{"id":824809,"date":"2026-07-26T11:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824809\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:28:11","slug":"bogdan-guskov-reacts-to-ufc-abu-dhabi-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/824809\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogdan Guskov Reacts To UFC Abu Dhabi Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Not long after the loss, Guskov took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/bogdancarevich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to his Instagram Story<\/a> to address the defeat and let fans know he is not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHello everyone, that\u2019s how it went today,\u201d Guskov said in Uzbek. \u201cI can say for certain Captain Uzbekistan never gives up. We\u2019ll meet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Respectfully, the mixed martial arts (MMA) universe probably hopes they do not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Guskov (18-4-1) had his four-fight win streak officially snapped, although he entered the fight technically coming off a draw against former Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-323-fight-card-start-time-live-results-merab-vs-yan-2-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 323<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Before the Blachowicz draw, Guskov had won four straight fights inside the Octagon, stopping every opponent during that run, including Nikita Krylov (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/7\/26\/24474908\/video-highlights-ufc-abu-dhabi-results-espn-guskov-knockout-krylov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>), Billy Elekana, and Ryan Spann (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/4\/27\/24142623\/watch-full-fight-video-highlights-ufc-vegas-91-results-espn-guskov-knockout-spann\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHitman\u201d also still holds a perfect 100 percent finish rate, with 15 knockouts and three submissions across his 18 professional wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">So, while the short-notice gamble did not pay off, it was not exactly a terrible decision. Guskov stepped into a main event against a former champion with almost nothing to lose and everything to gain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Unfortunately, what he gained was a fifth-round stoppage loss and a spot in what might be the worst fight of the year conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for what comes next, Guskov should still have plenty of fun options at 205 pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">And if UFC wants to keep feeding him former champions, how about a date with another one?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Maybe a former Middleweight champion named Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cBobby Knuckles\u201d vs. \u201cHitman\u201d does have a nice ring to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For complete UFC Abu Dhabi results, coverage and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/458254\/ufc-abu-dhabi-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-ankalaev-vs-guskov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Not long after the loss, Guskov took to his Instagram Story to address the defeat and let fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,6656],"class_list":["post-824809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}