The first UFC tournament will be held in Baku today.
Idman.biz reports that 12 fights will take place at the "UFC Fight Night" to be held at the Baku Crystal Hall.
The night will start at 20:00.
Azerbaijan will be represented by 3 fighters in the tournament.
The second most important fight of the historic night will be between Rafael Fiziyev, 11th in the ranking table, and Chilean Ignacio Bahamondes. Our other representative, Nazim Sadikhov, 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 Sicula (6-2-0, Poland)
2) Welterweight: Soo Hyun Ko (1-0-0, South Korea) - Oban Elliott (12-2-0, Wales)
3) Heavyweight: Hamdi 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) Flyweight: 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 Sadikhov (10-1-1, Azerbaijan) - Nikolas Motta (15-5-0, Brazil)
9) Heavyweight: Curtis Blades (18-5-0, USA) - Rizvan Kuniev (12-2-1, Russia)
10) Lightweight: Tofiq Musayev (debutant, Azerbaijan) - Myktybek Orolbay (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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