One of the heavyweight division’s biggest names could be involved in UFC 310 following Belal Muhammad’s withdrawal from the card’s main event.

UFC 310, set to take place on December 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV, was originally scheduled to be headlined by a heavyweight title bout between recently crowned champion Muhammad and No. 3-ranked Shavkat Rakhmonov.

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The fight represented a pretty quick turnaround for Muhammad, who captured the title with a five-round decision over Leon Edwards at UFC 304 in July, but late last month “Remember His Name” announced he had been forced to withdraw from his first bout. title defense due to bone infection
his foot.

The loss of the main event is a serious blow to the UFC’s final PPV event of the year, despite a flyweight title fight between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura being scheduled as the co-main event. Red Corner MMA It has been reported that former UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman could step in to face Rakhmonov on December 7th.

Usman, one of the most successful heavyweight champions in UFC history, captured the division’s title from Tyron Woodley in 2019 and went on to defend it five times before being stopped by a last-minute head kick from Edwards at UFC 278.

“The Nigerian Nightmare” was given a chance to reclaim his belt against Edwards at UFC 286, but lost a majority decision and fans last saw Usman in the cage at the UFC when he moved up to middleweight for a short-notice bout with Khamzat Chimaev. He batted 294 and came up short on the scorecards here as well.

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It’s currently unclear whether the Usman-Rakhmonov bout at UFC 310 will be for an interim title, but after suffering three consecutive defeats, this fight would present a huge opportunity for the former champion to potentially bounce back. First loss of his “Nomad” career.

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