
Birthday:
05-06-1989
(35 years)
Birthplace:
Gol Tappeh, Hamadan, Iran
Biography
Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Lightweight division.
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UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
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UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 10, 2023, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current two-time champion (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) Amanda Nunes and Irene Aldana headlined the event.
UFC 289 Countdown
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UFC 289 Countdown previews a showdown for the women’s bantamweight title, as double champ Amanda Nunes defends her crown against hard-hitting Irene Aldana. Plus, top lightweights collide as Charles Oliveira faces off with Beneil Dariush.
UFC on ESPN 52: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan
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UFC on ESPN 52: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, United States. A lightweight bout between Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsarukyan headlined the event.
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
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UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 22, 2022, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former champion Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev headlined the event. Oliveira was stripped of the title at UFC 274 when he failed to make weight for his attempted title defense against former interim champion (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) Justin Gaethje.
UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2
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UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on October 25, 2014, at Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was headlined by a Featherweight Championship rematch between the current champion José Aldo, and top contender Chad Mendes. Their first fight at UFC 142, also contested in Rio de Janeiro, ended in a first round knockout victory in favor of Aldo.
UFC Fight Night 73: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux
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UFC Fight Night 73: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux was a mixed martial arts event held on August 8, 2015, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between former title challenger Glover Teixeira and Tennessee resident Ovince Saint Preux. A lightweight bout between Michael Johnson and Beneil Dariush also takes place in the event and Amanda Nunes faces Sara McMann in the Women's Bantamweight division.
UFC Hall of Fame 2024
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The UFC Hall of Fame 2024 ceremony took place on June 27, 2024 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
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UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson was a mixed martial arts event held on November 5, 2016, at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. A potential lightweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos winner Tony Ferguson headlined the event.
UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs. Gastelum
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UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs. Gastelum was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 11, 2017, at the Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste in Fortaleza, Brazil. A middleweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament winner Vitor Belfort and The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen middleweight winner Kelvin Gastelum was the event headliner.
UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
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UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on October 7, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
UFC Fight Night 139: Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez
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UFC Fight Night 139: Korean Zombie vs Rodriguez was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on November 10, 2018 at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, United States. A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Chan Sung Jung and Yair Rodríguez served as the event headliner.
UFC Fight Night 146: Lewis vs. dos Santos
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UFC Fight Night 146: Lewis vs. dos Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 9, 2019 at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos and former title challenger Derrick Lewis served as the event headliner.
UFC Fight Night 162: Maia vs. Askren
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UFC Fight Night 162: Maia vs. Askren was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 26, 2019 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight Championship challenger Demian Maia and former Bellator Welterweight Champion and former ONE Welterweight Champion, Ben Askren headlined the event.
UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
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UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 7, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between the current champion Israel Adesanya and former interim title challenger (as well as 2000 Olympic silver medalist and former world champion in freestyle wrestling) Yoel Romero headlined the event.
UFC Fight Night 174: Lewis vs. Oleinik
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UFC Fight Night 174: Lewis vs. Oleinik (also known as UFC Fight Night 174, UFC on ESPN+ 32 and UFC Vegas 6) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 8, 2020 at the UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Derrick Lewis vs. Aleksei Oleinik; Heavyweight. Omari Akhmedov vs. Chris Weidman; Middleweight. Maki Pitolo vs. Darren Stewart; Middleweight. Yana Kunitskaya vs. Ketlen Vieira; Women's bantamweight. Beneil Dariush vs. Scott Holtzman; Lightweight.
UFC Fight Night 35: Rockhold vs. Philippou
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UFC Fight Night 35: Rockhold vs. Philippou was a mixed martial arts event held on January 15, 2014 at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Georgia. The event was headlined by a middleweight bout between Luke Rockhold and Costas Philippou.
UFC on Fox 19: Teixeira vs. Evans
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UFC on Fox 19: Teixeira vs. Evans was a mixed martial arts event held on April 16, 2016 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. The event was the second that the organization has hosted in the Tampa Bay Area, and first since UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens in February 2009.
UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira vs. Nelson
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UFC Fight Night 39: Nogueira vs. Nelson was a mixed martial arts event held on April 11, 2014, at du Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A heavyweight bout between Roy Nelson and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira headlined this event.
UFC Fight Night 49: Henderson vs. Dos Anjos
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UFC Fight Night 49: Henderson vs. Dos Anjos was a mixed martial arts event held on August 23, 2014, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was headlined by Lightweight contenders Benson Henderson and Rafael dos Anjos.
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
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UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on June 4, 2016 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. After numerous opponents were forced to withdraw from the main event against Middleweight Champion, Luke Rockhold, the Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping accepted the fight. This fight was a rematch as the two met previously in November 2014 at UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping, with Rockhold winning via submission in the second round.
UFC Fight Night 184: Overeem vs. Volkov
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UFC Fight Night 184: Overeem vs. Volkov was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 6, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A heavyweight bout between the 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion and UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Alistair Overeem and former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov served as the event headliner.
UFC 185: Pettis vs. Dos Anjos
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UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos was a mixed martial arts event held on March 14, 2015 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Anthony Pettis and top contender Rafael dos Anjos. The co-main event featured a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current champion Carla Esparza and top contender Joanna Jędrzejczyk.
UFC on Fox 15: Machida vs. Rockhold
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UFC on Fox 15: Machida vs. Rockhold was a mixed martial arts event held on April 18, 2015, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The event was the sixth event that the UFC has hosted in Newark, New Jersey and was headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida and former Strikeforce Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold.
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
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UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 3, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler
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UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 15, 2021 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout for the vacant title between former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira headlined the event.
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