MOSCOW, Oct 14 Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Askara Askarov from — due to problems with weight cutting, he will not be able to compete at the UFC Vegas 62 tournament as part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), according to UFC Russia. At the Las Vegas tournament on October 15, Askarov was supposed to fight in the flyweight division against American Brandon Royval. «Woke up with a weight of 127 pounds. Before the final cut, I found out that my opponent was not going to make weight. They refused the fight. Looks like the fight is canceled. Heartbroken, but I remain a professional to the very end, «Royval wrote on his Twitter page. In June Askarov, for some unknown reason, refused to fight with the American Alex Perez. This was the second postponement of this fight, initially the rivals were supposed to meet in July 2021, but the Russian athlete suffered a hand injury.
