Report: Oleinik-Hunt in the works for UFC Moscow
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The UFC is working on installing Mark Hunt as Fabricio Werdum's replacement for a heavyweight fight with Aleksei Oleinik at its debut event in Russia this September, Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com reports.
Werdum was provisionally suspended by USADA earlier this week for an anti-doping violation. UFC was notified on Tuesday of Werdum's potential anti-doping violation related to an out-of-competition sample taken April 25.
Oleinik is currently the No. 9-ranked heavyweight after a performance-of-the-night win over Junior Albini on May 12. Hunt is currently ranked sixth and last suffered a unanimous decision loss to Curtis Blaydes in February.
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