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REPORT: SAMUEL SANCHES OUT, IGNACIO BAHAMONDES IN AT UFC SEATTLE

By David Tees on 3/5/2026 4:11 PM

Samuel Sanches has been pulled from the upcoming UFC Fight Night Seattle card according to MMA Junkie, replacing him against Tofiq Musayev is Ignacio Bahamondes. 

Musayev (22-6-0) is winless thus far under the UFC banner, dropping a fight to Myktybek Oralbai at UFC On ABC 8. Musayev has fought just once in the last two-plus years, which is his longest inactivity streak in his professional MMA career. Musayev has earned 22 wins as a professional MMA fighter and 18 of them have come by KO/TKO. 

Bahamondes (17-6-0) has won three of his last five in the UFC, with those wins coming over Christos Giagos, Manuel Torres, and Jalin Turner. Bahamondes hasn’t won a fight in a year, as his last win came in March of 2025 over the aforementioned Turner. Bahamondes has earned 17 wins as a professional MMA fighter and 11 of them have come by KO/TKO. 

UFC Fight Night Seattle takes place on Saturday, March 28 from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington with Israel Adesanya and Joe Pyfer headlining. PWInsiderXtra is providing live coverage of the event, which streams live on Paramount+.