The Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division will welcome a new addition at UFC Fight Night 207 when Askar Mozharov walks to the Octagon for the first time on June 4 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old Ukrainian will lock horns with Alonzo Menifield as a short-notice replacement for Nicolae Negumereanu. “No Mercy” carries a 21-8 record and looks to be one of the more experienced competitors to make a UFC debut in recent memory. Mozharov’s opposition boasts a 203-150 combined record (.575).
Operating out of Chornomorsk, Ukraine, Mozharov started his combat sports journey in muay Thai at the age of 14, going so far as to win a silver medal at the World Muay Thai Federation national championships.