{"id":37579,"date":"2026-04-04T04:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Newcomer-makes-quick-turnaround-for-UFC-Perth-200719"},"modified":"2026-04-04T04:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T04:11:47","slug":"newcomer-makes-quick-turnaround-for-ufc-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/newcomer-makes-quick-turnaround-for-ufc-perth\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcomer makes quick turnaround for UFC Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newcomer-makes-quick-turnaround-for-ufc-perth.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Marwan Rahiki enjoyed a successful UFC debut. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marwan-Rahiki-430352\">Marwan<br \/>\nRahiki<\/a> will make a quick turnaround for his sophomore<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\">UFC<\/a><br \/>\nouting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rahiki (8-0) will take on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Jack-Jenkins-228039\">Jack<br \/>\nJenkins<\/a> (14-4)&nbsp; in a featherweight matchup at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-May-2-111890\">UFC Perth<\/a><br \/>\non May 2 at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.&nbsp; <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DamonMartin\/status\/2040125250604581107\">MMAFighting.com<\/a> was first to report the bout.<\/p>\n<h2>Strong First Impression<\/h2>\n<p>Rahiki made his debut against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Harry-Hardwick-165375\">Harry<br \/>\nHardwick<\/a> last month at UFC Fight Night 269 at the Apex in Las<br \/>\nVegas. While Rahiki put on a brutal beating on Hardwick, the latter<br \/>\nshowed immense grit in refusing to go out. However, Hardwick\u2019s<br \/>\ncorner threw in the towel at the end of the second round after he<br \/>\nrevealed that he had a broken jaw. Rahiki has finished all eight of<br \/>\nhis wins so far. The undefeated Moroccan-Australian will make a<br \/>\nquick turnaround of a month and a half for his sophomore clash<br \/>\nagainst Jenkins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jenkins is 4-2 in the UFC since making his debut in<br \/>\n2023. The Australian striker is coming off a unanimous decision win<br \/>\nover <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Ramon-Taveras-332055\">Ramon<br \/>\nTaveras<\/a> from last September that saw him rebound from a loss<br \/>\nagainst <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Gabriel-Santos-407202\">Gabriel<br \/>\nSantos<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marwan Rahiki enjoyed a successful UFC debut. | Getty\/UFC Marwan Rahiki will make a quick turnaround for his sophomoreUFC outing.&nbsp; Rahiki (8-0) will take on Jack Jenkins (14-4)&nbsp; in a featherweight matchup at UFC Perth on May 2 at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.&nbsp; MMAFighting.com was first to report the bout. Strong First Impression [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}