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UFC On ABC 8
''UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.'' (also known as ''UFC on ABC 8'') is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 21, 2025, at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. Background A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill and former title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. is scheduled to headline the event. The pairing was originally expected to meet at UFC 303 in June 2024, but the bout was scrapped as Rountree withdrew from the event after unintentionally ingesting DHEA in a tainted supplement. They were then booked to headline UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates in April, but Hill pulled out due to a lingering leg injury. The co-main event would feature a flyweight bout between Tagir Ulanbekov and former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (who is also a former RIZIN Flyweight and two-time RIZIN Bantamweight Champion, as well as former B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor (company), Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over List of current UFC fighters, 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 Weight class, weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held List of UFC events, over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the UFC 1, first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early compet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC Heavyweight Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions are fighters who have won UFC championships. Historical notes At the time of the UFC's inception in 1993, mixed martial arts was not sanctioned in the United States, and did not include weight classes. Instead of the traditional championship model, the UFC held tournaments with the winner receiving a permanent appellation. In response to criticism from Senator John McCain that saw the loss of its television deal and the banning of the sport in thirty-six states, the UFC increased its cooperation with state athletic commissions and introduced weight classes in 1997, starting with UFC 12, and began introducing weight-specific titles. The original codification for weight classes introduced only two divisions: heavyweight, which grouped together all competitors above , and lightweight, which encompassed all competitors 199 pounds (90 kg) and under. At UFC 14 the lightweight division would be renamed to middleweight, though it wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Naimov
Muhammadjon Naimov (; born 7 August 1994) is a Tajik mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2018, Naimov has also competed in the Titan Fighting Championships. Background Muhammad Naimov was born in Kulob on 7 August 1994. He studied at the Tajik National University. He speaks three languages. Naimov began competing in taekwondo, where he won the Asian Junior Championships in Kazakhstan (2010), Tajikistan (2012), Bulgaria (2013) and Nepal (2014), and won a medal at the World Junior Championships in Estonia (2012) and Tajikistan (2014). He then began his amateur MMA career in 2016 before turning professional in 2018. Mixed martial arts career Early career Naimov made his professional MMA career in on November 1, 2018, at Jonathan Ogden Foundation's 13th Annual 'An Evening Ringside' against Jernato Harris, winning the bout via second-round TKO. Naimov made his Titan FC debut aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazim Sadykhov
Nazim Sadykhov ( Azerbaijani: Nazim Sadıxov, born May 16, 1994) is an Azerbaijani mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Early life Nazim Sadykhov was born on May 16, 1994, in Moscow, Russia to Azerbaijani parents. His father introduced him to sports early to teach self-defense. Sadykhov grew up in Brooklyn, New York, but maintains a strong connection to his Azerbaijani heritage, honoring his lineage and cultural roots. Mixed martial arts career Early career Nazim Sadykhov began his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career on November 16, 2018. After an initial loss, he achieved a series of victories, including six by knockout and two by submission. This performance led to his participation in Dana White's Contender Series on August 16, 2022, where he secured a third-round knockout against Ahmad Hassanzada, earning a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ultimate Fightin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tofiq Musayev
Tofiq Musayev (born December 15, 1989) is an Azerbaijani professional mixed martial artist, competing in the Lightweight of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has previously fought for Rizin Fighting Federation, where he was the RIZIN Lightweight Grand Prix Champion, and for Bellator MMA. Early life Tofiq Musayev was born in Sahil, Azerbaijan. Even at school, due to the minimum number of sports sections, he went to karate and later with pankration, kung-fu and taekwondo. Initially having success at the regional level, Musaev decided to devote himself completely to sanda, therefore, after graduating from school in 2007, he entered the sports academy. He became Asian Pankration champion in 2016 and world champion in Kung-fu, while studying at the Azeribaijan Sports Academy from 2007 to 2011. He is blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Mixed martial arts career Early career Since MMA was something new in Azerbaijan, and there were no well-trained fighters for sparring and train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio Bahamondes
Ignacio Antonio Bahamondes Carabantes (born August 27, 1997) is a Chilean professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is also the former LUX Fight League lightweight champion. Background Born and raised in Santiago, Chile, he followed his father's footsteps into kickboxing; his father is a former South American WKN kickboxing champion. After a successful amateur kickboxing career, he moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a career in mixed martial arts, settling in Miami alone and speaking no English. Mixed martial arts career Early career During his early career, where he started off at welterweight to eventually debut at lightweight, Bahamondes racked up a 10–3 record while competing in both the North and Latin America regional circuits, eventually claiming the LUX Fight League lightweight championship. Dana White's Contender Series Bahamondes was invited to compete at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev (born March 5, 1993) is an Azerbaijani professional mixed martial artist and Muay Thai fighter. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of July 1, 2025, he is #11 in the UFC lightweight rankings. Early life Fiziev was born in Korday, Kazakhstan, to an Azerbaijani father who was an undercover police officer and a Russian mother. When he was a child, Fiziev's family moved to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. When he was a child, Fiziev's father bought him and his cousins boxing gloves and told them to spar. Initially, he did not enjoy sparring, and it was not until he changed schools that Fiziev took up Muay Thai at the age of 11 due to being bullied. While he concentrated on Muay Thai growing up, he also took up several other combat sports including combat sambo, boxing, Jiu Jitsu, and wrestling. When switching from Muay Thai to MMA, he says learning the grappling was the toughest part but his striking and standup requir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Peña Vs
A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to information, resources, knowledge and skills and who seek to combine their efforts to achieve a common goal". A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. Naresh Jain (2009) claims: Team members need to learn how to help one another, help other team members realize their true potential, and create an environment that allows everyone to go beyond their limitations. While academic research on teams and teamwork has grown consistently and has shown a sharp increase over the past recent 40 years, the societal diffusion of teams and teamwork actually follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdy Abdelwahab
Hamdy El-Said Abdelwahab (; born 22 January 1993) is an Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler and mixed martial artist currently competing in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 98 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in which he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu. Mixed martial arts career Gamebred Fighting Championship Abdelwahab made his mixed martial arts debut for Jorge Masvidal's bare-knuckle MMA promotion Gamebred Fighting Championship, defeating Matthew Strickland via first-round TKO at Gamebred FC 2 on 1 October 2021. He made his sophomore appearance on Gamebred FC by defeating Connor McKenna by first-round technical knockout at Gamebred FC 3. iKon Fighting Championship Abdelwahab next appeared on iKon FC, where he defeated Dustin Clements by third-round technical knockout on 21 January 2022. He then defeated Matthew Strickland via first-round knockout at iKon FC 3 on 3 June 2022. Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismail Naurdiev
Ismail Naurdiev (born August 18, 1996) is an Austrian and Moroccan mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He formerly competed in the Super Welterweight division of Brave Combat Federation and Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB). Early life Naurdiev was born in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia and his family left the war-torn city and moved to Austria in 2004 when he was nine years old for a safe and better life. He started training in wrestling and transitioned to MMA when he was a teenager. At the beginning of his MMA professional career, Naurdiev did not have any trainers or sparring partners but would accept every fight offered to him for experience. Mixed martial arts career Early career Naurdiev fought in the European-based promotions, notably Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formally known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), and amassed a record of 17–2 prior to joining UFC. Ultimate Fightin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Yong Park
Park Jun-yong (born 27 February 1991), anglicized as Jun Yong Park, is a South Korean mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Starting his career in 2013, Park compiled a 10–3 record, fighting mainly for a various regional Asian promotions, with his most memorable win being against future Professional Fighters League Welterweight champ, Ray Cooper III. Ultimate Fighting Championship Park made his UFC debut during UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang, against Anthony Hernandez. He lost this fight by anaconda choke. Park next faced Marc-André Barriault on December 21, 2019 at UFC Fight Night 165. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Park was expected to face Trevin Giles on August 1, 2020 at UFC Fight Night 173. However, Park was removed from the bout on July 23 due to alleged travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Park faced John Phillips on Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burns Vs
Burns may refer to: Astronomy * 2708 Burns, an asteroid * Burns (crater), on Mercury People * Burns (surname), list of people and characters named Burns ** Burns (musician), Scottish record producer Places in the United States * Burns, Colorado * Burns, Kansas * Burns, Missouri * Burns, New York * Burns, Oregon * Burns, Tennessee * Burns, Wisconsin ** Burns (community), Wisconsin * Burns, Wyoming * H.B. Burns Memorial Building, Washington, D.C. Ships of the US Navy * USS ''Burns'' (DD-171), a WWI destroyer (1919–1930) * USS ''Burns'' (DD-588), a WWII destroyer (1943 –1946) * USS ''W. W. Burns'' (1861), a Civil-War schooner Other uses * Burn, a skin injury * Burns London, an English guitar maker * Burns Night, a celebration of Scottish poet Robert Burns See also * Burn (other) * Burns Township (other) * Burnside (other) * Burnsville (other) * Berns (other) Berns may refer to: People * Berns (surname) Berns is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
