UFC 329 fighter reacts to losing opponent for Conor McGregor’s return card: ‘Dodged a bullet’

Farid Basharat shared his thoughts on his opponent withdrawing lower than two weeks from fight night.

On July 11, Conor McGregor returns to face Max Holloway in a rematch that can undoubtedly be one in every of the largest matchups the Octagon has ever hosted.

‘The Notorious’ hasn’t at all times had essentially the most stacked undercards for his essential events but UFC 329 in Las Vegas bucks that trend.

Unfortunately, the cardboard has been forced into several changes and while one alternative matchup has already been revealed, the UFC is working to make one other one occur.

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Farid Basharat believes July 11 was never going to go well for Ethyn Ewing

Earlier this week, it was reported that Ethyn Ewing is out of his fight that was set to happen at UFC 329 on July 11.

Farid Basharat recently shared his response to the news that he’s now without an opponent for International Fight Week via a video on his YouTube channel.

He said that while he wishes Ewing one of the best and that this matchup was never personal, he doesn’t think his originally scheduled opponent would’ve succeeded if he had made it to the fight.

“To start with I would like the fans to know that I feel like Ethyn Ewing dodged a bullet,” Basharat stated. “Like I said, speedy recovery to him but as much because the fans loved him they usually were rooting for him, it wasn’t going to go well for him.

“July 11, once we did get within the cage, the fans were never going to assist him. The hype was never going to assist him. At the tip of the day, it was going to be him against me within the cage, locked for quarter-hour, and there was just one end result for that.”

Basharat confirmed the reports that the UFC is looking to search out him a brand new opponent on short notice in an effort to keep him on the cardboard.

He’s remaining focused on what he can control and securing the win on July 11 no matter who’s in front of him, explaining that he believes his style will likely be very difficult for somebody to organize for on lower than two weeks.

Basharat is currently 6-0 within the UFC, competing mostly at bantamweight with one appearance at featherweight.

His brother, Javid Basharat, recently signed to the PFL after his run within the UFC got here to a surprising end earlier this yr.