{"id":645006,"date":"2026-05-02T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645006\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:50:10","slug":"ufc-perth-highlights-freaky-rahiki-shines-again-batters-short-notice-newcomer-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645006\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Perth Highlights! \u2018Freaky\u2019 Rahiki Shines Again, Batters Short-Notice Newcomer Early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Marwan Rahiki appears to be the real deal at 145 pounds as the rising featherweight prospect delivered a brutal knockout finish over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/439681\/marwan-rahiki-stays-in-ufc-perth-lineup-fights-4-2-hungarian-stallion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">short-notice newcomer<\/a>, Ollie Schmid, earlier this morning (Sat., May 2, 2026) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-cards\/429844\/ufc-perth-fight-card-start-time-date-and-location-jack-della-vs-prates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC Perth<\/a> LIVE on Paramount+ from inside RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If Rahiki\u2019s name rings a bell it should. The 23-year-old was coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/430525\/worth-it-harry-hardwick-shows-off-pretty-f-king-dire-wired-jaw-after-brutal-ufc-vegas-114-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jaw-breaking Octagon debut<\/a> back in March and carried a 100% finish rate into the cage this weekend in Australia. \u201cFreaky\u201d had all the hype in the world, but he needed to deliver in a big spot on UFC Perth\u2019s main card. Standing in his way was Schmid, who only had four days to prepare for his official UFC debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Despite his young age and lofty expectations, Rahiki came out in the first round cool, calm, and collected. The young striker waited for the perfect opportunity to pounce and it came about halfway through the frame. Rahiki uncorked a perfectly-placed left hook at the end of a blitz that stuck Schmid and sent him crashing to the canvas. A few follow-up shots later and the referee was stepping in for the stoppage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the video highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC Perth results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/439537\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marwan Rahiki appears to be the real deal at 145 pounds as the rising featherweight prospect delivered a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146,46234,6656],"class_list":["post-645006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-videos","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}