September 29, 2022 11: 45 am ET
LAS VEGAS – Regardless of the challenger, Sodiq Yusuff wanted to contend at all expenses.
Yusuff (12-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was initially setup to face Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night 210, however after Chikadze was required out due to injury, he ended up drawing Don Shainis (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) 2 weeks lateron in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 211 card.
A rather anticlimactic modification for Yusuff, who went from a leading 10 ranked featherweight to a UFC newbie. But the 29-year-old, who hasn’t contended because beating Alex Caceres in March, desired all that tough work to quantity to something.
“I gotta go get my examine,” Yusuff informed pressreporters, consistingof MMA Junkie, at the UFC Fight Night 211 media day on Wednesday. “To be truthful, the pay was a huge incentive, b