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A heavyweight division attraction has been added to the May 1 UFC card according to Combate as #8 Shamil Abdurakhimov faces #9 Augusto Sakai.
Abdurakhimov (20-5-0) has won three of his last four in the UFC, with those wins coming over Chase Sherman, Andrei Arlovski and Marcin Tybura. Abdurakhimov has previously headlined a UFC card, losing to Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Fight Night 102. Abdurakhimov is competing for the first time in over a year, as his last bout happened at UFC 242 in September of 2019.
Sakai (15-2-1) is coming off of his first main event bout in the UFC, which was a loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night 176. Sakai has won six in a row before the loss to Overeem, with notable wins coming over Chase Sherman, Andrei Arlovski, Marcin Tybura and Blagoy Ivanov. Sakai also won four of six in Bellator, most notably defeating Daniel Gallemore at Bellator 139.
UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka takes place on Saturday, May 1 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada with Dominick Reyes and Jiri Prochazka headlining. PWInsiderXtra is providing live coverage of the event, while broadcast plans have yet to be revealed.
