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 Baku Preview
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:
- UFC Baku’s “Prelims” will begin at 9 a.m. ET.
- UFC Baku’s main card is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. ET.
- All of UFC Baku airs on Paramount+, which you can stream here.
The live blog here starts rolling below at 9 a.m. ET. Come in and say hi!
UFC BAKU QUICK RESULTS
Main card
- 155 lbs.: Rafael Fiziev vs. Manuel Torres
- 185 lbs.: Michel Pereira vs. Shara Magomedov
- 155 lbs.: Nazim Sadykhov vs. Matheus Camilo
- 125 lbs.: Asu Almabayev vs. Charles Johnson
- 185 lbs.: Brunno Ferreira vs. Ikram Aliskerov
- 185 lbs.: Abus Magomedov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
Prelims
- 155 lbs.: Farman Hasanov vs. Eric Nolan
- 205 lbs.: Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Julius Walker
- 185 lbs.: Nursulton Ruziboev vs. Andrey Pulyaev
- 145 lbs.: Kaan Ofli vs. Javier Reyes
- 170 lbs.: Daniil Donchenko vs. Theodor Berggren
- 135 lbs.: Bekzat Almakhan vs. Jean Matsumoto
- 170 lbs.: Tahir Abdullayev vs. Jefferson Nascimento
UFC BAKU PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES
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