Report: Zabit Magomedsharipov Faces Cavin Kattar At UFC Fight Night Boston
A featherweight division attraction has been added to UFC Fight Night Boston according to Brett Okamoto of ESPN as #5 Zabit Magomedsharipov is in action against #11 Calvin Kattar.
Magomedsharipov (17-1-0) is undefeated thus far under the UFC banner, having picked up wins over Mike Santiago, Sheymon Moraes, Kyle Bochniak, Brandon Davis and Jeremy Stephens. Magomedsharipov has suffered just a single defeat as a professional MMA fighter and that came against Igor Egorov at Pro FC 47 in April of 2013. Magomedsharipov has competed eighteen times as a professional MMA fighter and just four of those encounters went the distance.
Kattar (20-3-0) enters the contest while riding a two fight winning streak, defeating the duo of Chris Fishgold and Ricardo Lamas. Kattar has suffered just a single defeat in the UFC, with that loss coming against Renato Carneiro at UFC 223. Kattar has picked up a total of twenty wins as a professional MMA fighter and nine of those wins came by way of KO/TKO.
UFC Fight Night Boston takes place on Friday, October 18 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts with Dominick Reyes and Chris Weidman headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, which airs live on ESPN.
