The UFC landed for the first time in Azerbaijan for the first time in its history last Saturday, but unfortunately the event was extremely matt.
In the main event of the evening, heavyweights Khalil Rountree JR and Jamahal Hill in what was a relatively slow fight, that Rountree JR dominated and then grabbed the decision victory.
Although the Azeri fans were an extremely passionate region, the Arena fell flat early in the night and on the way to the main map, there had not been a single finish of six fights.
It took until the eighth fight between Nazim Sadykhov and Nikolas Motta for the first finish of the night that was recorded in what was one of the best fights this year.
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Dana White Awards Sadykhov and Motta $ 100k each for incredible performance
After an incredible five -minute action in the round, the two light weights came out in round two threw with even more poison.
Towards the end of the round, Sadykhov donated it to the Brazilian, landed a number of huge punches while Motta was against the fence and then scored a mean knockout.
After the total war between Sadykhov and Motta there was only one other finish on the 12-Vechtkaart in Baku.
After he had received an unfortunate hand, the fans present in Baku began to leave the Arena early before Rountree JR and Hill even made their walk.
And with that, after the event, UFC boss Dana White revealed that he has granted all the performance bonus money to Sadykhov and Motta.
“I want to say, Nazim and Motta, total strikes landed 98 versus 84, which is a crazy pace for a fight that ended in the second round. 65 to 64 main shots and a combined 159 strikes in round one and then the motta combination, there was 75 punches in that ball park.
“I give them all the money tonight, so they each get $ 100,000, they get all the money, congratulations on those two,” said White.
Dana White explains why he wins an impressive entry.
Immediately after the incredible fight between Sadykhov and Motta, Mytybek Orolbai scored a first round entry on Tofiq Musayev.
Despite his impressive performance, White explained why he did not admit a performance bonus the 27-year-old.
“The Kimura? The child who has not made a weight? He had not weighed, he missed weight with 10 pounds, he came by and told me after the fight he said, “I will be a world champion,” I said, “You better find out how to get weight before you (make that claim). '
“You can't become a world champion if you get over weight in 10 pounds,” said White.