Overview
- Rafael Fiziev stopped Manuel Torres with a spinning wheel kick and follow-up punches for a second-round TKO, a finish that came 15 seconds into round two on Saturday and ended Fiziev's recent 1-4 stretch.
- UFC announced four $100,000 Performance of the Night bonuses went to Fiziev, Asu Almabayev, Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev and Daniil Donchenko while five additional fighters earned $25,000 finish bonuses.
- Nine of 13 fights on the card finished inside the distance, including an eight-second knockout by Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev and a rare Suloev stretch submission by Asu Almabayev that drew major attention.
- The co-main saw Shara Magomedov beat Michel Pereira by unanimous decision and the event ran from Baku's National Gymnastics Arena on Paramount+ with prelims and main card start times set for North American viewers.
- Promoters and fighters said the results will affect matchmaking and rankings, with Fiziev projected back toward contender talks and newcomers like Yakhyaev and Donchenko likely to receive faster promotional pushes and bigger opponents.