{"id":267931,"date":"2018-01-15T19:36:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T03:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267931"},"modified":"2018-01-15T19:36:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T03:36:35","slug":"report-mairbek-taisumov-finally-gets-opponent-not-anthony-pettis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mairbek-taisumov\/report-mairbek-taisumov-finally-gets-opponent-not-anthony-pettis\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Mairbek Taisumov Finally Gets Opponent, But it&#8217;s Not Anthony Pettis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the lightweight division&#8217;s biggest dark horses has finally found someone who will fight him. It&#8217;s not the top 15 opponent that Mairbek Taisumov was hoping for, but that&#8217;s not his fault. As reported by Farah Hannoun, Evan Dunham is up to the task and the fight is expected to happen at UFC 223 on April 7.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Evan Dunham (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evandunham155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@evandunham155<\/a>) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taisumov155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Taisumov155<\/a>) in the works for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC223?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC223<\/a> (April 7th) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MMA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4RASr4K8jP\">pic.twitter.com\/4RASr4K8jP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Farah Hannoun (@Farah_Hannoun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Farah_Hannoun\/status\/952965995265654786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span>BREAKING: Evan Dunham (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evandunham155\" class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"88057127\"><s>@<\/s><b>evandunham155<\/b><\/a><span>) vs. Mairbek Taisumov (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taisumov155\" class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"2229012974\"><s>@<\/s><b>Taisumov155<\/b><\/a><span>) in the works for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC223?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\"><s>#<\/s><b>UFC223<\/b><\/a><span> (April 7th) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\"><s>#<\/s><b>UFC<\/b><\/a><span> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MMA?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\"><s>#<\/s><b>MMA<\/b><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-pettis\/anthony-pettis-aims-march-return-possible-opponent-mentioned\/\">Rumors were floating<\/a> around that Taisumov was possibly going to be taking on former UFC and WEC lightweight champion, Anthony Pettis at UFC&#8217;s next London event. That is now looking to obviously not be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Taisumov last fought at UFC Fight Night 115 in September when he defeated Felipe Silva by knockout in just a minute and twenty-four seconds to extend his win streak to five(all KO\/TKOs). Taisumov has been asking for a top opponent several fights ago, which really shows the confidence he has. Evan Dunham is no longer currently ranked in the UFC&#8217;s lightweight top 15 but he&#8217;s the next best thing and Taisumov&#8217;s biggest name opponent to date.<\/p>\n<p>Dunham last fought at UFC 216 when he fought Beneil Dariush to a draw in a great back and forth battle, thus making Dunham 4-0-1 in his last five fights.<\/p>\n<p>The fight should be a very fun clash of styles and a tough one for Taisumov as he&#8217;s one of the division&#8217;s most durable fighters and Taisumov is quite the knockout artist. When outlasted to a decision, Taisumov is 1-3. Then when it comes to his fights ending in finishes he&#8217;s\u00a026-2(sixteen knockouts, ten submission wins and one loss a piece by submission and knockout). Dunham has only been knocked out twice in his twenty-five fight career.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win at UFC 223?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/15\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the lightweight division&#8217;s biggest dark horses has finally found someone who will fight him. It&#8217;s not the top 15 opponent that Mairbek Taisumov was hoping for, but that&#8217;s not his fault. As reported by Farah Hannoun, Evan Dunham is up to the task and the fight is expected to happen at UFC 223 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54445,"featured_media":267933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[15827],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report | Mairbek Taisumov Finally Gets Opponent, But it&#039;s Not Anthony Pettis | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/mairbek-taisumov\/report-mairbek-taisumov-finally-gets-opponent-not-anthony-pettis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report | Mairbek Taisumov Finally Gets Opponent, But it&#039;s Not Anthony Pettis | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the lightweight division&#8217;s biggest dark horses has finally found someone who will fight him. 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