Tahir Abdullayev picked up his first UFC victory on home soil. It doesn’t get much better than that – until the Azerbaijani chicken starts coming out post-fight.
“I’m Azerbaijani,” Abdullayev said post-fight (via UFC). “We’re going to go out with my friends, and we’re going to drink some real good tea and eat some stuff – maybe some real, traditional Azerbaijani chicken.”
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Abdullayev (22-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) finished fellow promotional debutant Jefferson Nascimento (13-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with strikes in Round 3 and sent the home crowd into a frenzy.
“I felt great,” Abdullayev said. “I could’ve finished earlier, but he just kept
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