23-year-old representative of Tajikistan Nurullo Aliyev, who received a contract with the UFC last September thanks to a successful performance at the Dana White’s Contender Series show, will make his debut under the banner of the organization on February 25 at UFC Fight Night 220 in Las Vegas, and his opponent will be the 32-year-old Brazilian Rafael Alves.
Informed sources close to the situation reported on the organization of the lightweight fight.
At the selection show of the UFC president, the undefeated Nurullo Aliyev won his seventh professional victory, already in the first round finishing with a technical knockout of American Josh Wick.
Rafael Alves, who also entered the UFC in 2020 through the Dana White’s Contender Series show, fought three fights in the strongest league in the world, losing a decision to Damir Ismagulov, finishing with a strangulation of Mark Diakezi, and losing by knockout to Drew Dober.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/30462-nurullo-alievu-naznachen-debyutnyj-boj-v-ufc.html?rand=19907
