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Professional Fighters League on Tuesday announced that Lobov suffered an injury in training and has been forced out of a proposed catchweight clash against Tukhughov at PFL Champions Series 3 on Friday.
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Lobov revealed the nature of his injury in a post on Instagram.
“Last night I went training … I knew the fight was going to be a lot of grappling, a lot of takedown defense, so we decided to grapple…I wanted to give it a hard push,” Lobov said in a video. “It was going really good. We just had an accidental head clash. As soon as that happened, I could see blood everywhere. … As soon I got to the room I contacted PFL, they got the doctor. As soon as the doctor came in, he saw the cut, he said there’s no way you can fight. The cut was very deep…. It’s probably due to the fact that I have a lot of scar tissue on my face from my time at [BKFC] and all the fights I’ve had over the years. For me personally, I’ve never pulled out of a fight — I’ve fought with every kind of injury possible. … The doctor said, no way. I cannot fight. He cannot clear me to fight, so the fight had to be pulled.”
Lobov, Tukhugov Had History
Lobov ended a four-year retirement to accept the booking against Tukhugov. The rivalry between the two men dates back to a confrontation between Lobov and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team — which included Tukhugov — that occurred at a fighter hotel prior to UFC 223 in 2018. That incident eventually led to the now-infamous incident where Conor McGregor traveled to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to attack a charter bus carrying Nurmagomedov in defense of his SBG Ireland teammate.
Lobov’s last mixed martial arts appearance came in October 2018, when he dropped a unanimous decision to Michael Johnson at UFC Fight Night 138 — his third consecutive defeat in the Octagon. “The Russian Hammer” competed multiple times in bare knuckle boxing after that, most recently in June 2021.
Meanwhile, it’s been more than two years since Tukhugov last competed. The 34-year-old Russian’s last fight occurred at UFC 284, where he suffered a split-decision defeat against Elves Brener at UFC 284.
PFL Champions Series takes place on Friday at Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is headlined by a lightweight championship rematch between Usman Nurmagomedov and Paul Hughes.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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