The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in Baku has officially begun.

Axar.az reports that the tournament got underway at 5:00 p.m. at the National Gymnastics Arena.

In the main event of UFC Fight Night Baku, Azerbaijan's Rafael Fiziev will face Manuel Torres of Mexico in a lightweight bout.

Other Azerbaijani fighters on the card include Nazim Sadykhov, who will take on Brazil's Mateus Camilo, Farman Hasanov, who will face Eric Nolan of the United States, and Tahir Abdullayev, who will square off against Brazil's Jefferson Nascimento.

UFC Fight Night Baku

Preliminary Card

Tahir Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) vs. Jefferson Nascimento (Brazil)

Bekzat Almakhan (Kazakhstan) vs. Jean Matsumoto (Brazil)

Daniil Donchenko (Ukraine) vs. Teodor Berggren (Sweden)

Kaan Ofli (Australia) vs. Javier Reyes (Colombia)

Nursulton Ruziboev (Uzbekistan) vs. Andrey Pulyaev (Russia)

Abdul Rahman Yahyaev (Turkiye) vs. Julius Walker (United States)

Farman Hasanov (Azerbaijan) vs. Eric Nolan (United States)

Main Card

Abus Magomedov (Germany) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (Poland)

Ikram Aliskerov (Russia) vs. Bruno Ferreira (Brazil)

Asu Almabayev (Kazakhstan) vs. Charles Johnson (United States)

Nazim Sadykhov (Azerbaijan) vs. Mateus Camilo (Brazil)

Sharabutdin Magomedov (Russia) vs. Michel Pereira (Brazil)

Rafael Fiziev (Azerbaijan) vs. Manuel Torres (Mexico)

It should be noted that Baku hosted its first UFC event in 2025.