Light heavyweight Umar Dzambekov will take on Artem Brusov in a “Hollywood Fight Nights” headliner on October 3 at Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California.
Dzambekov, 12-0 (8 KOs), a native of Vienna, Austria, who now trains out of the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, will be fighting for the third time in 2025. A 27-year-old southpaw, he most recently bested Roamer Angulo in an eight-round unanimous decision win at Chumash in June.
Brusov, 13-1 (12 KOs), originally from Tambor, Russia, and now fighting out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, hasn’t fought in more than 16 months. But in his previous outing, he stopped Wilson Santana inside a round in May 2023.
“Umar Dzambekov continues to pass each test in grand style and has earned the position to be in the main event for this show,” 360 Promotions’ Tom Loeffler said. “Artem Brusov presents another very tough challenge for him on October 3.”
In the co-feature of the UFC Fight Pass-broadcast show, junior bantamweight Daniel “Chucky” Barrera, 9-1-1 (4 KOs), of Eastvale, California, will meet Mario Hernandez, 13-6-1 (4 KOs), of Santa Ana, California, in a scheduled eight-rounder.
Barrera, 23, most recently won an eight-round unanimous decision over Basilio Franco in June. In his previous outing, Hernandez bumped off then-undefeated prospect Jesus Martinez in June.
Also on the card will be junior welterweight Sacramento’s Cain Sandoval, 16-0 (14 KOs), who will square off against Jino Rodrigo, 13-5-2 (11 KOs), of Metro Manila, Philippines, in a scheduled eight-rounder.
Already in 2025, Sandoval has notched a fourth-round stoppage of Mark Bernaldez in February and a second-round knockout of Jonathan Jose Eniz in June. Rodrigo has lost two of three – but against stiff competition in Ruslan Abdullaev (an eight-round decision in April) and Elvis Rodriguez (a 10-round points defeat in June 2024).
Los Angeles attraction “Right Hook” Roxy Verduzco, 5-0 (1 KOs), will face Mexico’s Perla Lomeli, 7-5 (1 KOs), in an eight-round junior featherweight bout. Verduzco, 23, will be fighting for the fourth time in 2025, while Lomeli most recently dropped a six-round decision to Shannel Butler on August 9.
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Kazakhstan junior middleweight Sadriddin Akhmedov, 15-0-1 (13 KOs), now fighting out of Big Bear, California, under trainer Abel Sanchez, will meet Mexico’s Edgardo Velazquez, 16-2 (16 KOs), from Tijuana.
Akhmedov is coming off a 10-round majority draw against Elias Espadas in April, while Velazquez saw a four-fight win streak end in his previous bout, an eight-round points loss to Jose de Jesus Adama Chio in August 2024.
Angel Carrillo, 5-0 (2 KOs), a 20-year-old junior featherweight from Oxnard, California, will kick off the broadcast in a scheduled six-rounder against an opponent to be named.
In the preliminaries, aired on the UFC Fight Pass YouTube channel, 19-year-old junior bantamweight Diego Aviles Parra, 4-0 (4 KOs), and junior lightweight Mario Zamora, from Port Hueneme, California, and making his pro debut, will fight in separate four-rounders against opponents to be announced in the near future.
