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Fighters on the Rise | UFC Baku

Highlighting An Emerging Trio Set To Compete Saturday Night In Baku

This week, the UFC heads to Baku, Azerbaijan for the first time for a card headlined by a light heavyweight matchup that has been twice delayed, which has only served to ratchet up the intensity of the rivalry and the interest in the bout.

Before former champ Jamahal Hill and recent title challenger Khalil Rountree Jr. finally go toe-to-toe inside the Octagon, a host of promising talents will make their way into the UFC cage, each looking to add to recent successes, including a surging Chilean, a hometown lightweight standout, and a rising welterweight from Wales, all of whom graduated from Dana White’s Contender Series.