UFC on ABC 6 has suffered another blow with less than a week until fight day.
Mersik Baghdasaryan announced on his Instagram Story that he will miss his featherweight bout against Mohammedjon Naimov at UFC on ABC 6, which takes place Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is unclear at this time whether Naimov will remain on the card against a replacement opponent.
“Hey everyone, I have some bad news,” Bagdasarian said. “The match has been canceled. I am injured, I have a torn labrum in my left shoulder. I would like to thank everyone for their support. I will be back as soon as possible.”
Mersik Baghdasaryan has confirmed that he will miss his scheduled bout against Mohammed Naimov in Saudi Arabia.
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This is the latest in a series of last-minute blows to the UFC Saudi Arabia card, with Ikram Aliskerov replacing Khamzat Chimaev in the main event against Robert Whittaker on nine days’ notice, Cedriquez Dumas replacing Abu Azaitar in a last-minute middleweight bout against Denis Tiuriullin, while the bantamweight match between Farid Basharat and Montel Jackson was called off due to Basharat’s withdrawal.
Bagdasarian bounced back from his first UFC loss to Joshua Coulibao to face Tucker Latz in July 2023, winning by unanimous decision. Bagdasarian was then scheduled to face France’s William Gomis at UFC Fight Night in February, but Gomis withdrew. Bagdasarian was scheduled to face unbeaten newcomer Haider Amir a week later, but “The Gun” was forced to withdraw due to injury.
