Lightweight Rafael Fiziev needed 15 seconds into the second round to secure a brutal TKO over Manuel Torres to close out UFC Fight Night Saturday. <\/p>\n
A spinning back kick to the head of Torres marked the beginning of the end as Torres retreated against the fence and Fiziev ended the sequence with a right hand to secure the win.<\/p>\n
Fiziev (14-5 MMA) snapped Torres’ two-fight winning streak, as he had built a reputation of being a first-round knockout artist. Torres (17-4 MMA) had only been finished once by KO\/TKO entering his fight with Fiziev, while Fiziev improved his finishing rate to 71 percent according to Tapology.<\/p>\n
“I’m so happy, bro,” Fiziev said after the win, vocalizing his interested in a “BMF” title fight against Charles Oliveira down the line.<\/p>\n
In the co-main event at middleweight, Sharabutdin Magomedov survived a tough, durable effort from Michel Pereira to earn a unanimous decision win, sweeping the cards 29-28, 29-28, 29-28. Pereira (32-15, 2 NCs) dropped Magomedov (17-1 MMA) in the opening round in a near-upset TKO. However, Magomedov kept his distance and overwhelmed Pereira with strikes and a plethora of takedowns to sway the decision in his favor.<\/p>\n
Lightweights then took center stage as Matheus Camilo made short work of fan favorite Nazim Sadykhov with a first-round TKO. Camilo (11-3 MMA) found an opening with a crisp hook that sent Sadykhov (11-3-1 MMA) crashing to the Octagon canvas before a series of strikes followed. Camilo improved to 2-1 in the UFC since making his debut last year, while Sadykhov has split his last four fights.<\/p>\n
In a fight between two surging flyweight contenders, Asu Almabayev secured a rare Suloev stretch submission (a modified leg lock) to defeat Charles Johnson in Round 3 in a back-and-forth affair. Almabayev (24-3 MMA) extended his streak to three, while Johnson (19-9 MMA) has lost three of his last five outings.<\/p>\n
Middleweight Ikram Aliskerov earned a unanimous decision against Brunno Ferreira, taking the cards 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in continuing main card action. Aliskerov (18-2 MMA) has won three in a row, halting Ferreira’s (15-4 MMA) momentum in suffering consecutive losses for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n
After five of seven fights ended via stoppage during Saturday’s UFC Fight Night preliminary card from Baku, Azerbaijan, the six-fight main card brought much of the same.<\/p>\n
The card opened with middleweight Abusupiyan Magomedov securing a first-round guillotine choke over Michal Oleksiejczuk. Magomedov (29-7-1 MMA) has won four of his last six, while Oleksiejczuk (22-10 MMA) saw a three-fight winning streak end.<\/p>\n
Following a week off in observance of Fourth of July, the UFC returns to Las Vegas for International Fight Week Saturday, July 11, from T-Mobile Arena headlined by a five-round non-title welterweight rematch between former UFC featherweight champions Conor McGregor and Max Holloway at UFC 329.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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