Nazim Sadykhov vs Nikolas Motta at UFC on ABC 8 | Preview & Prediction
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Baku native Nazim Sadykhov will have the home crowd firmly on his side as he takes on Brazil’s Nikolas Motta in the Azeri capital
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Where is UFC on ABC 8? Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
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What TV channel is UFC on ABC 8 on? UK – TNT Sports / USA – ABC (main card) & ESPN preliminary card
Where can I stream UFC on ABC 8? UK – TNT Sports subscribers can stream the event online via the TNT Sports website and discovery+ / USA – ESPN+ & UFC Fight Pass
UFC on ABC 8 main card
Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree Jr. (Light Heavyweight)
Rafael Fiziev vs Ignacio Bahamondes (Lightweight)
Curtis Blaydes vs Rizvan Kuniev (Heavyweight)
Tofiq Musayev vs Myktybek Orolbai (Lightweight)
Nazim Sadykhov vs Nikolas Motta (Lightweight)
Muhammad Naimov vs Bogdan Grad (Featherweight)
UFC on ABC 8 prelims
Ko Seok-hyun vs Oban Elliott (Welterweight)
Ismail Naurdiev vs Park Jun-yong (Middleweight)
Melissa Mullins vs Daria Zheleznyakova (Women’s Bantamweight)
Irina Alekseeva vs Klaudia Syguła (Women’s Bantamweight)
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Azat Maksum (Flyweight)
Hamdy Abdelwahab vs Mohammed Usman (Heavyweight)
Nazim Sadykhov vs Nikolas Motta prediction
Nazim Sadykhov (10-1-1) has the pleasure of fighting in front of a raucous home crowd as the Baku native returns to action on Saturday night. He last fought in the middle of February in Vegas where he TKO’d Ismael Bonfim.
That was his first fight in some 15 months and that win will give him a boost in confidence as he shakes off any potential rust. That took his tally to 11 fights unbeaten with ten wins and a draw and was his seventh win via KO/TKO.
He meets Brazilian Nikolas Motta (15-5 with one no contest) who comes into this bout with good confidence after winning his last two. He picked up a first-round TKO over Tom Nolan and then a unanimous decision over Maheshate Hayisaer to cap a strong 2024.
Motta has had a mixed time of it in the UFC going 3-2 with one no contest and those two losses were both KO/TKOs. That fragility does not bode well against the power of Sadykhov and we back the home fighter to get the win with a stoppage.
Prediction: Nazim Sadykhov to win by KO/TKO
