E346 - Rafael Fiziev Isn't Going Anywhere

Rafael Fiziev is back, baby! Ataman scored a second round knockout of Miguel Torres at UFC Baku and called for the BMF belt. Chapeters: 0:00 Rafael Fiziev vs Manuel Torres reaction 5:48 Shara Bullet vs Michel Pereira reaction 9:10 Asu Almabayev vs Charles Johnson reaction 10:55 Ikram Aliskerov vs Brunno Ferreira reaction 🎞️Check out Fight Finders, my docuseries! Episode 008 is out now: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx7TZlIVGhDZ_TpnOtVEVSXmkpr_ViExz&si=J8DZ9G6a-RvTaMOv 🥊 Boxing channel: Youtube.com/@UCFN50W4bPM2xdW78XLyv2fQ 📰 Newsletter: fightlibrary.substack.com Rafael Fiziev is a long-time staple of the UFC's lightweight division. Having chances at the top yet dropping the ball, it seemed that Fiziev was on the outs. NOPE! Round two comes along and Rafael Fiziev puts the pressure of Manuel Torres, throws a wheel kick and hurts Manuel Torres through his guard. Now he's on for big fights. BMF anyone? Who doesn't want to be a BMF! Shara Bullet cheated against Michel Pereira by pulling his hair not once, not twice, but three times. The ref? Herb Dean. Worst in the UFC. Herb Dean is going to get somebody hurt and cannot be a consistent referee anymore. Any time he's in the cage, he's a liability. Period. Shara Bullet and Michel Pereira was a whack fight so we will moan about Herb Dean instead. Asu Almabayev has arrived. Ish. Beating Charles Johnson is actually kind of a sign that you're not good, maybe? Anyway, we saw a Suolev stretch. We've not seen that since Aljamain Sterling and Zabit Magomedsharipov did it on the same night. Asu Almabayev is a menace on the ground. He's difficult to deal with and he showed that despite his small size for even flyweight. Ikram Aliskerov gets a lot of flack for losing to Robert Whittaker how he did. But he's quietly become one of the best fighters in the middleweight division. He beat Brunno Ferreira at UFC Baku and now he, too, is on to better things. #mmapodcast #ufcpodcast #rafaelfiziev