First UFC tournament in Baku: fights, participants, updated information/VIDEO

Today, the first UFC tournament is being held in Baku.

İdman.biz reports that 12 fights will take place at the "UFC Fight Night" to be held at the Baku Crystal Hall.

Azerbaijan is represented by 3 fighters in the tournament.

In the second most important fight of the historic night, Rafael Fiziyev, who is 11th in the ranking table, will face Chilean Ignacio Bahamondes. Our other representative, Nazim Sadykhov, will clarify his relationship with Brazilian Nikolas Motta. UFC debutant Tofig Musayev will face Kyrgyz Myktybek Oralbay.

The main fight of "UFC Fight Night" will be between former light heavyweight champion Jamaal Hill and former belt contender Khalil Rountree.

"UFC Fight Night"

Preliminary card

1) Featherweight: Irina Alekseeva (5-2-0, Russia) - Claudia Siqula (6-2-0, Poland)

2) Welterweight: Soo Hyun Ko (1-0-0, South Korea) - Oban Elliott (12-2-0, Wales)

3) Heavyweight: Hamdy Abdel Wahab (6-0-0, Egypt) - Muhammad Usman (11-4-0, Nigeria)

4) Featherweight: Melissa Mullins (7-1-0, England) - Daria Zheleznyakova (9-2-0, Russia)

5) Middleweight: Ismail Naurdiev (24-7-0, Morocco) - Park Jun-yong (18-6-0, South Korea)

6) Super Lightweight: Tagir Ulanbekov (16-2-0, Russia) - Maxsum Azat (17-1-0, Kazakhstan)

Main card, 23:00

7) Featherweight: Muhammad Naimov (12-3-0, Tajikistan) - Bogdan Grad (15-2-0, Austria)

8) Lightweight: Nazim Sadykhov (10-1-1, Azerbaijan) - Nikolas Motta (15-5-0, Brazil)

9) Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes (18-5-0, USA) - Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1, Russia)

10) Lightweight: Tofig Musayev (debutant, Azerbaijan) - Myktybek Orolbai (13-2-1, Kyrgyzstan)

11) Lightweight: Rafael Fiziev (12-4-0, Azerbaijan) - Ignacio Bahamondes (17-5-0, Chile)

12) Light Heavyweight: Jamal Hill (12-3-0, USA) - Khalil Rountree Jr (14-6-0, USA).

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