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UFC Baku Fight Card: Full Main Card & Prelims Lineup

Twelve fights. Two cards. One historic Baku debut on June 27, 2026.

By Fight Night Baku Desk · Published · Updated

The official UFC Baku fight card closes at 12 bouts — a seven-fight main card and a five-fight prelim block — and the running order finally clicked into place this week. Rafael Fiziev headlines in front of his own people. Manuel Torres flies in with the loudest pop in the Mexican lightweight class. In between you get a stacked middleweight wave, a light-heavy banger, and three Azerbaijani prospects on home soil. Below: every bout, every weight class, every ET start time.

Note one late change: the original heavyweight clash between Rizvan Kuniev and Tyrell Fortune was cancelled, so the running time tightens up a bit. Everything else holds.

Main Card · 3:00 PM ET

Rafael Fiziev vs Manuel Torres

Lightweight · 5 × 5 · ~5:30 PM ET

🇦🇿 Rafael Fiziev (13-4) collides with 🇲🇽 Manuel Torres (17-3) in a lightweight five-round war. Main Event · Fiziev's homecoming to Baku. Expect a clash of styles — Azerbaijan grit against Mexico firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Michel Pereira Lima vs Sharaputdin Magomedov

Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~5:00 PM ET

🇧🇷 Michel Pereira Lima (32-14 (2 NC)) collides with 🇷🇺 Sharaputdin Magomedov (16-1) in a middleweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Brazil grit against Russia firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Brunno Ferreira vs Ikram Aliskerov

Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~4:30 PM ET

🇧🇷 Brunno Ferreira (15-3) collides with 🇷🇺 Ikram Aliskerov (17-2) in a middleweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Brazil grit against Russia firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Asu Almabaev vs Charles Johnson

Flyweight · 3 × 5 · ~4:00 PM ET

🇰🇿 Asu Almabaev (23-3) collides with 🇺🇸 Charles Johnson (19-8) in a flyweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Kazakhstan grit against USA firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev vs Julius Walker

Light Heavyweight · 3 × 5 · ~3:30 PM ET

🇹🇷 Abdulrakhman Yakhyaev (9-0) collides with 🇺🇸 Julius Walker (7-2) in a light heavyweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Turkey grit against USA firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Ismail Naurdiev vs Marvin Vettori

Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~3:00 PM ET

🇲🇦 Ismail Naurdiev (25-8) collides with 🇮🇹 Marvin Vettori (19-9-1) in a middleweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Morocco grit against Italy firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Abus Magomedov vs Michal Oleksiejczuk

Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~2:30 PM ET

🇩🇪 Abus Magomedov (28-7-1) collides with 🇵🇱 Michal Oleksiejczuk (22-9 (1 NC)) in a middleweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Germany grit against Poland firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Prelims · 12:00 PM ET

Nursulton Ruziboev vs Andrey Pulyaev

Middleweight · 3 × 5 · ~2:00 PM ET

🇺🇿 Nursulton Ruziboev (36-9-2 (2 NC)) collides with 🇷🇺 Andrey Pulyaev (10-4) in a middleweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Uzbekistan grit against Russia firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Bekzat Almakhan vs Jean Matsumoto

Bantamweight · 3 × 5 · ~1:30 PM ET

🇰🇿 Bekzat Almakhan (12-3) collides with 🇧🇷 Jean Matsumoto (17-2) in a bantamweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Kazakhstan grit against Brazil firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Daniel Donchenko vs Andreas Gustafsson

Welterweight · 3 × 5 · ~1:00 PM ET

🇺🇦 Daniel Donchenko (13-2) collides with 🇸🇪 Andreas Gustafsson (12-3) in a welterweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Ukraine grit against Sweden firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Nazim Sadykhov vs Matheus Camilo

Lightweight · 3 × 5 · ~12:30 PM ET

🇦🇿 Nazim Sadykhov (11-2-1) collides with 🇧🇷 Matheus Camilo (10-3) in a lightweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Azerbaijan grit against Brazil firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Farman Hasanov vs Eric Nolan

Welterweight · 3 × 5 · ~12:00 PM ET

🇦🇿 Farman Hasanov (4-0) collides with 🇺🇸 Eric Nolan (8-4) in a welterweight three-round sprint. A scrap that can swing the night. Expect a clash of styles — Azerbaijan grit against USA firepower — with a real chance the bell never reaches the judges.

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Where to go next

Pair this card with our 12-fight predictions, the full odds breakdown, and a tale-of-the-tape comparison for every fighter in fighter stats.