UAE Warriors 63: Morozov vs. Saraliev is a mixed martial arts event promoted by UAE Warriors that will take place on September 10, 2025 at the ADNEC Al Ain in in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Fight Card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Catchweight Evgeny Morozov vs Basir Saraliev
Catchweight Alex da Silva vs Kurbanali Isabekov
Light Heavyweight Magomed Saidov vs Luis Henrique da Silva
Catchweight Zarrukh Adashev vs Luke Shanks
Lightweight Abdullo Khodzhaev vs Turan Ahmadov
Catchweight Abdul Elwahab Saeed vs John Martin Fraser
Middleweight Ali Foladi vs Pedro Oliveira
Lightweight Slimen Hassaini vs Mirmehti Miriyev
Light Heavyweight Magomed Tuchalov vs Khabib Gaziev
Flyweight Ilknur Kurt vs Sarah Mahmood
Bantamweight Flobater Fares vs Alex Asio Jr.
Light Heavyweight Nutsalkhan Magomedov vs Ion Chirilov
Background
The Middle East’s biggest and best combat sports promotion heads back to the Garden City for the second time this year featuring some of the hottest rising prospects in global MMA culminating in a main event deliberately curated for the delight of fight fans between two athletes who have never been finished.
Framed by one of the fiercest rivalries in the sporting world, the final bout of UAE Warriors 63 is a classic Russia versus Serbia clash, between Evgeny ‘General’ Morozov (9-1) and Basir ‘Ozden’ Saraliev (9-1). It’s a welcome Warriors return for Morozov from Belgrade after finishing in the first at UAE Warriors 63 in July, making this his 11th fight despite only turning pro three years ago. But his opponent, the Makhachkala-based Turkmenistani, Saraliev, is unstoppable. All of his finishes are in the first-round and his titanium chin has grabbed decision wins in absolute wars against some of the best lightweights in Russia.
One of the promotional OG’s returns in the co-main event as the former lightweight title contender from Brazil Alex ‘Leko’ da Silva (24-6) takes on the Dagestani destroyer, Kurbanali ‘Big Show’ Isabekov 9-3. It was in Al Ain last February that a body-kick from Amru Magomedov dashed Leko’s title hopes, so now he returns to the scene of that devastating loss in the hope that he might beat a new path to the gold. However, no-one has finished Isabekov in the seven years during which he put together an hellacious winning streak with just one loss in fourteen fights courtesy of pure knockout power and a dominating grappling offence.
Magomed Saidov 7-0 finally makes his promotional debut after running through every previous opponent like yak butter. Undefeated with all of his victories being stoppages, the young Russian will face the toughest opponent of his burgeoning career in form of the UFC vet, Luis Henrique ‘Frankenstein’ da Silva 20-10. A headhunter supreme with eighteen wins by knockout, many of them truly spectacular, ‘Frankenstein’ is indeed a monster in the cage who enjoyed a twelve-bout undefeated streak until falling foul of Paul Craig in Sacramento. One of the most experienced fighters on the card faces one of Moscow’s biggest light-heavy prospects.
Rounding off the main card is the former Cage Warriors champ, Luke ‘The Apocalypse’ Shanks (10-5) from Higher Level in Scotland taking on UFC vet and Sambo specialist, Zarrukh Adashev 4-4 after Persian kickboxing sensation Abdullo Khodzhaev (7-1) draws the imposing Azerbaijani strangler Turan Ahmadov (5-2).
