A new face will get a chance to join the flyweight conversation this Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It is the first UFC Fight Night since Paramount took over, and it is set for 7 February at the Apex. The main event features bantamweights Mario Bautista and Vinicius Oliveira squaring off.<\/p>\n
While several familiar names are still on the card, one has quietly dropped off: flyweight Said Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n
The Dagestani has reportedly pulled out of UFC Vegas 113 due to visa complications, cancelling his bout against Javid Basharat.<\/p>\n
But it did not take long for the promotion to find a replacement\u2026<\/p>\n
Gianni Vazquez steps in on short notice to face Basharat at UFC Vegas 113<\/p>\n
Nurmagomedov was looking to bounce back after defeats to Bryce Mitchell and Vinicius Oliveira, but now he will have to wait a bit longer for that opportunity. <\/p>\n
However, his absence has given a new face the chance to step up.<\/p>\n
Nurmagomedov\u2019s withdrawal was first mentioned by @ClubDeLasMMA, who also revealed that Gianni Vazquez would be taking the spot.<\/p>\n
Vazquez, known as \u2018Kriptonita\u2019, is the flyweight champion for Up Next Fighting. He has put together a strong run recently, with four straight wins across different methods \u2013 one by knockout, another by submission, and two more by decision.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old has been actively campaigning for a shot in the UFC. Last October he tagged Dana White and UFC matchmakers in a post asking for a fight, and more recently pushed for an appearance at the Mexico City event later this month.<\/p>\n
Instead, he will make his debut before then when he faces Basharat on the prelims of UFC Vegas 113 at the Apex.<\/p>\n
Adding another layer of interest, Javid\u2019s brother Farid will also be on this card when he takes on Jean Matsumoto further up the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new face will get a chance to join the flyweight conversation this Saturday night. It is the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-456152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}