UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Ribas 2 preliminary results

The Tajikistan native, who earned his contract with a win on Season 6 of Dana White’s Contender Series (DWCS), put Solecki on the canvas with relative ease in each of the first two rounds, navigating his way through a handful of submission attempts to work from the top position and control the action throughout. While Solecki was able to come up in the final minute of the fight, the power difference between the two was clear before, allowing the undefeated lightweight to continue dictating the terms of engagement and getting the better of him.

Aliev moved to 10-0 overall with the win and, having turned 24 last month, remains one of the more exciting young names in the lightweight division. Tajikistan is becoming a hotbed of MMA action and fandom, and the “Tajik Eagle” is definitely going to be a big part of that going forward.