{"id":38128,"date":"2026-05-06T00:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Fascinating-lightweight-middleweight-headliners-set-for-UFC-Baku-201083"},"modified":"2026-05-06T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T00:10:28","slug":"fascinating-lightweight-middleweight-headliners-set-for-ufc-baku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/fascinating-lightweight-middleweight-headliners-set-for-ufc-baku\/","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating lightweight, middleweight headliners set for UFC Baku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> Baku card is shaping up to be a
\nfan-friendly spectacle.<\/p>\n

Lightweights Rafael
\nFiziev<\/a> and Manuel
\nTorres<\/a> will headline
\nUFC Baku<\/a> on June 27 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku,
\nAzerbaijan.<\/p>\n

\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Fiziev (13-5) racked up a six-fight winning streak after suffering
\nhis first pro loss in his Octagon debut in 2019. However, Fiziev
\nhas since dropped four of his last five, although all the losses
\ncame against elite opponents. \u201cAtaman\u201d most recently suffered a
\nbrutal knockout loss against Mauricio
\nRuffy<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Torres (17-3) has finished all five of his UFC wins
\ninside the first round. Torres\u2019 lone UFC loss came against Ignacio
\nBahamondes<\/a>, who lost to Fiziev. \u201cEl Loco\u201d has since rebounded
\nwith wins over Drew Dober<\/a>
\nand Grant
\nDawson<\/a>. While the Mexican was scheduled to face Beneil
\nDariush<\/a> at UFC 327<\/a>
\nlast month, he was forced out due to injury.<\/p>\n

The co-main event at UFC Baku will feature middleweight strikers
\nSharabutdin
\nMagomedov<\/a> and Michel
\nPereira<\/a>. Magomedov (16-1) is one of the most entertaining
\nstrikers on the UFC roster. \u201cShara Bullet\u201d is 5-1 in the UFC, with
\nhis only professional loss coming against Michael
\nPage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pereira (32-14) is coming off an upset win via split
\ndecision over Zachary
\nReese<\/a>, which saw him rebound from a three-fight slump.<\/p>\n

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\n

\ud83d\udea8 Your
\n#UFCBaku<\/a> headliners! \ud83d\udea8@RafaelFiziev<\/a>
\nvs Manuel
\nTorres<\/a>@Shara_Bullet77<\/a>
\nvs @UfcPereira<\/a><\/p>\n

Register your interest for UFC’s return to Azerbaijan on June 27!!
\n\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0fhttps:\/\/t.co\/NbEJjEXCAF<\/a>
\npic.twitter.com\/e4dAkbN0Fn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC (@ufc)
\nMay 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship Baku card is shaping up to be a fan-friendly spectacle. Lightweights Rafael Fiziev and Manuel Torres will headline UFC Baku on June 27 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. Advertisement Fiziev (13-5) racked up a six-fight winning streak after suffering his first pro loss in his Octagon debut in 2019. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38128","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\/38128","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=38128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}