MMA Fighting has UFC Baku results for the Fiziev vs. Torres fight, a live blog for the top two fights, and more from National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday afternoon. In the main event, Rafael Fiziev clashes with Manuel Torres in a lightweight contest. Fiziev has lost four of his past five fights, […]
Abus Magomedov was at his best at UFC Baku and now he wants to fight one of the best to ever compete in his division. The Russian-German middleweight made short work of Michal Oleksiejczuk, cracking him with a hard elbow and then finishing with a guillotine choke that left Oleksiejczuk snoozing. Watch the nasty finish […]
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev is a serious contender in the light heavyweight division. The undefeated Turk made sure Julius Walker wasn’t taking his zero at UFC Baku on Saturday, connecting with a sledgehammer right hand that put Walker down for the count just eight seconds into Round 1. Watch the blindingly fast finish below. With the […]
Nursulton Ruziboev is having quite the time since returning to the UFC’s middleweight division. On Saturday, that success continued as Ruziboev picked up his third straight victory with a nasty rear-naked choke submission over Andrey Pulyaev on the preliminary card of Saturday’s UFC Baku event. Check out the finish in the video below. The official […]
Five years after having the Bellator featherweight belt wrapped around his waist, A.J. McKee wants to win another gold belt in the PFL. That’s why he opted to go back to 145 pounds after a short trip to lightweight, even though he’s already making plans for his post-fighting career. McKee beat Akhmed Magomedov in July […]
Tahir Abdullayev is a winner after his debut at UFC Baku, but not without controversy. The opening welterweight bout of Saturday’s show in Azerbaijan was already shaping up to be a forgettable debacle, with Abdullayev and opponent Jefferson Nascimento showing little aggression through the first two rounds and Nascimento receiving a strange warning from referee […]
MMA Fighting has PFL San Diego results for the McKee vs. Isbulaev fight card and more from Pechange Arena in San Diego on Saturday. In the main event, former Bellator champion A.J. McKee takes on the undefeated Salmat Isbulaev in featherweight contest. McKee (24-2) is 2-0 since returning to the 145-pound division following back-to-back victories […]
UFC Baku could be Rafael Fiziev’s last chance to get back on track. The proud Azerbaijani fighter has a home date Saturday as he takes on Mexico’s Manuel Torres, who has won two straight and five of six since being signed off of Dana White’s Contender Series in 2021. Once a surging lightweight contender himself, […]
Joe Lauzon is fighting in Boston again, this time at the most historic ballpark in Major League Baseball. Promotional officials announced on Friday that Lauzon, a veteran of 27 UFC fights, has signed a multi-fight deal with BKFC. The Massachusetts native debuts at BKFC 92 on Aug. 29 at Fenway Park. “The thing that got […]
Matheus Camilo landed in Azerbaijan for a UFC clash with Nazim Sadykhov at Saturday’s Fight Night show in Baku, but he believes the pressure is on the shoulders of the local talent. Sadykhov enters the cage coming off the first loss of his UFC career, a second-round knockout to Fares Ziam in 2025, after an […]