{"id":764433,"date":"2026-06-27T20:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764433\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T20:56:16","slug":"put-his-ass-in-the-dirt-pros-react-to-rafael-fizievs-spectacular-ufc-baku-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/764433\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Put his ass in the dirt\u2019: Pros react to Rafael Fiziev\u2019s spectacular UFC Baku knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Rafael Fiziev reminded everyone why he\u2019s a fan favorite with an incredible main event win at UFC Baku.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Fighting in front of an appreciative Azerbaijan crowd, Fiziev brought them to their feet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/496763\/ufc-baku-results-rafael-fiziev-delivers-hellacious-wheel-kick-knockout-of-manuel-torres-in-main-event\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an incredible second-round knockout<\/a> over Manuel Torres. A competitive first round saw both fighters having their moments, with Torres threatening to spoilt Fiziev\u2019s homecoming. But once the second-round bell rang, Fiziev came out swinging\u2014and spinning!\u2014blasting Torres with a wheel kick that stunned him and following up with powerful fight-ending punches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The win helps Fiziev break out of a 1-4 slump and he stays in the mix of the always competitive lightweight division. For now, he appears to have his eyes set on the \u201cBMF\u201d title as opposed to the undisputed belt currently held by two-time opponent Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Suffice to say, even Fiziev\u2019s fellow pros were wowed by his latest highlight. Check out their reactions from social media below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafael Fiziev reminded everyone why he\u2019s a fan favorite with an incredible main event win at UFC Baku.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-764433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764433","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=764433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}