MOSCOW, Oct. 21 Russian MMA fighter Zubaira Tukhugov vs Brazilian Lucas Almeida has been excluded from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tournament in Abu Dhabi, according to MMA Fighting. On Friday ahead of the official weigh-in, the UFC announced that the featherweight bout between Tukhugov and Almeida would not take place due to «weight management issues.» The 31-year-old Tukhugov has 20 wins with five losses and one draw in mixed martial arts. This is the second fight with the participation of the Russian, canceled at UFC 280. Earlier, Magomed Mustafaev dropped out of the card, whose opponent Yamato Nishikawa from Japan was out of the tournament due to contractual obligations with another league. In the main fight of the evening at the UFC 280 tournament in Abu Dhabi, Russian Islam Makhachev and Brazilian Charles Oliveira will meet.
