CF banner final December. To kick off his marketing campaign for 2025, nonetheless, Mokaev is venturing outdoors of his consolation zone.
After a lot hypothesis, “The Punisher” confirmed this week that he’ll debut in Karate Fight on the group’s upcoming occasion in Dubai on Could 2.
“Could 2nd, Dubai. @KarateCombat. My first ever sport was karate, then I moved to wrestling,” Muhammad Mokaev wrote. “I simply wanna compete and keep energetic. And constructing my hanging expertise. I at all times could have plan B, which is wrestling, however I must work on plan A”
The transfer will see Mokaev swap the cage for “the pit,” with Karate Fight preventing going down in a sq. fight pit surrounded by 45-degree angled partitions. Wrestling, submissions, and elbows are usually not permitted.
Mokaev will mark the most recent high-profile identify to compete within the promotion, which has already staged fights that includes the likes of Luke Rockhold, James Vick, Benson Henderson, and Anthony Pettis.
