Fascinating lightweight, middleweight headliners set for UFC Baku

Lightweights Rafael
Fiziev and Manuel
Torres will headline
UFC Baku on June 27 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku,
Azerbaijan.

Fiziev (13-5) racked up a six-fight winning streak after suffering
his first pro loss in his Octagon debut in 2019. However, Fiziev
has since dropped four of his last five, although all the losses
came against elite opponents. “Ataman” most recently suffered a
brutal knockout loss against Mauricio
Ruffy in January.

Meanwhile, Torres (17-3) has finished all five of his UFC wins
inside the first round. Torres’ lone UFC loss came against Ignacio
Bahamondes, who lost to Fiziev. “El Loco” has since rebounded
with wins over Drew Dober
and Grant
Dawson. While the Mexican was scheduled to face Beneil
Dariush at UFC 327
last month, he was forced out due to injury.

The co-main event at UFC Baku will feature middleweight strikers
Sharabutdin
Magomedov and Michel
Pereira. Magomedov (16-1) is one of the most entertaining
strikers on the UFC roster. “Shara Bullet” is 5-1 in the UFC, with
his only professional loss coming against Michael
Page.

Meanwhile, Pereira (32-14) is coming off an upset win via split
decision over Zachary
Reese, which saw him rebound from a three-fight slump.