UAE Warriors 54: Jumaev vs. Sadygov is a mixed martial arts event promoted by UAE Warriors that will take place on September 28, 2024 at the ADNEC Marina in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Catchweight 74 kg Uzbekistan Jakhongir Jumaev vs. Azerbaijan Shakhmar Sadygov
Flyweight 57 kg Japan Yamato Fujita vs. Russia Batukhan Baysuev
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Imam-Shapi Mukhtarov vs. South Africa Chad Hanekom
Lightweight 70 kg Russia Gamid Khizriev vs. Tajikistan Abdullo Khodzhaev
Bantamweight 61 kg Finland Abdul Hussein vs. India Hansraj Samota
Preliminary Card
Catchweight 63 kg Azerbaijan Mehemmedeli Osmanli vs. Russia Shamil Boraev
Featherweight 66 kg Egypt Hussein Salem vs. Philippines Jayson Margallo
Women's Strawweight 52 kg Brazil Lany Silva vs. Georgia (country) Sofiia Bagishvili
Catchweight 59 kg Armenia Karlen Minasyan vs. Russia Israil Gadzhiagaev
Catchweight 80 kg Brazil Anderson Queiroz vs. Philippines Jonathan Veluz
Bantamweight 61 kg Azerbaijan Agil Akhmedov vs. Russia Magomedrasul Saybunov
Catchweight 73 kg England Maximillian Flynn vs. Lithuania Dominykas Norkus
Lightweight 70 kg Kyrgyzstan Syimyk Makhmedov vs. Russia Kurban Zaynukov
Background
Following a series of major shake ups to the card, Jakhongir Jumaev will now face undefeated striker Shakhmar Sadygov in the main event, while Batukhan Baysuevv vs. Yamato Fujita moves up to co-main. (The fight card image below does not include the changes yet).
Moving onto the international card of UAE Warriors 54, again we’ll start with the headliner, a catchweight bout twixt UAE-based Uzbek Jakhongir Jumaev and Tiger Muay Thai’s undefeated dynamic striker Shakhmar Sadygov who steps in to the hot seat, replacing teammate Kirill Gorobets. Knockout of the night at the seminal UAE Warriors 50 event earlier this year, undoubtedly went to underdog Jumaev in his stupendous first-round knockout of Andre Fialho to send cageside jaws to the floor. An Uzbek special forces soldier and ex-lightweight championship contender, he boasts a full arsenal of weaponry and trains alongside a host of local stars at TK MMA in Dubai.
But he now faces one of the best undefeated Azeri’s competing today in Sadygov. Yet to go the distance in his entire professional career, the training partner of countryman Rafael Fiziev in Phuket is a truly devastating finisher with four first-round stoppages in his last seven bouts. He may have the grappling ability and top game to control Jumaev, but the Uzbek hand-to-hand combat specialist is incredibly dangerous from distance with the timing to punish anyone who enters the pocket.
A fight with a variety of combat styles that is too difficult to predict, other than it staying out of the judges hands!
