A pair of lightweights with only a single blemish on their respective resumes face off to begin the Week 4 action as Nazim Sadykhov takes on Ahmad Hassanzada.
The third member of the Serra-Longo Fight Team to compete this season, Sadykhov enters with a 6-1 record and six consecutive victories, the last three of which have come by stoppage under the Fury FC banner. The 28-year-old will look to do what teammates Dennis Buzukja and Charlie Campbell could not in the first two weeks — leave Vegas with a victory and a UFC contract.
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Hassanzada touches down at the UFC APEX with an 8-1 record, looking to build on his three-fight winning streak. The 26-year-old represents Team Alpha MMA (formerly Team Alpha Male) and last time out, the “Lion of the Ring” earned the biggest win of his career, defeating the previously unbeaten James Wilson.
Both men have watched teammates come up short in their quest to join the UFC roster already this season, so it will be interesting to see if their struggles can turn into motivation and the kind of effort it takes for either of these two to ascend to the biggest stage in the sport on Tuesday night.
