UAE Warriors 39 results

Abu Dhabi, UAE: UAE Warriors staged another weekend of international MMA with three events back to back to back at the Etihad Arena on Yas Island and was live worldwide on UFC Fight Pass. The three events featured sixty-eight athletes representing over forty nations from around the globe.

• UAE Warriors 38: Africa
• UAE Warriors 39
• UAE Warriors 40: Arabia

UAE Warriors 39 took place Saturday, March 18, and featured a main event between two of the best featherweights outside the UFC. Austria’s Mochamed Machaev (13-1) – pictured above – scored a decision victory over Bagdos Olzhabay (13-4) to earn his biggest win to date.

Former UAE Warriors bantamweight champ Vinicius de Oliveira (18-3) got back to winning ways with an emphatic win over ONE & Rizin veteran Hikaru Yoshino (12-3) in the co-main event. Elsewhere on the card, Italy’s Walter Cogliandro (12-4-1) defeated UFC veteran Mark Striegl (18-5), Russia’s Artur Zaynukov (13-4) beat recently released UFC fighter Alex da Silva (21-5), and Rustem Kudaibergnenov (6-2) secured one of the fastest KO’s in MMA history with an eight second knockout win over Ilkhom Nazimov (9-3).

UAE Warriors 39 Results

Main Event
Featherweight
Mochamed Machaev (13-1) def. Bagdos Olzhabay (13-4) via unanimous decision (30-27 x 2, 29-28).

Co-Main Event
Bantamweight
Vinicius de Oliveira (18-3) def. Hikaru Yoshino (12-3) via TKO (punches), round 1, 4:02.

Catchweight 150 lb
Walter Cogliandro (12-4-1) def. Mark Striegl (18-5) via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3).

Catchweight 161 lb
Artur Zaynukov (13-4) vs. Alex da Silva (21-5) via split decision (29-28 x 2, 27-28).

Catchweight 139 lb
Murad Magomedov (13-0) def. Javlonbek Takhtaboev (10-6) via submission (guillotine), round 1, 0:23.

Catchweight 130 lb
Isaac Pimentel (18-10) def. Joevincent So (9-4) via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3).

Middleweight
Amir Fazli (5-1) def. Ahmed Sami (9-3) via KO (punch), round 1, 3:00.

Catchweight 122 lb
Maria Eugenia Zbrum (2-0) def. Coline Biron (1-2) via TKO (punches), round 1, 2:43.

Catchweight
Rustem Kudaibergnenov (6-2) def. Ilkhom Nazimov (9-3) via KO (punch), round 1, 0:08.

Lightweight
Shoaib Yousaf (10-3) def. Christiano Marques (12-4) via unanimous decision (30-25 x 3).

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