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Making UFC debut Saturday
Albazi (12-1-0) will take on Malcolm Gordon (12-3-0) in a flyweight fight Saturday at the UFC's event in Abu Dhabi, Marcel Dorff of MMADNA reports.
ANALYSIS
Albazi was added to the fight card as a late-notice replacement for Aleksander Doskalchuk, who withdrew from the bout due to an undisclosed reason. The 26-year-old Albazi will be making his UFC debut in Abu Dhabi after having most recently competed under the Brave Combat Federation banner.
Albazi was added to the fight card as a late-notice replacement for Aleksander Doskalchuk, who withdrew from the bout due to an undisclosed reason. The 26-year-old Albazi will be making his UFC debut in Abu Dhabi after having most recently competed under the Brave Combat Federation banner.
Moves to 11-0 with impressive submission at Bellator 200
Albazi defeated Iuri Bejenari via Submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:21 of Round 1 at Bellator 200 on Friday in London.
ANALYSIS
About three minutes into the fight, Albazi dropped Bejenari with a hard punch. Albazi made it a point to take the back as Bejenari tried to get back to his feet. From there, it was only a matter of time until he secured the rear-naked choke and finished the fight. Albazi looked dominant and kept his undefeated record alive. This was his second fight for Bellator, but one has to wonder where he is going. Bellator does not have a flyweight champion and does not promote the division regularly. If they ever decided to do so, Albazi will likely be in their plans.
About three minutes into the fight, Albazi dropped Bejenari with a hard punch. Albazi made it a point to take the back as Bejenari tried to get back to his feet. From there, it was only a matter of time until he secured the rear-naked choke and finished the fight. Albazi looked dominant and kept his undefeated record alive. This was his second fight for Bellator, but one has to wonder where he is going. Bellator does not have a flyweight champion and does not promote the division regularly. If they ever decided to do so, Albazi will likely be in their plans.
Stays on top for the majority of three rounds at Bellator 179
Albazi defeated Jamie Powell via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-26) at Bellator 179 on Friday in London.
ANALYSIS
This fight was not overly exciting, but it was pretty one sided. Albazi had a large advantage in the grappling game. He easily took Powell down and dominated with his positions. While he was able to hold his opponent down, he was never really able to do a lot of damage with strikes. As dominant as this fight was, he will need to increase his offense from the top against better fighters. This fight was contested at flyweight, which is not a division that Bellator usually promotes. The commentators mentioned that Albazi could move up to bantamweight which could use some new blood.
This fight was not overly exciting, but it was pretty one sided. Albazi had a large advantage in the grappling game. He easily took Powell down and dominated with his positions. While he was able to hold his opponent down, he was never really able to do a lot of damage with strikes. As dominant as this fight was, he will need to increase his offense from the top against better fighters. This fight was contested at flyweight, which is not a division that Bellator usually promotes. The commentators mentioned that Albazi could move up to bantamweight which could use some new blood.