After a lopsided loss in his return following a prolonged layoff, flyweight standout Amir Albazi has vowed to work his manner again to competition.
Brandon Moreno (22-8-2 MMA, 10-5-2 UFC) dominated Albazi (17-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) on Saturday within the UFC Combat Night time 246 major occasion in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was his first combat again after a extreme neck harm, however he by no means obtained going in opposition to the previous 125-pound champion.
Albazi almost was swept on the scorecards by Moreno, who was a slight favourite within the combat, however obtained a 49-46 from one decide, who gave him the primary spherical. However it was clean crusing for Moreno after that.
Albazi posted on social media to say he’ll get again to the shape that had him in two straight UFC headliners.
“No excuses,” Albazi posted on Instagram. “You win some and lose some however i will likely be again higher 👊🏽 i promise. Thanks for the assist 🙏🏼”
The loss for Albazi was his first within the UFC and snapped a six-fight profitable streak.
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