Fight 12- Asaf Chopurov def. Reece McLaren
KO (punch) · Round 1, 1:03 · Bantamweight Championship, five rounds · Referee: Marc Goddard
McLaren came out aggressive, working behind combinations and leg kicks. Chopurov did not back up. He matched the pressure and waited for his opening, and it came just over a minute in. McLaren blitzed forward with a combination and Chopurov sat down on a counter right hand that knocked him out, a shot MMA Fighting described as ridiculously well-timed. Chopurov caught McLaren’s kick as McLaren went unconscious. The win moved Chopurov to 11-0 and made this his second successful defense of the bantamweight title, after he won the vacant belt against Demarte Pena at UAE Warriors 64 and turned back Adriano Ramos at UAE Warriors 69. McLaren fell to 19-10. Chopurov called for a fight with Muhammad Mokaev afterwards.
Fight 11- Peter Danesoe def. Ali Taleb
Split decision · Three rounds · Bantamweight, co-main event · Referee: Sam Amidi
Danesoe and Taleb went the full fifteen minutes. It was a physical fight by the promotion’s account, with elbows and knees landing and blood on the canvas by the end of it, and the judges did not agree on who had done more. Danesoe took the split decision and moved to 10-4. Taleb, who won the UAE Warriors bantamweight title at UAE Warriors 30 in July 2022, was fighting in the promotion for the first time since that night. He fell to 12-3.
Fight 10- Evgeny Morozov def. Shamidkhan Magomedov
Unanimous decision · Three rounds · Catchweight 79kg · Referee: Marc Goddard
Morozov pushed the pace on Magomedov across the full fifteen minutes at a catchweight of 79 kilograms, and all three judges scored it his way. Magomedov, a former LFA welterweight champion, fell to 11-2. Morozov moved to 12-2.
Fight 9- Pavel Andrusca def. Ge Xipengchu
KO (punch) · Round 1, 2:09 · Bantamweight · Referee: Sam Amidi
Andrusca needed one right hand. It landed a little over two minutes into the first round, and Ge Xipengchu went down with no follow-up required. MMA Fighting counted two power shots thrown in the fight and called it a sniper right hand. Andrusca moved to 8-0. Ge Xipengchu fell to 13-3.
Fight 8- Victor Nunes def. Tumelo Manyamala
Majority decision · Three rounds · Catchweight 59kg · Referee: Marc Goddard
Nunes and Manyamala fought three rounds of fine margins at a catchweight of 59 kilograms, and neither had much left by the end of it. It went to a majority decision, with two of the three judges scoring it for Nunes and the third scoring it even. Manyamala arrived as the reigning EFC flyweight champion and left with a second professional loss at 8-2. Nunes moved to 12-6 with one no-contest.
Fight 7- Maysara Mohamed def. Kun Zhou
Unanimous decision · Three rounds · Flyweight · Referee: Sam Amidi
Maysara Mohamed controlled this from the opening bell to the last, sharp on the feet and heavy on top whenever the fight went to the mat. All three judges scored it for the Egyptian. Kun Zhou fell to 13-6, and Mohamed moved to 10-3-1.
Fight 6- Gian Siqueira def. Imamshafi Aliev
TKO (punches) · Round 1, 2:10 · Catchweight 90kg · Referee: Marc Goddard
Siqueira found a hook early and Aliev did not recover from it. The Brazilian’s punches brought the referee in at 2:10 of the first round, in a bout contracted at 90 kilograms. Siqueira moved to 21-6. Aliev fell to 10-3.
Fight 5- Murad Ramazanov def. Ruslan Nazhmudinov
Unanimous decision · Three rounds · Catchweight 88kg · Referee: Sam Amidi
Neither man took a backward step across three rounds, by the promotion’s account, and there was blood on the canvas before it was over. The fight went to the scorecards and all three judges scored it for Ramazanov, who moved to 13-4 with one no-contest. Nazhmudinov, who had lost once in eleven fights before this one, fell to 10-2.
Fight 4- Ata Atdayev def. Paulo Victor
Unanimous decision · Round 3, 5:00 · Flyweight · Referee: Marc Goddard
Atdayev ran the fight in both places it was contested, standing and on the mat, and all three judges scored it for him. The Turkmen flyweight moved to 7-0. Paulo Victor, making his first appearance for the promotion, fell to 10-2.
Fight 3- Ramazan Ragimov def. Yazid Chouchane
TKO (punches) · Round 2, 3:57 · Lightweight · Referee: Sam Amidi
Chouchane brought the pressure and Ragimov had an answer for all of it. The finish came with punches at 3:57 of the second round, with a minute still to run in it. Ragimov moved to 8-0, and to 4-0 inside UAE Warriors. Chouchane, whose history with the promotion goes back to 2021, fell to 11-6.
Fight 2- Elene Loladze def. Océane Samson
Submission (guillotine choke) · Round 1, 3:06 · Strawweight · Referee: Marc Goddard
Loladze put Samson on the mat in the first round and drew the tap with a guillotine choke at 3:06. It was Samson’s first professional defeat. She arrived at 3-0 with every win coming inside the distance, and left at 3-1. Loladze moved to 4-0.
Fight 1- Salih Muradov def. Sahil Shakirov
Unanimous decision · Round 3, 5:00 · Flyweight · Referee: Sam Amidi
Two unbeaten flyweights opened the card, and it took all three rounds to separate them. There was blood by the end, and all three cards went to Muradov, who moved to 4-0 with one no-contest. Shakirov took the first loss of his professional career.
