It wasn’t a banner opening night for Dana White's Contender Series, but the lone finisher on the card will be making his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in short order.
Baysangur Susurkaev, who scored a first-round body kick KO of Murtaza Talha Ali, will make a quick turnaround to face Eric Nolan at UFC 319 on Saturday. ZacLikesMMA was first to report the middleweight booking on social media. UFC 319 takes place at the United Center in Chicago and is headlined by a middleweight title tilt pitting Dricus Du Plessis against Khazmat Chimaev.