UFC bantamweights scrapped at UFC Baku on Saturday as "Russian Ronda" Irina Alekseeva and Klaudia Sygula met in the octagon. Aleskeeva (5-2) won her UFC debut in 2023 before dropping her next fight against Melissa Mullins in October. Now with...

UFC flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov was supposed to face a big name at UFC Baku on Saturday, but an injury took that away and Azat Maksum stepped up on short notice. Ulanbekov (16-2) was set to welcome back Kyoji Horiguchi to...

Heavyweight action kicked off Saturday's UFC Baku Fight Night card, which saw the UFC making its debut in the nation of Azerbaijan. The preliminary card opener found Mohammed Usman, brother of former welterweight champ Kamaru, taking on Hamdy Abdelwahab. Usman,...

Myktybek Orolbai welcomes Tofiq Musayev, a former Bellator fighter and RIZIN tournament winner, to the UFC this Saturday at UFC Baku, and admits the bout is a tough one. That said, during Wednesday's UFC Baku media day, Kyrgyzstan's Orolbai added...

Less than two months after being hit with a slew of criminal charges, Sedriques Dumas has booked another fight in the UFC. Dumas (10-3) is set to take on Jackson McVey (6-0) at UFC 317, in a middleweight booking first...

Making his octagon debut at UFC Baku this weekend is heavyweight Rizvan Kuniev, a former PFL standout who has landed a big fish for his coming out party in the UFC. Kuniev (13-2-1, 1NC) is paired up with Curtis Blaydes,...

For UFC lightweight Nikolas Motta it's all respect between him and his opponent Nazim Sadykhov when they enter the octagon this Saturday at UFC Baku. "I feel flattered he said that. That means he respects me as a hard opponent...

Bogdan Grad is "very proud to be part of UFC Baku," he said this week, and is "very thankful to the UFC," as one of the few European fighters on the Fight Night card. "I feel honored to represent the...

The UFC makes its debut in Azerbaijan this weekend, with UFC Baku on Saturday headlined by former light heavyweight champ Jamahal Hill and recent 205lb title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. The pair has been booked twice before, but with some...

There hasn't been too much trash talk between UFC lightweight Nazim Sadykhov and his opponent Nikolas Motta, but for the former the only language he needs is what happens in the cage at UFC Baku on Saturday. "Anything he says...