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UFC Signs Dagestani Flyweight Prospect Tagir Ulanbekov

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Flyweight prospect Tagir Ulanbekov has signed a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

The Las Vegas-based promotion announced the deal through its Russian social media channels. According to Russian outlet TASS, Ulanbekov is a training partner of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

A native of Dagestan, Ulanbekov owns a 10-1 professional mark. He captured the Fight Nights Global flyweight championship with a submission of Vartan Asatryan in October 2017 but relinquished the belt in a majority decision loss to Zhalgas Zhumagulov in August 2018.