Shara Magomedov draws Armen Petrosyan at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi

Shara Magomedov will get his wish of fighting at UFC 308, but not against his desired opponent.

Magomedov (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) meets Armen Petrosyan (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) in a middleweight bout Oct. 26 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UFC officials announced Monday morning. Armenia MMA was first to report the news.

Magomedov called out Nick Diaz after defeating Michal Oleksiejczuk in a Fight of the Night battle at UFC on ABC 7 in August. Meanwhile, Petrosyan is coming off a first-round submission loss to Rodolfo Vieira in February. Prior to that, he scored back-to-back wins over A.J. Dobson and Christian Leroy Duncan.

With the addition, the latest UFC 308 lineup now includes:

• Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
• Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
• Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
• Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
• Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
• Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
• Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima
• Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
• Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
• Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
• Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.