However, the combat was rescheduled for October 31 at UFC Fight Night 181, but Jotko was pulled from the struggle, citing injuries, and he was changed by Kevin Holland. However, Muradov withdrew thanks to injuries was changed by Dustin Stoltzfus. In 1993, he fled as a refugee with his household to his mother's native Uzbekistan due to the ongoing Tajik civil war, and eventually, in 2019, he was granted Uzbek citizenship.