Leon Edwards has been pictured training with social media stars following the cancellation of his fight with Jorge Masvidal.
Edwards and Masvidal were scheduled to meet in a grudge fight at UFC 269 on December 11, but an undisclosed injury forced Masvidal out of the fight last month.
It is expected that Edwards - who is unbeaten in six years - will be pulled from the pay-per-view event entirely.
Rising prospect Khamzat Chimaev was among several names to campaign to fight the Brit, but Edwards has insisted on fighting welterweight champion Kamaru Usman next.
And Edwards was pictured alongside the likes of Love Island star Joe Garrett and internet personality Niall Ryan whilst in Dubai.
Also in the picture was PFL standout Brendan Loughnane and Tam Khan, who promotes 'Social Knockout' influencer boxing in Dubai.
Edwards and Masvidal came to blows backstage after both competing at a UFC London event in 2019, with Edwards being left with a cut under his eye as a result of the incident.
The two have been tipped to fight ever since the altercation, but Masvidal's undisclosed injury means they will have to wait even longer to meet in the cage.
But Edwards isn't sure if his grudge match against Masvidal will ever be rebooked by the UFC.
“I don’t believe (we’ll get booked again). I’m going up, he’s going that way (down). So I can’t see when there’s going to be a time when the fight makes sense," he told ESPN.
"I’m going to keep winning. I’m going on to world championships and competing at a higher level. He’s declining.
Edwards outpointed Nate Diaz in June despite a late fightback from the UFC fan favourite and was part of a no-contest against Belal Muhammad in March.
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The No.3 ranked welterweight was asked to stay on the UFC 269 card, but he felt there was nobody else to fight that made "sense".
“They didn’t force me. They asked me, ‘Would you stay on the card?’ Obviously, if the fight makes sense I would, you know. But there’s no one else that makes sense," he continued.
"I’m the only guy that’s doing what I’m doing. Everyone else, they’re winning one, they’re losing one. There’s no one else.
“The only reason I was making a stop off (on the way to the title) was because of Jorge and the history that we had.
"The background and how to build a fight and get me up in the morning to wanna work hard and wanna go and perform. There’s literally no one else.
"Me and my manager went back, we had a look at the division. There was no one. There’s no one for me to fight. I could fight just to fight if I wanted to but what’s the point?”
