What’s Next: UFC Baku Losers
The UFC ventured to Baku, Azerbaijan for just the second time in its history on Saturday, the first time featuring Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree in the main event and Rafeal Fiziev taking on Ignacio Bahamondes. Well, the hometown...
UFC Baku: Rafael Fiziev Explodes in Fiery Finish of Manuel Torres
With Manuel Torres in hostile territory, all attention had been on Azerbaijan's own Rafael Fiziev ahead of UFC Baku on Saturday. The card's lightweight main event found Fiziev looking to return to the win column following a loss to Mauricio...
UFC Baku: Shara Bullet Survives Knockdown, Hangs on to Win Decision Over Michel Pereira
The co-main event at UFC Baku on Saturday had no love lost between middleweights Shara Magomedov and Michel Pereira. Shara "Bullet" was competing for the first time in a year, and had ruffled Pereira's feathers by making comments about his...
Matheus Camilo Drops Nazim Sadykhov, Silences Crowd at UFC Baku
Matheus Camilo was in search of his second victory inside the octagon when he faced off against Nazim Sadykhov as part of UFC Baku's main card on Saturday. The lightweight fight found Azerbaijan's own "Black Wolf" entering with a 4-1-1...
UFC Baku: Asu Almabayev Caps Off Stellar Showing Against Charles Johnson with Rare Submission
Charles "Inner G" Johnson made the trip to Azerbaijan to face Asu Almabayev in a flyweight fight at UFC Baku on Saturday. Johnson, who holds a win over current flyweight champion Josh Van in the UFC, had been trading wins...
UFC Baku: Ikram Aliskerov Notches Third Straight Win, Beats Brunno Ferreira
Middleweight Ikram Aliskerov was thrown to the wolves early in his UFC run, placed in a main event against Robert Whittaker in just his third UFC fight. While that bout didn't go his way, Aliskerov was still 4-1 in the...
Abus Magomedov Chokes Out Oleksiejczuk, Calls Out Israel Adesanya
Kicking off the UFC Baku main card on Saturday was the first of three middleweight fights among the final six bouts of the evening: Abus Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk. Oleksiejczuk had been working with The Fighting Nerds the past couple...
Farman Hasanov Breaks Welterweight Single Round Takedown Record In Dominant Win
Eric Nolan, in search of his first UFC victory, welcomed Farman Hasanov to the promotion at UFC Baku on Saturday, in a welterweight fight that served as the card's featured prelim. Azerbaijan's own Hasanov was debuting at home, 5-0 to...
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev Flattens Walker With Nasty KO at UFC Baku
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev needed exactly one punch to make a statement. The undefeated Russian barely gave Julius Walker a chance to settle into the fight, detonating a crushing right hand seconds after the opening bell that shut the lights out...
Nursulton Ruziboev Submits Pulyaev in Dominant First Round Finish at UFC Baku
Nursulton Ruziboev didn't need long to remind everyone why he's one of the most dangerous finishers in the UFC. Competing in the 50th fight of his professional career, Ruziboev overwhelmed Andrey Pulyaev from the opening bell, turning an early takedown...
























