BAD MMA - The origins of combat™ » fury fc 57 https://www.badmma.com The BADDEST Brand on the Planet™ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:38:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Huseyn Aliev sacrificing all in hopes of becoming UFC’s first fighter from Azerbaijan https://www.badmma.com/huseyn-aliev-sacrificing-all-in-hopes-of-becoming-ufcs-first-fighter-from-azerbaijan.html https://www.badmma.com/huseyn-aliev-sacrificing-all-in-hopes-of-becoming-ufcs-first-fighter-from-azerbaijan.html#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:27:15 +0000 BAD MMA News https://www.badmma.com/huseyn-aliev-sacrificing-all-in-hopes-of-becoming-ufcs-first-fighter-from-azerbaijan.html Huseyn Aliev didn’t always know his life’s path would lead him to be known as the “Azeri Warrior.” “Surprisingly, I didn’t start actually with martial arts,” Aliev told MMA Junkie through an interpreter. “I started with soccer, and I was a soccer player, and eventually I found my way to MMA because I loved it. Slowly, slowly I got involved in mixed martial arts.” Once the passion caught fire, though, Aliev went all in. Hailing from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that has yet to send an athlete to the UFC, Aliev decided he was going to be the one to take that honor.

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