The Hammer made his UFC debut three weeks ago and will be fighting again in October.
This news was first broken by Nolan King and Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie. They reported and confirmed that at UFC 280, Abdelwahab (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will be making his return to fight Parker Porter (13-7 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a heavyweight bout. The event takes place Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Abdelwahab, 29, took a short-notice fight against Don’Tale Mayes at UFC 277. Abdelwahab won a split decision. It was the first time in his professional career he went the distance.
Porter, 37, will look to bounce back from a first-round submission loss to Jailton Almeida in May. The defeat snapped a three-fight winning streak that included victories over Josh Parisian, Chase Sheman, and Alan Baudot.
With the addition, the UFC 280 lineup includes:
- Champion Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev – for lightweight title
- Champion Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw
- Sean O’Malley vs. Petr Yan
- Sean Brady vs. Belal Muhammad
- Beneil Dariush vs. Mateusz Gamrot
- Amanda Lemos vs. Marina Rodriguez
- Lucas Almeida vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Manon Fiorot
- Caio Borralho vs. Makhmud Muradov
- Malcolm Gordon vs. Muhammad Mokaev
- Nikita Krylov vs. Volkan Oezdemir
- Abubakar Nurmagomedov vs. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev
- A.J. Dobson vs. Armen Petrosyan
- Lina Lansberg vs. Karol Rosa
- Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Parker Porter
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