Undefeated MMA fighter Islam Abasov has been removed from ONE Championship’s December 4th card after being detained in Moscow, Russia earlier in the week.
First reported by Russian news outlet TASS, the arrest came following a “road conflict” in the country’s capital.
“Islam Abasov was forced to withdraw due to a road traffic incident in Russia,” said ONE Championship on Monday.
Abasov was scheduled to face Amir Aliakbari in Singapore as part of ONE’s “Big Bang” card. ONE is currently looking for a new opponent to face Aliakbari, who is currently in Singapore for the fight-week.
“We already have another opponent but at the moment, test[ing] is being conducted,” said ONE in a statement.
The fight was scheduled to be the ONE debut for Abasov. His last fight was in October of 2019, where he defeated Ednaldo Oliveira.
The main event of ONE’s December 4th event, “Big Bang,” is currently set to be a kickboxing bout between Roman Kryklya and Murat Aygun.
Here’s the updated card.
Bout 6: Roman Kryklia vs. Murat Aygun (225 lbs) (ONE Kickboxing Light Heavyweight Championship)
Bout 5: Koyomi Matsushima (12-4) vs. Garry Tonon (5-0) (154 lbs) (MMA Bout)
Bout 4: Marat Grigorian vs. Ivan Kondratiev (154 lbs) (Kickboxing Bout)
Bout 3: Amir Aliakbari (10-1) vs. TBA (265 lbs) (MMA Bout)
Bout 2: Bokang Masunyane (7-0) vs. Rene Catalan (6-3) (125 lbs) (MMA Bout)
Bout 1: Ritu Phogat (3-0) vs. Jomary Torres (4-4) (115 lbs) (MMA Bout)
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