Rountree’s Knockdowns and Fiziev’s Return Led UFC’s First
UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. took place at Baku Crystal Hall on June 21, 2025. The promotion’s first event in Azerbaijan featured Khalil Rountree Jr. defeating former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill, with Rafael Fiziev winning the lightweight co-main event.
Decisions settled the headline contests
Rountree defeated Hill unanimously over five rounds, with scores of 49–46, 50–45 and 50–45. Fiziev outpointed Ignacio Bahamondes, receiving 30–27 from every judge after their three-round contest.
Curtis Blaydes earned a split decision over UFC newcomer Rizvan Kuniev. Two judges favored Blaydes 29–28, while the third returned the same score for Kuniev.
Two main-card finishes broke the decision pattern
Myktybek Orolbai submitted Tofiq Musayev with a kimura at 4:35 of the first round. Nazim Sadykhov stopped Nikolas Motta with strikes at 4:17 of the second.
Muhammad Naimov completed the main-card winners by defeating Bogdan Grad unanimously. His result followed a contest that combined an early striking threat with repeated wrestling exchanges.
The preliminary card went the distance
Seokhyeon Ko beat Oban Elliott, Jun Yong Park defeated Ismail Naurdiev, and Daria Zhelezniakova overcame Melissa Mullins. Klaudia Sygula, Tagir Ulanbekov and Mohammed Usman also won unanimous decisions against Irina Alekseeva, Azat Maksum and Hamdy Abdelwahab respectively.
Park’s bout included a two-point deduction against Naurdiev for an illegal knee. Park continued after examination and completed the contest with strong ground control, contributing one of the more eventful decision wins on the card.
Sources
- UFC: Baku main card and full event results
- UFC: preliminary decisions and Park’s foul-interrupted victory
- MMA Fighting: headline decision scores and supporting outcomes
