{"id":314859,"date":"2019-05-28T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=314859"},"modified":"2021-10-30T17:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T00:23:01","slug":"ufc-242-heavyweight-clash-of-curtis-blaydes-vs-shamil-abdurakhimov-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/curtis-blaydes\/ufc-242-heavyweight-clash-of-curtis-blaydes-vs-shamil-abdurakhimov-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 242 | Heavyweight clash of Curtis Blaydes vs Shamil Abdurakhimov in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 242 on September 7 will mark the UFC&#8217;s first trip back to Abu Dhabi since April 2014. As that event was headlined by heavyweights, this next card will feature them as well.<\/p>\n<p>The most notable fight swirling around the card is, of course, the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/dustin-poirier-updates-on-potential-ufc-242-fight-with-khabib-nurmagomedov\/\">big expected undisputed UFC lightweight title clash<\/a> between the undefeated champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion, Dustin &#8216;The Diamond&#8217; Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>That title bout has yet to be made official but a bout that is looking to be on its way to finalized is a top 10 heavyweight collision between the No. 4 ranked contender, Curtis &#8216;Razor&#8217; Blaydes (11-2) and the No. 10 ranked, Shamil Abdurakhimov (20-4), reports Farah Hannoun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Curtis Blaydes (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RazorBlaydes265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RazorBlaydes265<\/a>) vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamilAbrek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShamilAbrek<\/a>) in the works for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC242?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC242<\/a> in Abu Dhabi (September 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\/zAYpxHsQg9\">pic.twitter.com\/zAYpxHsQg9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Farah Hannoun (@Farah_Hannoun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Farah_Hannoun\/status\/1133466539380936706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EXCLUSIVE: Curtis Blaydes (@RazorBlaydes265) vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov (@ShamilAbrek) in the works for #UFC242 in Abu Dhabi (September 7th) #UFC #MMA&#8221; Hannoun&#8217;s tweet read.<\/p>\n<p>For the youngest heavyweight in the rankings in Blaydes, he&#8217;s looking to get back on a solid winning streak after having his momentum halted by Francis Ngannou in November 2018 in Beijing, China. Since then, the wrestling standout has rebounded successfully with a very dominant unanimous decision win over Justin Willis at UFC Nashville in March.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Abdurakhimov, on the other hand, currently rides an impressive three-fight winning streak that saw his last win come over Marcin Tybura by TKO in the second round at UFC Saint Petersburg. The performance was arguably the 37-year old&#8217;s best to date. His only loss in his last six fights came to Derrick Lewis in December 2016.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 242 only has two other fights made official at the moment. One of which is a welterweight fight between the always exciting Belal Muhammad and recent UFC debutant, Takashi Sato.<\/p>\n<p>The other fight will feature the bantamweights as Khalid Taha takes on Bruno Silva.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/abubakar-nurmagomedov\/report-ufc-signs-abubakar-nurmagomedov\/\">expected that Abubakar Nurmagomedov will make his promotional debut<\/a> at this event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Abubakar-Nurmagomedov.jpg\" alt=\"UFC 242\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 5\/28\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 242 on September 7 will mark the UFC&#8217;s first trip back to Abu Dhabi since April 2014. 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