UFC Baku live results and play-by-play analysis

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TODAY (Sat., June 27, 2026) with UFC Baku, streaming live online via Paramount+. The event happens inside Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan.

UFC is back out on the road this week for its second trip to the Azerbaijan capital of Baku (and its second juicy site fee from that small nation). The fight card is tailored specifically for their patrons, as you’d expect.

UFC Baku’s main event is Rafael Fiziev vs. Manuel Torres. Fiziev was born in Kazakhstan, moved to Kyrgyzstan and now trains in Thailand (and Florida). Though, he proudly carries the flag of Azerbaijan and is much beloved in Baku. Torres, meanwhile, travels to Eurasia from Mexico, looking to add Fiziev’s name to his impressive list of first round knockout victims.

The co-main is a funky match-up between Michel Pereira vs. Shara Magomedov. These two have lots of highlights to their names. They also have a few head-scratching moments, too. Both are coming off wins here, but both also need to do a lot more to become factors in the Middleweight division.

Rounding out the main card is Nazim Sadykhov vs. Matheus Camilo, Asu Almabayev vs. Charles Johnson, Brunno Ferreira vs. Ikram Aliskerov and Abus Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk.

The “Prelims” are headlined by Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan. The “Prelims” are also home to top prospect Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev. He fights Julius Walker. Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Andrey Pulyaev should also be a good scrap on the undercard.

UFC Baku Start Date and Time

We’re operating at primetime over in Azerbaijan. That means we have a special start time this weekend. Checkout the Paramount+ timings inside Baku Crystal Hall below:

The live blog here starts rolling below at 9 a.m. ET. Come in and say hi!

UFC BAKU PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES

Asu Amabayev vs. Charles Johnson

Round 1: Almabayev came out looking like he wanted to box. He landed a good shot and then switched to his wrestling game. He got Johnson down and then wouldn’t let him up. On top he landed a few shots and also threatened a guillotine.

Round 2: Almabayev was really feeling himself in this round. His striking looks great as he landed big shots on Johnson. Johnson tried to stay mobile, but Almabayev was catching up to him and either landing an overhand or pulling him down for a takedown. Johnson landed a nice combo, but Almabayev took that as a reason to switch to wrestling, with a great double leg in the middle of the cage. Johnson worked hard on the bottom, but Almabayev was too good for him.

Round 3: Johnson came out throwing kicks (against his corner’s advice). He was then taken down off one of them. Johnson landed with a reverse triangle like position, but Almabayev was able to get out, get on top, and keep doing what he’s best at. Johnson kept moving looking for routes to get up, but Almabayev kept moving, too, and stayed on top of him. That movement opened up opportunity for the Suloev stretch — which Almabayev converted.

Official decision: Asu Almabayev def. Charles Johnson by submission (Suloev’s stretch), round 3 (3:33)

Brunno Ferreira vs. Ikram Aliskerov

Round 1: Aliskerob led the dance in this round and Ferreira struggled to get past his big reach. Aliskerov’s best shot was a jump knee, which he used to then transition to a takedown. He held Ferreira down for some time, but didn’t do much damage. Still, the round was his.

Round 2: Aliskerov continued to have the better success on the feet, stinging Ferreira with his long punches and landing another nice knee. Aliskerov was also able to use his strikes to set up another takedown. Again, he enjoyed lots of time on top, but didn’t do much damage. Ferreira threatened with submissions from the bottom, including a calf slicer, but that wasn’t enough to take the round.

Round 3: Ferreira landed some good early offense on the tired Aliskerov. But Aliskerov wasn’t too tired to land a takedown. Once he got that, Ferreira looked a little demoralized and he wasn’t able to do much with Aliskerov on his back, in a body triangle, landing punches to the side of his head.

Official decision: Ikram Aliskerov def. Brunno Ferreira by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Abus Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejzcuk

Round 1: There was a lot of pawing and pacing to start this bout with Oleksiejczuk trying to walk down Magomedov. Magomedov landed a big knee in the clinch. After that, while separated, Oleksiejczuk walked into a huge elbow strike. That put him down to a knee. Magomedov then swarmed on him and latched on a iron-clad guillotine that put Oleksiejczuk to sleep. Bit of a late release there from Magomedov.

Official decision: Abus Magomedov def. Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission (guillotine), round 1 (3:25)

Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan: Hasanov’s smothering and relentless wrestling game got him the win here. He took Nolan down nine times in the first round. He was awfully gassed in the second, but Nolan wasn’t very fresh either. That allowed Hasanov to stay out of danger and then muscle through a few more big takedowns on route to the lopsided victory.

Official decision: Farman Hasanov def. Eric Nolan by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Julius Walker: The legend of Yakhyaev grows. He drops Walker with the first punch his threw for the sub-ten second TKO win. This man needs a bigger challenge.

Official decision: Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev def. Julius Walker by TKO (punches), round 1 (0:08)

Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Andrey Pulyaev: Ruziboev didn’t waste much time here. He got an early take down and quickly took the back. He focused on the rear naked choke and, after a few adjustments, was able to put Pulyaev to sleep!

Official decision: Nursulton Ruziboev def. Andrey Pulyaev by technical submission (rear naked choke), round 1 (3:58)

Kaan Ofli vs. Javier Reyes: Ofli did well to disguise his reach disadvantage in this fight. He was able to get past Reyes’ longer arms and land the better shots in the exchanges. He eventually managed to drop Reyes with a short right hook. He then got on top, secured full mount and the got the arm triangle.

Official decision: Kaan Ofli def. Javier Reyes by submission (arm triangle), round 1 (4:16)

Daniil Donchenko vs. Theodor Berggren: Donchenko continued to look like a very exciting Welterweight prospect here. He flowed and spammed Berggren with punches in the manner we’re starting to get used to. It all proved too much for the Octagon newcomer. Donchenko hurt him a few times in the first two rounds, but then put him down with a huge head kick.

Official decision: Daniil Donchenko def. Theodor Berggren by TKO (head kick and punches), round 2 (1:35)

Bekzat Almakhan vs. Jean Matsumoto: Almakhan showed off his power in the first round, dropping Matsumoto. Matsumoto recovered well, though, and took the second and third rounds thanks to his perfect timed takedowns (as well as some nice counter punching). He managed to stay in the fight despite a very nasty cut being opened up over his eye in the second round.

Official decision: Jean Matsumoto def. Bekzat Almakhan by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Tahir Abdullayev vs. Jefferson Nascimento: Nothing happened in the first round of this fight, much to the chagrin of the crowd and, to be fair, Abdullayev. In the second round Adullayev came forwards, but walked into big counter shots from Nascimento. In the third round, they actually started fighting. Adullayev got a takedown and landed some big ground and pound. After Abdullayev landed some big shots the referee stepped in with an absurd early stoppage for the hometown fighter.

Official decision: Tahir Abdullayev def. Jefferson Nascimento by TKO (ground and pound), round 3 (4:28)

Live stream begins at 9 a.m. ET …