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Both men were knocked out on the same night in Baku in June. One of them gets Madison Square Garden, twenty minutes from where he grew up, to prove it was the aberration.
On 27 June, at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Nazim Sadykhov and Jefferson Nascimento were both knocked out. Sadykhov went first and fastest — dropped by punches and waved off 91 seconds into the opening round, in front of a crowd that had come to watch the Azerbaijani win. Nascimento lasted until 4:28 of the third before Tahir Abdullayev's punches ended his UFC debut. Four and a half mont…
Sadykhov (11-3-1) is 4-2-1 in the UFC and has lost his last two, both by TKO — Farès Ziam at UFC 323 in December 2025, then Matheus Camilo at 1:31 of the first in Baku in June. Brooklyn-based, Azerbaijani, southpaw, 32 years old. He withdrew injured from an April booking against MarQuel Mederos, so he has fought once in sixteen months. Composite 59.8, performance average 50.6, quality-of-victory 39.9, finish rate 50%. Fighting at Madison Square Garden is as close to a home fight as this division offers him.
Nascimento (13-1) has one UFC appearance: a third-round TKO loss to Tahir Abdullayev on 27 June, fought at welterweight, in which he was close to even on strikes and well behind on control. He is 27, out of Rio de Janeiro, and came to the promotion from LFA. His 6.2 composite is the model's floor for one scored fight, not a verdict — the ratings have almost nothing to work with. His 78 chin rating is the only metric in his column built on UFC evidence, and it is the higher of the two in this fight.
Both men were knocked out on the same card in Baku on 27 June and neither has fought since
Sadykhov's chin rating of 56, and two stoppage losses in fifteen months with the second far quicker than the first
Nascimento's 6.2 composite is a one-fight floor, not a rating — the model has almost no data on him
Nascimento drops from welterweight, where his only UFC fight was contested
Sadykhov fights at Madison Square Garden, twenty minutes from Brooklyn, with two losses behind him
Sadykhov has fought once in sixteen months after withdrawing injured in April
Nascimento's rating is close to meaningless — one scored fight cannot be stretched into a profile, and a 13-1 record from LFA may be worth considerably more than 6.2
Sadykhov's ring rust is real: one appearance in sixteen months, and it lasted 91 seconds
The weight cut is an unknown — Nascimento has not made 155lbs in the UFC, and a bad cut would undo the durability edge the numbers give him
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