Get used to seeing “The Great” on Cagepotato. Siyar Bahadurzada made UFC fans take notice with his impressive Knockout of the Night winning debut against the always game Paulo Thiago, pocketing a cool $50k for the quick performance. Get used to not only seeing more of The Great’s fights, but also us referring to him as The Great as often as possible. Bahadurzada is a long name to type.
On a card stacked with submission finishes, Submission of the Night was a highly competitive bonus that ended up going to John Maguire for his beautiful armbar over DaMarques Johnson. Johnson attempted to put away Maguire with a kimura, but as Johnson overcommitted, Maguire countered with the fight ending armbar. Maguire improves to 18-3, and has now won seven straight fights.
Get used to seeing “The Great” on Cagepotato. Siyar Bahadurzada made UFC fans take notice with his impressive Knockout of the Night winning debut against the always game Paulo Thiago, pocketing a cool $50k for the quick performance. Get used to not only seeing more of The Great’s fights, but also us referring to him as The Great as often as possible. Bahadurzada is a long name to type.
On a card stacked with submission finishes, Submission of the Night was a highly competitive bonus that ended up going to John Maguire for his beautiful armbar over DaMarques Johnson. Johnson attempted to put away Maguire with a kimura, but as Johnson overcommitted, Maguire countered with the fight ending armbar. Maguire improves to 18-3, and has now won seven straight fights.
One final note, Fight of the Night honors went to Brad Pickett and Damacio Page for their back-and-forth tilt that kicked off the main card. Page succumbed to a second round rear-naked choke, marking his third straight loss under Zuffa. While Fight of the Night honors may save him from being cut from the UFC, six out of seven of Page’s career losses have come by submission. Page needs to stop being submitted if he wants to get back into the limelight at bantamweight. Meanwhile, Pickett has picked up his second Fight of the Night bonus in as many UFC bouts. His debut with the organization saw him lose to Renan Barao by first round rear-naked choke at UFC 138.
In his debut UFC fight at UFC on Fuel 2, Afghan fighter Siyar Bahadurzada scored a shocking knockout victory against Paulo Thiago. The knockout was an impressive introduction for Bahadurzada who earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus.W…
In his debut UFC fight at UFC on Fuel 2, Afghan fighter Siyar Bahadurzada scored a shocking knockout victory against Paulo Thiago.
The knockout was an impressive introduction for Bahadurzada who earned the “Knockout of the Night” bonus.
With the 42-second victory out of his way, Bahadurzada should be looking to step back into the Octagon sooner than later.
Here are some exciting fights he should take next.
This Saturday night, Siyar “The Great” Bahadurzada finally gets to make his UFC debut against Paulo Thiago when the UFC comes to the Ericsson Globe Arena in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden for UFC on Fuel TV 2: Gustafsson vs. Silva.Many have anticipated th…
This Saturday night, Siyar “The Great” Bahadurzada finally gets to make his UFC debut against Paulo Thiago when the UFC comes to the Ericsson Globe Arena in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden for UFC on Fuel TV 2: Gustafsson vs. Silva.
Many have anticipated the US debut of Siyar ever since he was signed under the Strikeforce banner, but for one reason or another, Siyar was never able to land a fight for the promotion. Nevertheless, Siyar will bring in an outstanding 16 finishes with just four decision victories inside the Octagon, including four wins by a form of choke, one win by a heel hook, a submission by strikes, seven TKO wins and three knockout wins.
Now, one might be willing to expend the energy looking up Siyar’s record, but Yours Truly would rather talk about Siyar’s greatest hits thus far because this man’s trail of blood, sweat, tears and hunger is one that needs to be shared with the world.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at just who Siyar Bahadurzada really is.
The bout will mark the Octagon debut if “Siyar the Great,” who was forced to pull out of a planned fight Erick Silva at UFC 142 due to a training injury. The Afghan-born knockout artist is undefeated in his last six MMA bouts, including three in a row against Derrick Noble, John Alessio and Tommy Depret in the 2010 Glory MMA welterweight tournament, which he won.
After signing a four-fight deal with Strikeforce, Bahadurzada failed to secure a visa and did not fight for the promotion as a result. Both sides decided it was in both of their best interest to end their relationship, thus opening Siyar to sign with the UFC.
What’s interesting is that his only two stoppage losses have come by decision — one to Jorge Santiago and the other to Kazuo Misaki. Thiago, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu finished Mike Swick via D’Arce choke in 2010, meaning if the fight hits the mat, Bahadurzada, who has spent much of the last year training at Mark Munoz’s “Reign Training Center” could be in trouble if his submission and takedown defense hasn’t improved.
Thiago, whose most notable wins are the the submission win over Swick and the KO of his American Kickboxing Academy teammate Josh Koscheck, recovered from a two-fight slide with a decision win over David Mitchell at UFC 134 in August. Prior to the win, Thiago dropped back-to-back decisions to Martin Kampmann and Diego Sanchez at UFC 115 and UFC 121, respectively. He was slated to fight Mike Pyle at UFC 142, but was also forced off the card due to injury.
UFC on FUEL TV 2
Saturday April 14, 2012
3:00 pm ET on FUEL TV
Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden
Alessio Sakara vs. Brian Stann
Alexander Gustufsson vs. TBA
Siyar Bahadurzada vs. Paulo Thiago
Cyrille Diabate vs. Jorgen Kruth
Papy Abedi vs. James Head
DaMarques Johnson vs. John Maguire
Francis Carmont vs. Magnus Cedenblad
Besam Yousef vs. Simeon Thoresen
(All of these fighters have been ordered to wear sumo suits over the holidays.)
Well, it’s looking like UFC 142 may give a few of Zuffa’s most injury-plagued cards a run for their money.
According to various reports, the current body count stands at four as as many fighters have pulled out of the event for various reasons.
As a result the UFC is now scrambling to find replacements for Paulo Thiago (injury), Rob Broughton (injury), Siyar Bahadurzada (injury) and Stanislav Nedkov (visa issue) to face their respective former opponents Mike Pyle, Edinaldo Oliveira, Erick Silva and Fabio Maldonado.
Tatame first reported the news today of Thiago’s elbow injury, while the UFC tweeted that Broughton, Nedkov and and Bahadurzada were all off the card due to unnamed afflictions. Conflicting reports have since surfaced stating that Nedkov had issues securing a work visa for the January 14 show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
If replacements can’t be found, one or maybe two of the bouts in question could be salvaged, but with six scratches, the card would take the final slot in the five most cursed cards in UFC history.
Check out the top four after the jump.
(All of these fighters have been ordered to wear sumo suits over the holidays.)
Well, it’s looking like UFC 142 may give a few of Zuffa’s most injury-plagued cards a run for their money.
According to various reports, the current body count stands at four as as many fighters have pulled out of the event for various reasons.
As a result the UFC is now scrambling to find replacements for Paulo Thiago (injury), Rob Broughton (injury), Siyar Bahadurzada (injury) and Stanislav Nedkov (visa issue) to face their respective former opponents Mike Pyle, Edinaldo Oliveira, Erick Silva and Fabio Maldonado.
Tatame first reported the news today of Thiago’s elbow injury, while the UFC tweeted that Broughton, Nedkov and and Bahadurzada were all off the card due to unnamed afflictions. Conflicting reports have since surfaced stating that Nedkov had issues securing a work visa for the January 14 show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
If replacements can’t be found, one or maybe two of the bouts in question could be salvaged, but with six scratches, the card would take the final slot in the five most cursed cards in UFC history.
Check out the top four after the jump.
UFC 108 scratches (11): Anderson Silva (injury), Brock Lesnar (diverticulitis), Shane Carwin (knee surgery), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (staph infection), Gabriel Gonzaga (injury), Carlos Condit (injury), Tyson Griffin (injury), Sean Sherk (injury), Rory Markham (injury), Steve Cantwell (injury) and Vladimir Matyushenko (healthy scratch).
UFC 133 scratches (10): Jon Jones (injury), Phil Davis (injury), Michael McDonald (healthy scratch), Nick Pace (injury), Jose Aldo (injury), Riki Fukuda (injury), Vladimir Matyushenko (injury), Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (injury), Rich Franklin (healthy scratch) and Alessio Sakara (injury).
UFC 85 scratches (9): Mauricio Rua (injury), Chuck Liddell (injury), James Irvin (injury), Rashad Evans (healthy scratch), Jonathan Goulet (lack of training time), Paul Kelly (injury), Chris Leben (lack of training time due to jail), Ryo Chonan (injury) and Neil Wain (injury).
UFC 98 scratches (7): Frank Mir (injury), Quinton Jackson (injury), Josh Koscheck (injury), Chris Wilson (lack of medicals), James Irvin (injury), Yushin Okami (injury) and Houston Alexander (injury).
UFC on Versus 3 scratches (7): Mark Scanlon (injury), Matt Riddle (injury), Maiquel Falcao (injury), Rafael Natal (injury), Alexandre Ferreira (death in family and lack of training partners), Francisco Rivera (injury) and Cub Swanson (injury).
Filed under: UFC, NewsSiyar Bahadurzada, Stanislav Nedkov and Rob Broughton have been pulled from the UFC 142 card on Jan. 14 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the UFC announced Friday.
Paulo Thiago is reportedly off the card as well, though the UFC has yet …
Paulo Thiago is reportedly off the card as well, though the UFC has yet to confirm Thiago’s removal. Tatame.com says Thiago suffered an elbow injury in wrestling practice and adds Nedkov is out due to VISA issues.
Headlined by Jose Aldo defending his UFC featherweight title against Chad Mendes, the current UFC 142 card is below.
Pay-Per-View Bouts
Jose Aldo (Brazil) vs. Chad Mendes
Vitor Belfort (Brazil) vs. Anthony Johnson
Rousimar Palhares (Brazil) vs. Mike Massenzio
Erick Silva (Brazil) vs. TBA
Edson Barboza (Brazil) vs. Terry Etim
FX Preliminary Bouts
Thiago Tavares (Brazil) vs. Sam Stout
Fabio Maldonado (Brazil) vs. TBA
TBA vs. Mike Pyle
Ednaldo Oliveira (Brazil) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
Felipe Arantes (Brazil) vs. Antonio Carvalho
Yuri Alcantara (Brazil) vs. Michihiro Omigawa
Siyar Bahadurzada