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UFC matchmakers are said to have pushed back against the signings of Adam Vagaev and Rizvan Gasanov after Khamzat Chimaev and Khabib Nurmagomedov respectively arranged those deals directly through promotion executives, bypassing the matchmaking team. In an apparent act of retaliation, matchmakers initially booked Vagaev and Gasanov against each other, then pulled Gasanov from the bout citing a failed doping timeline. Vagaev was subsequently told his only available fight was a welterweight bout against Saygid Izagakhmaev, a matchup seen as deliberately difficult.
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