UFC Welterweight Myktybek Orolbai Ties the Knot in Traditional Kyrgyz Ceremony

Myktybek Orolbai Uulu has traded the Octagon for the altar. The Kyrgyzstani UFC welterweight recently got married, with the ceremony taking place on September 22-23 and footage from the celebration quickly spreading across social media.

Traditional Kyrgyz Wedding Customs on Display at Myktybek Orolbai’s Wedding

Alongside the wedding footage, social media posts also featured traditional bride send-off rituals known as кыз узатуу, a customary part of Kyrgyz wedding celebrations. The event was held in the company of close friends and relatives of the fighter.

Details about the wedding itself and information about the identity of Myktybek Orolbai’s bride have not yet been publicly disclosed, but fans and fellow users have flooded social media with congratulations, wishing the couple happiness and harmony as they begin married life together. Orolbai, 28, hails from the village of Kyzyl-Suu in the Kara-Suu district of Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Region, and competes in the UFC’s welterweight division.

Myktybek Orolbai’s Tough UFC 330 Loss Still Fresh Before the Wedding

The wedding comes not long after one of the roughest nights of Myktybek Orolbai’s UFC career. At UFC 330 in Philadelphia on August 15, Orolbai entered as a massive 10-to-1 betting favorite against veteran Jeremiah Wells, and for most of the fight, he looked every bit the dominant favorite fans expected. He took over on the ground early, controlling the pace with heavy top pressure and ground-and-pound that had him well ahead on the scorecards through the first two rounds.

But with the clock ticking down in the third round, Wells found an opening, catching Orolbai in a guillotine choke that forced the technical submission just 1:24 into the round. The finish snapped Orolbai’s three-fight win streak and stands as one of the biggest upsets of the year, a reminder that in a sport decided in an instant, dominance for two rounds means nothing if the fight isn’t finished. Orolbai now heads into this next chapter of his life, looking to bounce back from that setback when he returns to the Octagon.

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