Artem Lobov (Russian: Артём Лобов; born August 11, 1986) is an Irish-Russian former professional mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle boxer .
In the round bouts he defeated Team USA's James Jenkins by TKO and repeated the outcome in the quarter-finals against Chris Gruetzemacher.
Due to visa issues Saul Rogers was removed from the finale and was replaced by Ryan Hall of Team USA.
[18] Lobov was initially scheduled to face Alex Caceres on April 7, 2018, at UFC 223,[19] but was removed from the card for his role in the Team SBG bus assault.
[20] This came after a confrontation on April 3, 2018, where Khabib Nurmagomedov and his entourage cornered Lobov and slapped him multiple times due to his previous comments on the fighter.
[22] However, it was reported that Tukhugov was removed from the fight due his role in the UFC 229 post–fight melee,[23] and he was replaced by Michael Johnson.
He was expected to make his promotional debut against Ylies Djiroun on December 12, 2020, but the whole event was postponed due to multiple COVID-19 cases.
[29][30] Shortly after his UFC release, it was announced that Lobov signed a three-fight contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), with a clause to be able to compete in MMA also.
[33] Lobov's next fight was against Paulie Malignaggi, with whom he had a physical altercation during the BKFC media day before his bout with Knight.
[40] Lobov faced Ukrainian 2012 Olympic silver medalist and professional boxer Denys Berinchyk in a bare-knuckle match at Mahatch FC in Kyiv, Ukraine on July 24, 2021.