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Rafael Fiziev beat Manuel Torres by knockout at 0:15 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku. Manuel Torres had come in as the division's No. 15. In the co-main event, Shara Magomedov beat Michel Pereira by unanimous decision after three rounds at middleweight.
Across the 13 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, four by submission and four on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 13 fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev, who stopped Julius Walker after 8 seconds, and five of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Tahir Abdullayev's knockout of Jefferson Nascimento, 14 minutes and 28 seconds in. End to end, the 13 fights filled one hour and 53 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: five of its seven results came early, against four of the six above it. Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (knockout, round one), Nursulton Ruziboev (submission, round one) and Kaan Ofli (submission, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Three ranked fighters appeared.
Seven weight classes were used, middleweight most often with four bouts. Paramount+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
