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Myktybek Orolbai welcomed Bellator alum and RIZIN lightweight grand prix winner Tofiq Musayev to the octagon at UFC Baku on Saturday. Orolbai, though coming into the fight off a loss, had put in a Fight of the Night-winning effort against...

UFC lightweight Nazim Sadykhov returns home to Azerbaijan to fight under the UFC banner for the first time when he faces Nikolas Motta at UFC Baku on Saturday. Sadykhov (10-1-1) is one of three Azerbaijani fighters on the UFC roster...

Tajikistan's Muhammad Naimov faced Bogdan Grad in featherweight action to open up UFC Baku on Saturday. The fight got off to a hot start to say the least. Naimov had Grad hurt about 90 seconds into the opening round, with Naimov's...

The featured preliminary card bout at UFC Baku on Saturday found South Korea's Seokhyeon Ko facing Oban Elliott in a welterweight fight. Ko was making his promotional debut in the bout, while Elliott, known as "The Welsh Gangster," had put...

Ismail Naurdiev looked to make it 2-0 in the UFC's middleweight division and three straight overall when he took on South Korea's Jun Yong Park at UFC Baku on Saturday. "The Iron Turtle" Park had won five of his last...

Melissa Mullins looked to make it two wins in a row, and improve to 3-1 overall under the UFC banner, when the English bantamweight took on Darya Zheleznyakova at UFC Baku on Saturday. The pair had competed once before, outside...

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,...

New LFA bantamweight champion Bia Mesquita saw the culmination of years of hard work when she defeated Sierra Dinwoodie at LFA 211 on Friday night to earn MMA gold. "So happy to be able to prove that everything that I...