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Marvin Vettori will be back in action this summer. | Getty/UFC
The UFC Baku lineup continues to take shape.
The Las Vegas-based promotion on Tuesday confirmed a handful of matchups for the event, including a pair of intriguing middleweight tilts: Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev and Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk.
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Other announced pairings, some of which have been previously reported include: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Matheus Camilo at lightweight; Asu Almabayev vs. Charles Johnson at flyweight and Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Andrey Pulyaev at middleweight.
UFC Baku takes place at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 27 and is headlined by a lightweight clash pitting Rafael Fiziev against Manuel Torres. The card will air in its entirety on Paramount+.
Middleweight Mania
A middleweight title challenger in 2021, Vettori will look to snap a four-bout losing streak when he squares off against Naurdiev. “The Italian Dream” went 0-3 in 2025 alone, dropping unanimous decisions to the likes of Roman Dolidze, Brendan Allen and Brunno Ferreira.
Naurdiev, who is on his second UFC stint, has won two of his last three Octagon appearances. Most recently, the 29-year-old Austrian scored a first-round knockout of Ryan Loder at UFC Qatar this past November.
Magomedov saw a three-bout winning streak come to an end in his last outing, when he suffered a second-round submission defeat to Joe Pyfer at UFC 320 this past October. Prior to that, “Abus” had earned successive triumphs against Warlley Alves, Ferreira and Michel Pereira.
Oleksiejczuk, meanwhile, has won three consecutive UFC starts. Most recently, the Pole outpointed Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Fight Night 266 on Feb. 7. His current run also includes first-round stoppages of Gerald Meerschaert and Sedriques Dumas.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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