The UFC makes its second-ever trip to Azerbaijan this week, with Saturday’s UFC Baku headlined by local lightweight Rafael Fiziev taking on Manuel Torries.
Mexico’s Torres has put together a 5-1 record to earn his first main event stint in the promotion, while Fiziev got back in the win column last year with a victory over Ignacio Bahamondes. He’s since dropped a fight to Mauricio Ruffy, but his losses have come to some of the best, including two in the UFC against Justin Gaethje, now the undisputed lightweight champion.
In the night’s co-main event, middleweights Michel Pereira and Shara Bullet were set to face off. Pereira had gotten back in the win column in his last fight, while Shara was competing for the first time in a year.
Weigh-ins for UFC Baku take place Friday, with the ceremonials set for 9AM ET, 6AM PT. Results can be found below.
UFC Baku: Fiziev vs. Torres Weigh-In Results
Main card
Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev vs. Manuel Torres (156)
Middleweight: Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Michel Pereira
Lightweight: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Matheus Camilo
Flyweight: Asu Almabayev (126) vs. Charles Johnson
Middleweight: Ikram Aliskerov vs. Brunno Ferreira
Middleweight: Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk
Preliminary card
Welterweight: Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan
Light Heavyweight: Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Julius Walker
Middleweight: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Andrey Pulyaev
Featherweight: Kaan Ofli vs. Javier Reyes
Welterweight: Daniil Donchenko vs. Theodor Berggren
Bantamweight: Bekzat Almakhan vs. Jean Matsumoto
Welterweight: Tahir Abdullayev vs. Jefferson Nascimento
