Top 15 Lightweights will run it back in early 2025.
No. 8 ranked Lightweight Mateusz Gamrot will collide with No. 11 seeded Rafael Fiziev on Feb. 1, 2025, inside The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to Red Corner MMA.
The two 155 lb. fighters competed against each other at UFC Vegas 79 in Sept. 2023, but the fight ended in the second round after Fiziev blew out his knee, causing an injury technical knockout (TKO).
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Gamrot (24-3-1) had his three-fight win streak snapped in his last outing, losing a ‘Fight of the Night’ split decision to Dan Hooker at UFC 305. He defeated Jalin Turner, Rafael Dos Anjos, and Fiziev in those three wins.
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Fiziev (12-3) has not competed since tearing his ACL in his left leg and is on the first two-fight losing streak of his career. Before losing two straight, the 31-year-old rattled off six wins, including Renato Moicano (watch highlights), Bobby Green, Rafael Dos Anjos, and Brad Riddell. Mateusz Gamrot and Rafael Fiziev
With the addition of Gamrot vs. Fiziev, check out the announced fights for UFC Saudi Arabia thus far:
Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Shara Magomedov vs. Michael Page
Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael Fiziev
Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Jamal Pogues
Lucas Alexander vs. Bogdan Grad
Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Mayra Bueno Silva
Damir Hadzovic vs. Terrance McKinney
Said Nurmagomedov vs. Vinicius Oliveira
Muhammad Naimov vs. Kaan Ofli
Jordan Leavitt vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
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