Islam Dulatov made a monstrous Octagon debut earlier tonight (Sat., July 19, 2025) at UFC 318 live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La., putting a violent stop to welterweight Adam Fugitt with a first-round knockout (punches).

After putting together an incredible outing on Dana White’s Contender Series back in Oct. 2024, this was supposed to be Dulatov’s coming out party. Fugitt is not a great all-around fighter and was going to give “The Ripper” multiple chances to find a home for a finish. That’s exactly what Dulatov did to put the UFC’s jam-packed welterweight division on notice.

After a few minutes of action which saw Dulatov land heavy kicks to the body and long strikes from range, “Ripper” was able to land a beautiful check left hook that instantly put Fugitt out and sent him crashing to the canvas. Dulatov jumped on top for brutal ground-and-pound and actually woke Fugitt back up with punches before putting him out again.

It was an incredible performance by Dulatov who has now won 12-straight fights all by way of knockout or submission. Check out his work from Saturday below:


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LEGENDARY TRILOGY / BMF SHOWDOWN! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., July 19, 2025, with a thrilling trilogy set to headline UFC 318 from inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. In UFC 318’s PPV main event, Max Holloway defends his BMF title against former interim Lightweight champion (and No. 3-ranked contender), Dustin Poirier, in a high-stakes, five-round clash that will mark the final fight for “The Diamond” before he retires from the sport. UFC 318’s PPV co-main event features Middleweight contenders Paulo Costa vs. Roman Kopylov in a pivotal 185-pound bout rescheduled from UFC 317. UFC 318 will also showcase a Welterweight clash between Kevin Holland vs. Daniel Rodriguez, a Featherweight showdown pitting Dan Ige vs. Patricio Pitbull, a Lightweight bout featuring Michael Johnson vs. Daniel Zellhuber and much more! UFC 318’s start time is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. ET (“Early Prelims”), 8 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard) and 10 p.m. ET (PPV main card).

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