Sodiq Yusuff vs. Giga Chikadze pulled from UFC Fight Night 210, Yusuff set to face Don Shainis on Oct. 1

By Rami J. Hanna On Sep 17, 2022

Sodiq Yusuff won’t get to compete at UFC Fight Night 210, but he has been booked to compete two weeks later.

Yusuff was scheduled to face Giga Chikadze on Saturday’s card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, but the bout was scrapped when Chikadze withdrew due to injury.

Instead, Yusuff will meet promotional newcomer Don Shainis at UFC Fight Night 211 on Oct. 1, promotion officials announced Tuesday.

Winner of seven of his past eight, Yusuff rebounded from his first octagon setback to Arnold Allen with a unanimous decision win over Alex Caceres at UFC Fight Night 203 in March.

Shainis will enter his UFC debut on a five-fight winning streak with three straight knockouts. He currently holds the Cage Titans featherweight title and the FAC lightweight belt.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for Oct. 1 includes:

Mackenzie Dern vs. Yan Xioanan
Chris Daukaus vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Brendan Allen vs. Krzysztof Jotko
Randy Brown vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Ilir Latifi vs. Aleksei Oleinik
Jessica Penne Tabatha Ricci
Guido Cannetti vs. Randy Costa
Chelsea Chandler vs. Julija Stoliarenko
John Castaneda vs. Daniel Santos
Cody Garbrandt vs. TBA
Raoni Barcelos vs. Trevin Jones
Jesse Ronson vs. Joaquim Silva
Mike Davis vs. TBA
Don Shainis vs. Sodiq Yusuff

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