{"id":36569,"date":"2026-01-20T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/The-Lazy-King-Receives-New-Opponent-at-PFL-Road-to-Dubai-199822"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:44:10","slug":"the-lazy-king-receives-new-opponent-at-pfl-road-to-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/the-lazy-king-receives-new-opponent-at-pfl-road-to-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Lazy King&#8217; Receives New Opponent at PFL Road to Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the-lazy-king-receives-new-opponent-at-pfl-road-to-dubai.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;The<br \/>\nLazy King&#8221; is 3-0 under the PFL banner. | PFL MMA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Abdoul-Abdouraguimov-239869\">Abdoul<br \/>\nAbdouraguimov<\/a> will not be squaring off against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Umalatov-233045\">Magomed<br \/>\nUmalatov<\/a> at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/Professional-Fighters-League-PFL-Road-to-Dubai-Champions-Series-5-Nurmagomedov-vs-Davis-110572\"><br \/>\nPFL Road to Dubai<\/a> as originally anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> on Tuesday announced that Umalatov<br \/>\nhas withdrawn from the welterweight bout for undisclosed reasons.<br \/>\nAs a result, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kendly-St-Louis-274039\">Kendly St.<br \/>\nLouis<\/a> will step in and face \u201cThe Lazy King\u201d on Feb. 7 at the<br \/>\nCoca-Cola Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. PFL Road to Dubai<br \/>\nis headlined by a lightweight championship clash between <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Usman-Nurmagomedov-296291\">Usman<br \/>\nNurmagomedov<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alfie-Davis-141739\">Alfie Davis<\/a><br \/>\nand airs on the ESPN App in the United States.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> A 35-year-old native of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, St. Louis split<br \/>\na pair of bouts under the PFL banner last year. After scoring a<br \/>\nthird-round submission of <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Mukhamed-Berkhamov-137121\">Mukhamed<br \/>\nBerkhamov<\/a> at PFL Tournament 5 on June 12, \u201cThe Highlander\u201d<br \/>\nsuffered a first-round TKO defeat against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Chris-Mixan-315959\">Chris Mixan<\/a><br \/>\nat PFL Tournament 9 on Aug. 15. St. Louis has also earned victories<br \/>\non the PFL Challenger Series and for Cage Fury Fighting<br \/>\nChampionships during his professional tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Abdouraguimov hasn\u2019t competed since December 2024, when he earned a<br \/>\nunanimous decision triumph over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Laureano-Staropoli-141271\">Laureano<br \/>\nStaropoli<\/a> at the PFL Europe finals. The French submission<br \/>\nspecialist has won nine straight fights &#8212; including three under<br \/>\nthe PFL banner &#8212; dating back to August 2020.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.1843971631206\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.241134751773\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde2\ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf: <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Magomed-Umalatov-233045\">Magomed<br \/>\nUmalatov<\/a> is OUT<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Abdoul-Abdouraguimov-239869\">Abdoul<br \/>\nAbdouraguimov<\/a> vs <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Kendly-St-Louis-274039\">Kendly St.<br \/>\nLouis<\/a> now set for PFL Dubai<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoadToDubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RoadToDubai<\/a><br \/>\n| Saturday , February 7th | Coca-Cola Arena | Dubai, UAE |<br \/>\n\ud83d\udcfaStreaming on the ESPN App <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xZgBqgIg70\">pic.twitter.com\/xZgBqgIg70<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PFL (@PFLMMA) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFLMMA\/status\/2013661820221821206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJanuary 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Lazy King&#8221; is 3-0 under the PFL banner. | PFL MMA Abdoul Abdouraguimov will not be squaring off against Magomed Umalatov at PFL Road to Dubai as originally anticipated. The Professional Fighters League on Tuesday announced that Umalatov has withdrawn from the welterweight bout for undisclosed reasons. 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