Filed under: News , UFC , Videos While perusing the lineup for Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 105 event in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, seasoned fight fans might come across a familiar name in an unfamiliar place. Aiemann Zahabi , the younger brother of noted fight trainer Firas Zahabi, makes his UFC debut against Reginaldo Vieira on the prelims. And when you’re walking around a sport like this with a last name like that, there’s really no way to avoid some high expectations. That’s been the story with the younger Zahabi’s career ever since he started. After his brother gained fame as the longtime coach of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, Zahabi essentially lost the ability to go out and build his name in the cage one fight at a time. “When I first started my career people would ask me who I was going to fight, and it was like they expected me to say Mike Tyson or something, some name they’d recognize,” Zahabi (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) told MMAjunkie

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For Aiemann Zahabi, a family name brings big expectations in UFC debut – MMA Junkie

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