Myktybek Orolbai was in place to play spoiler for the UFC debut of Tofiq Musayev in entrance of his residence followers, and he did it in an enormous approach.
Orolbai (14-2-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) submitted Musayev (22-6 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a picture-perfect kimura with 25 seconds left within the first spherical of their light-weight battle on the primary card at UFC on ABC 8.
Musayev got here out to an enormous ovation from the followers at Baku Crystal Corridor in Baku, Azerbaijan, the place the UFC arrange store for the primary time, however Orolbai left them disillusioned.
Within the buildup to the battle, Orolbai mentioned he was planning a shock for Musayev, and which will have come within the type of three takedowns within the opening minutes of the battle. In the end, that was his excellent path to the win.
Try the tail finish of his end under.
Orolbai bought again within the win column after a Battle of the Night time loss to Mateusz Rebecki this previous October, which snapped an eight-fight streak. Musayev, a former Bellator and Rizin standout, dropped his promotional debut and had a two-fight streak snapped.
Up-to-the-minute UFC Baku outcomes:
- Nazim Sadykhov def. Nikolas Motta by way of TKO (punches) – Spherical 2, 4:17
- Muhammad Naimov def. Bogdan Grad by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Seok Hyun Ko def. Oban Elliott by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- JunYong Park def. Ismail Naurdiev by way of unanimous choice (29-26, 29-26, 29-25)
- Daria Zhelezniakova def. Melissa Mullins by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Klaudia Sygula def. Irina Alekseeva by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Tagir Ulanbekov def. Azat Maksum by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Mohammed Usman def. Hamdy Abdelwahab by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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