One of many few fighters to have stood throughout from each Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya will get yet another crack at making it to the UFC.
Yousri Belgaroui, a former kickboxer who twice misplaced to UFC gentle heavyweight and former middleweight champ Pereira and twice misplaced to former 185-pound champ Adesanya in GLORY kickboxing matches, will get one other shot at Dana White’s Contender Sequence later this yr.
Belgaroui (7-3) will tackle Anvarbek Daniyalbekov (8-0) in a middleweight bout on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sept. 10. MMA Junkie confirmed the reserving with individuals with information of the matchup. They requested to stay nameless as a result of the UFC has not but made a proper announcement of the reserving.
Belgaroui had a shot on DWCS in 2023 towards Marco Tulio Silva, a teammate of former UFC light-weight champ Charles Oliveira. However the 6-foot-5 Belgaroui, who has fought at each 185 kilos and lightweight heavyweight, dropped a choice in a middleweight matchup.
Belgaroui fought as a professional kickboxer from 2015-2021, then transitioned to MMA. He fought for GLORY’s middleweight title 3 times. In 2022, Belgaroui joined forces along with his previous opponent Pereira, who was gearing as much as face Adesanya at UFC 281. Belgaroui made Teixeira MMA & Health in Danbury, Conn., his new coaching residence and has been there ever since.
Since his loss on DWCS, he has a pair of wins in his residence nation of the Netherlands, together with his fifth knockout in seven professional wins.
Daniyalbekov turned professional in 2018 with a pair of fights, then nothing once more till 2021. Beginning in late 2022, although, he’s been busy with 5 fights in 17 months. The 29-year-old from Dagestan has all eight of his professional wins by knockout.
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