After UFC 229 brawl, Artem Lobov now faces “The Menace” at UFC Moncton

UFC featherweight Artem Lobov (13-14-1 MMA) will still be fighting later this month at UFC Fight Night 138 event in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.

According to a report from “The Mac Life“, Artem Lobov will now be fighting veteran Michael Johnson at the October 27 event.

“The Russian Hammer” was initially slated to face Khabib Nurmagomedov’s teammate Zubaira Tukhugov (18-4 MMA) at UFC Moncton. However, the promotion pulled Tukhugov off of the fight card shortly following the Russians involvement in UFC 229’s now infamous post fight brawl.

Artem Lobov actually begged the UFC to keep Tukhugov on the fight card despite his actions, but was unable to persuade the promotion.

Artem Lobov has not competed inside the cage since suffering a unanimous decision loss to Andre Fili at last October’s UFC Fight Night 118 event in Poland.

Lobov was slated to fight Alex Caceres at April’s UFC 223 event in Brooklyn, but was pulled from the card due to his involvement in Conor McGregor’s now infamous bus attack at the Barclays Center.

“The Russian Hammer” will enter the contest having dropped four of his past six fights. Lobov’s most recent victory came at UFC Fight Night 99 in Ireland where he defeated Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision.

Meanwhile, Michael Johnson was last seen in action at August’s UFC Fight Night 135 event where he scored a split-decision victory over Andre Fili.

That victory snapped a three fight losing skid for “The Menace”, as Johnson has previously suffered defeats to Khabib Nurmagomedov, Darren Elkins and Justin Gaethje respectively.

Who are you picking to emerge victorious when Artem Lobov and Michael Johnson square off on October 27 in Moncton, New Brunswick? Sound off PENN Nation!