{"id":39040,"date":"2026-06-28T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/UFC-Baku-bonus-winner-promises-even-quicker-finish-in-next-fight-201673"},"modified":"2026-06-28T16:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T16:31:43","slug":"ufc-baku-bonus-winner-promises-even-quicker-finish-in-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/ufc-baku-bonus-winner-promises-even-quicker-finish-in-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Baku bonus winner promises even quicker finish in next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ufc-baku-bonus-winner-promises-even-quicker-finish-in-next-fight.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Fans should not blink when <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Abdul-Rakhman-Yakhyaev-395509\">Abdul-Rakhman<br \/>\nYakhyaev<\/a> steps into the Octagon again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yakhyaev was the biggest favourite on the card when he took on<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Julius-Walker-366067\">Julius<br \/>\nWalker<\/a> in a light heavyweight tilt at UFC Baku on Saturday.<br \/>\nYakhyaev justified the odds by dropping Walker with a right hand<br \/>\nand finishing him in 8 seconds. Yakhyaev also earned a $100,000<br \/>\nperformance bonus for his highlight-reel victory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Despite scoring one of the quickest finishes in UFC history,<br \/>\nYakhyaev promises an even quicker finish in his next fight. The<br \/>\nundefeated Turkish prospect believes he is already prepared for<br \/>\ntop-tier opponents.<\/p>\n<h2>Ready to Move Up<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cNext time fight will be more short,\u201d Yakhyaev said in a post-fight<br \/>\ninterview with the UFC. \u201cBe ready guys. I think I\u2019m ready for Top<br \/>\n10, Top 5, doesn\u2019t matter. I will sit with my coach, my team, we\u2019ll<br \/>\ntalk about that and let the UFC know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yakhayaev has finished nine of his 10 career wins so far, eight of<br \/>\nthem in the first round. The 25-year-old has scored three<br \/>\nconsecutive first-round finishes since making his UFC debut last<br \/>\nyear.<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"3.0277777777778\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.3263888888889\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cNext fight will be (shorter). Be<br \/>\nready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After scoring a knockout win in eight seconds, Abdul Rakhman<br \/>\nYakhyaev hopes for an even bigger fight next time out. <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/UFCBaku?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCBaku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Complete Prelim Results \u27a1\ufe0f <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFmdQqejLw\">https:\/\/t.co\/uFmdQqejLw<\/a> <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RtUfuMcT9M\">pic.twitter.com\/RtUfuMcT9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC News (@UFCNews) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UFCNews\/status\/2070897732101996950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nJune 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans should not blink when Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev steps into the Octagon again.&nbsp; Yakhyaev was the biggest favourite on the card when he took on Julius Walker in a light heavyweight tilt at UFC Baku on Saturday. Yakhyaev justified the odds by dropping Walker with a right hand and finishing him in 8 seconds. Yakhyaev also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39040","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\/39040","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=39040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}