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REPORT: MUHAMMAD NAIMOV REPLACES GURAM KUTATELADZE AT UFC VEGAS 74

By David Tees on 5/31/2023 7:54 AM

Guram Kutateladze has been pulled from UFC Vegas 74 due to visa issues according to MMA Mania, replacing him against Jamie Mullarkey is Muhammad Naimov.

Mullarkey (16-5-0) enters the contest riding a two fight winning streak, defeating the duo of Michael Johnson and Francisco Prado. Mullarkey hasn’t been defeated in over a year, with his last loss coming to Jalin Turner at UFC 272 in March of 2022. Mullarkey has earned 16 wins as a professional MMA fighter and 10 of those have come by way of KO/TKO.

Naimov (8-2-0) is going to be making his UFC debut in this bout and he does so on the strength of a three fight winning streak. Naimov competed on Dana White’s Contender Series, suffering a unanimous decision loss to Collin Anglin. Naimov has competed 10 times as a professional MMA fighter and four of those bouts went the distance.

UFC Vegas 74 takes place on Saturday, June 3 from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada with Kai Kara-France and Amir Albazi headlining. PWInsiderXtra is providing live coverage of the event, which airs live on ESPN.