Russian heavyweight UFC Ruslan Magomedov can hold his first fight since October 2015. The fight will take place at the UFC 230 tournament, which will be held November 3 in New York. This is reported by a number of Western journalists referring to the manager Magomedov.

Ruslan Magomedov (14-1) held three fights in the UFC, and all ended successfully for him. The Russian defeated the unanimous decisions of Victor Peshtu, Josh Copeland and Sean Jordan. In 2016, rather high-profile names appeared as potential rivals of Magomedov, but in September of the same year, USADA discovered Ruslan's forbidden remains in the body, followed by a two-year suspension.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima (15-5-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) in two extreme fights with Jeremy Kimbol, whom he defeated by TKO, and Ovins Sainte-Prue, whom the Brazilian lost to the referee, could not meet the limit of the light heavyweight category , therefore decided to continue performances in the heavy division. Marcos Rogerio de Lima was also implicated in the doping scandal, which prevented him from entering the cage in September 2017 with Saparbeg Safarov. However, later all charges were dropped from Lima.

The main fight of the UFC 230 will be the confrontation of one of the contenders for the title at lightweight Dustin Porie and the infamous Nate Diaz.