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UFC Holds Lightweight Main Event in Baku on June 27
The UFC holds its second event at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan, on June 27, 2026. Rafael Fiziev faces Manuel Torres in the main event, with the card streaming on Paramount+.
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The UFC stages its second event at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday, June 27, 2026, with seven preliminary bouts beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. Rafael Fiziev meets Manuel Torres in the lightweight main event. Fiziev enters with a 13-5 record and is unranked.
He has lost four of his last five fights, including a February TKO loss to Mauricio Ruffy and a March 2025 unanimous decision loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 313. His most recent win came by decision over Ignacio Bahamondes in June 2025 in Baku. Torres holds a 17-3 record and is ranked No.
13 in the division. He has finished all six of his UFC bouts inside the first round for a total of 15 minutes and 15 seconds of fight time and has earned five Performance of the Night bonuses. The co-main event features Sharabutdin Magomedov against Michel Pereira.
The main card also includes Nazim Sadykhov versus Matheus Camilo, Asu Almabayev versus Charles Johnson, Ikram Aliskerov versus Brunno Ferreira, and Abusupiyan Magomedov versus Michał Oleksiejczuk. Preliminaries begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and the main card starts at 12:00 p.m.
ET. The event streams exclusively on Paramount+. Ceremonial weigh-ins took place on June 26 at the same arena. Fiziev is from Kazakhstan and Torres is from Mexico.
