{"id":38601,"date":"2026-06-02T15:52:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Former-Versace-model-turned-fighter-returns-at-UFC-Abu-Dhabi-201410"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:52:35","slug":"former-versace-model-turned-fighter-returns-at-ufc-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/former-versace-model-turned-fighter-returns-at-ufc-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Versace model turned fighter returns at UFC Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islam
\nDulatov<\/a> is set to return to action after a year. <\/p>\n

Dulatov (12-1) is scheduled to take on Wellington
\nTurman<\/a> (18-8) at
\nUFC Fight Night 282<\/a> on July 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu
\nDhabi. The promotion announced the welterweight pairing via
\nsocial media.<\/p>\n

A Different Kind of Work History<\/h2>\n

Dulatov has previously modeled for renowned brands like Versace and
\nGucci and also shared the stage once with Bella and Gigi Hadid.
\nHowever, the Chechen-born German left modeling to pursue MMA. Since
\nsuffering a loss in his MMA debut in 2019, Dulatov has finished 12
\nstraight fights, going past the first round on only one occasion.
\n\u201cThe Ripper\u201d earned his UFC contract with a first-round KO on
\n
\nDana White’s Contender Series<\/a> in 2024, and lived up to his hype
\nwith another first-round KO over Adam Fugitt<\/a>
\nin his
\nUFC<\/a> debut last year. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Turman is 3-6 in the UFC since his promotional debut in
\n2019. The 29-year-old\u2019s contract will probably be on the line as he
\nlooks to rebound from a three-fight slump against Dulatov at UFC
\nAbu Dhabi. <\/p>\n

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Islam Dulatov is set to return to action after a year.  Dulatov (12-1) is scheduled to take on Wellington Turman (18-8) at UFC Fight Night 282 on July 25 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The promotion announced the welterweight pairing via social media. A Different Kind of Work History Dulatov has previously modeled for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}