Russian prospect Klidson Abreu is set to replace an injured Darko Stosic and make his UFC debut against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC Prague.
According to both fighter’s social media accounts, Abreu (14-2) and Ankalaev (10-2) are scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN+ 3 on Feb. 23 in Prague, Czech Republic at O2 Arena.
Abreu enters the bout on a six-fight winning streak, most recently defeating Anton Vyazigin via submission last November. All six of his most recent victories have come by way of stoppage.
Ankalaev will welcome Abreu to the UFC after most recently defeating Marcin Prachnio via knockout last September. The win was Ankalaev first in the UFC after losing his debut in the promotion to Paul Craig via submission last March.
Other bouts scheduled for UFC Prague include:
- Jan Blachowicz vs. Thiago Santos
- Liz Carmouche vs Lucie Pudilova
- Stefan Struve vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
- Daniel Teymur vs. Chris Fishgold
- John Dodson vs. Petr Yan
- Gian Villante vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Ramazan Emeev vs. Michel Prazeres
- Damir Hadzovic vs. Marco Polo Reyes
- Diego Ferreira vs. Rustam Khabilov
- Gillian Robertson vs. Veronica Macedo
