UFC Baku delivered exactly what a fight card held in Azerbaijan should. Nine finishes across the card, history made in two separate bouts, and a main event that confirmed Rafael Fiziev is genuinely back.
Four fighters walked away with an extra $100,000 each, and five more collected $25,000 finish bonuses on one of the most action-heavy cards of 2026.
The Four Performance of the Night Winners at UFC Baku
‘Ataman’ headlined the bonus list with the most dramatic finish of the night at UFC Baku. Fighting in front of his home fans for the second time, he entered round two against Manuel Torres with impaired vision and still needed just 15 seconds to land a perfectly timed spinning wheel kick that ended the fight immediately. That is the kind of performance that does not require any context to appreciate.
Asu Almabayev looked headed for a comfortable decision over Charles Johnson before locking in a Suloev stretch late in round three, becoming only the fourth fighter in UFC history to finish with that submission.
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev’s 8-second knockout of Julius Walker, the seventh fastest stoppage in UFC history, earned his third bonus in three UFC appearances at 10-0.
Daniil Donchenko rounded out the four with a second-round head kick TKO of Theodor Berggren, extending his winning streak to eight.
Five More Fighters Collected $25,000 Finish Bonuses
The card ran so deep with finishes that five additional fighters earned $25,000 bonuses. Matheus Camilo stopped home favourite Nazim Sadykhov in 91 seconds.
Abus Magomedov guillotined Michal Oleksiejczuk cold after a right elbow.
Nursulton Ruziboev choked out Andrey Pulyaev with a rear-naked choke for his 26th first-round finish.
Kaan Ofli submitted Javier Reyes with an arm-triangle.
Tahir Abdullayev ground out a debut finish over Jefferson Nascimento.
Nine finishes. Two historical submissions. One 8-second knockout. UFC Baku delivered.
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