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The Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s return to Azerbaijan is set after the UFC Baku weigh-ins took place.
All 26 fighters made weight for UFC Fight Night 280. The 13-fight card sees the return of fan-favorite lightweight Rafael Fiziev, who always brings action to the Octagon. He’ll clash with fellow contender Manuel Torres in a five-round fight.
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Fiziev (13-5) is looking to rebound from a TKO loss to Mauricio Ruffy earlier this year. It’s been a rough stretch for the Kazakhstani fighter, who is just 1-4 in his last five fights. However, two of the losses came to current champion Justin Gaethje and a win over Ignacio Bahamondes shows that he is still dangerous. “Ataman” weighed 156 pounds on the dot.
Meanwhile, Torres (17-3) is riding a two-fight win streak into the main event. TKO victories over Drew Dober and Grant Dawson have shown how skilled “El Loco” truly is. However, a recent defeat to Bahamondes in 2024 is his latest setback. The Mexican fighter weighed 156 pounds for his first UFC main event.
UFC Baku will stream live on Paramount+ starting at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT on Saturday. The main card kicks off at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.
UFC Baku weigh-in results:
Rafael Fiziev (156) vs. Manuel Torres (156)
Sharabutdin Magomedov (186) vs. Michel Pereira (185.5)
Matheus Camilo (156) vs. Nazim Sadykhov (156)
Asu Almabayev (126) vs. Charles Johnson (125.5)
Ikram Aliskerov (186) vs. Brunno Ferreira (185)
Abus Magomedov (185.5) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (186)
Farman Hasanov (170.5) vs. Eric Nolan (170.5)
Julius Walker (206) vs. Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev (206)
Andrey Pulyaev (186) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (186)
Kaan Ofli (146) vs. Javier Reyes (145.5)
Theodor Berggren (171) vs. Daniil Donchenko (170.5)
Bekzat Almakhan (136) vs. Jean Matsumoto (135.5)
Tahir Abdullayev (170.5) vs. Jefferson Nascimento (171)
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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