Sergei Pavlovich is sitting fairly atop the listing of Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Heavyweight contenders in 2023.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto revealed at this time (Mon., Feb. 27, 2023) that the Russian knockout artist will probably be in Las Vegas, Nevada for this weekend’s (Sat., March 4, 2023) huge vacant UFC Heavyweight title battle between the returning legend, Jon Jones, and Ciryl Gane. In case of emergency and both fighter can’t compete forward of battle night time, Pavlovich will act because the substitute.
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“Sergei Pavlovich is the heavyweight backup to this week’s UFC 285 primary occasion, per his supervisor Ali Abdelaziz (@AliAbdelaziz00),” Okamoto tweeted. “Dana White talked about final weekend there’s a backup in place. Pavlovich will weigh-in on Friday in Vegas, per Abdelaziz.”
Since dropping his UFC debut in Nov. 2018, Pavlovich (17-1) has been on an absolute tear, knocking out 5 straight opponents to solidify himself as the present No. 3-ranked contender within the promotion’s official rankings. Whereas Pavlovich is slotted to probably battle this weekend ought to his providers be required, he’s additionally booked for a primary occasion conflict at UFC Vegas 71 on April 22, 2023, towards Curtis Blaydes.
Regardless of all indicators indicating that former champion, Stipe Miocic, could await the winner of Jones versus Gane, Pavlovich is undeniably in a fairly great place irrespective of if he fills in on Saturday or not.
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