\u201cLoco\u201d wants to be like \u201cIron Mike.\u201d<\/p>\n
No. 15-ranked<\/a> Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight Manuel Torres headlines his first UFC event this weekend when he takes on No. 11-seeded<\/a> Rafael Fiziev in the main event of UFC Baku<\/a>, which goes down Sat., June 27, 2026, inside Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n For Torres, the assignment is simple: Create violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n Throughout his career, both inside and outside of UFC, the 31-year-old Mexican brawler has been must-watch television. Well, actually, don\u2019t-blink television because his fights usually do not last very long.<\/p>\n In his 20-fight professional career, Torres has only been out of the first round once. That came back in 2018 against Enrique Gonzalez, where he won a split decision. Every other fight has ended in the opening round, win or loss (like this<\/a>).<\/p>\n That includes all six of his UFC fights, with Torres earning \u201cPerformance of the Night<\/a>\u201d bonuses in all five of his Octagon wins.<\/p>\n So, yeah, he is not exactly paid by the minute.<\/p>\n But Torres said that mindset has always been there.<\/p>\n \u201cEver since I was a little kid, I just wanted to finish the fights; I wanted to get out of there and to knock my opponent out,\u201d Torres told UFC.com<\/a> recently. \u201cThat\u2019s how things have happened, and I\u2019ve always thought that\u2019s how you become the best in the world, and that\u2019s what I want to do \u2014 I want to be the best in this.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be feared,\u201d Torres continued. \u201cI want to be the Mike Tyson that people fear, and I have the mentality that I\u2019m gonna be the best in the world, and I\u2019m gonna beat them all.\u201d<\/p>\n Torres is already well on his way to becoming one of the most feared knockout artists in the most stacked division in all of mixed martial arts (MMA).<\/p>\n