That’s why Albazi didn’t call out any single fighter by name after his win but instead kept his attention focused on the upcoming flyweight title bout between reigning champion Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja, which serves as UFC 290’s co-main event in July. With Saturday’s result in the rear-view, Albazi is ready to use his first main-event win to propel himself toward the next goal in his career: Claiming a UFC title at 125 pounds. I got the win, now onto the next one, onto the title. I thought I did a bit more than him so all good. I’m a man of God, so I’m like, whoever is going to, it’s just a learning experience. “He tried to play a bit more defense, but with the judges nowadays, I have no clue. “I knew I was doing more - more than him,” Albazi said. If I would have followed my game plan, I would have taken him out in the third round.”Įven though the fight was close throughout, Albazi is still confident he did enough to secure the victory - although he knows it’s never a certainty when the judges get involved. I would be like, ‘You think you’ve got a good right hand, I have a good right hand too.’ I didn’t really follow my game plan. “I had too much fun,” Albazi said during the UFC Vegas 74 post-fight show. And while the result ultimately went his way and kept his streak alive, Albazi knows he has no one to blame but himself for allowing Kara-France to stick around for all five rounds, especially after nearly finishing the fight with an early rear-naked choke submission. It was an important moment for Albazi, who sought to establish himself as a credible threat to the flyweight title and keep his momentum churning after a red-hot 4-0 start his UFC career. But, all of the three-division champion talk after just one UFC win needs to be put in the back-burner for a long while.Amir Albazi’s first UFC main event may have been marred by controversy, but after a back-and-forth fight that ended in a split decision over Kai Kara-France, Albazi still left with another win on his record. The bright side is that, again, he is just 18 years of age so he has so much time to get better and to polish his skills to eventually get into the mix. for being confident, but this fight showed that he obviously still has a lot to learn - especially to not telegraph his takedowns from a mile away. He fought a man not close to the Top 15 and got worked, and it showed the young fighter that there are several levels to the fight game and that walking the walk after taking the talk isn’t as easy as it seems. Sure, you can respect the confidence, but this is the big leagues and you just can’t jump into the deep end and his loss to Rodriguez proves that. The young up-and-comer was already calling for a Top 15 fighter after just his first UFC win. That said, his first loss so early in his career, while detrimental, should be a lesson, and that is to not buy into your own hype and get ahead of yourself.

is just 18 years old and a UFC newbie, so I am not going to go in on him too hard because he still has a very bright future ahead of him. Highlights! Font Stuns Yanez With Blistering TKO Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Biggest Loser: Raul Rosas Jr.

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