20-year-old Road to UFC phenom brutalizes undefeated fighter with 37-second KO

20-Year-Old Agulali Scores Incredible 37-Second KO

Kicking off with a lightweight matchup that saw Mansher Khera extend his undefeated record against Aziz Khaydarov before quarterfinal matchups for the flyweight and featherweight tournaments, the penultimate fight of Road to UFC: Episode 2 featured China’s Agulali squaring off with undefeated Indian flyweight Mridul Saikia.

Saikia entered the night with a 100% finishing rate in his eight pro fights, while Agulali had only gone the distance twice in his career and came into the Road to UFC tournament riding the momentum of seven-straight wins.

All but one of the 20-year-old’s victories during that stretch came inside the first round, and Agulali made the most of his debut in the Octagon when he floored Saikia with a left hook in just 37 seconds to book his place in the flyweight tournament semifinals.

The knockout-win marked the second fastest victory of Agulali’s career after he previously won in just 17 seconds back in 2021, and later this year he’ll face Namsrai Batbayer in the flyweight semifinals following Batbayer’s second-round finish against Wataru Yamauchi.

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