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Brandon Moreno’s coach notes what’s ‘lost in the weeds’ about Steve Erceg before UFC on ESPN 64

BAD MMA News — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:47:47 +0000

Brandon Moreno ’s head coach Sayif Saud thinks the public isn’t giving Steve Erceg enough credit ahead of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 64 main event. Former two-time flyweight champion Moreno (22-8-2 MMA, 10-4-2 UFC) gets another headliner on home Mexican soil when he takes on Erceg (12-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at Arena CDMX in Mexico City (ESPN2, ESPN+ ).

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Fortis MMA’s Sayif Saud shares key to reaching 100 UFC coaching wins

BAD MMA News — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:43:18 +0000

Coaches are among the most unheralded people in MMA, but at UFC Fight Night 254 this past Saturday, Fortis MMA leader Sayif Saud got his flowers. After being a frequent presence in the corner of notable athletes under the UFC banner, Saud reached the landmark of 100 team victories with the sport’s biggest promotion, and it came courtesy of a Sam Hughes split decision triumph over Stephanie Luciano in a strawweight bout at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The moment Hughes’ hand was raised, she took the microphone during her post-fight interview and showered Saud with praise, vocalizing the significance of the Dallas-based team hitting the milestone of triple-digit victories in the UFC.

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Analyst: Israel Adesanya being ‘a hair slower’ than prime is biggest obstacle to UFC rebound

BAD MMA News — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:49:30 +0000

Every fighter experiences a decline, but when it happens at the highest level of the sport, the flaws that lead to it can have an even greater spotlight. That’s what coach Sayif Saud sees happening to former UFC middleweight champion and future UFC Hall of Famer Israel Adesanya , who saw his losing skid hit a career-worst three fights in a knockout loss to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Fight Night 250 this month. After losing consecutive championship bouts to Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis, the once-longtime titleholder Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) found himself in a different spot. His streak of 12 consecutive title fights was over and he was in a non-title bout for the first time since 2019 against a surging contender in Imavov.

Coach Sayif Saud: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Sean Strickland 2 at UFC 312 will be violent ‘chess match’

BAD MMA News — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:09:19 +0000

Coach Sayif Saud doesn’t expect Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland to hold anything back when their UFC 312 rematch begins. Less than 13 months after Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) took the middleweight title off Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) by debated split decision at UFC 297, the pair will run it back in Saturday’s headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney ( ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+). The first fight delivered some solid action but went down to the wire. Both men believe to this day they clearly one, with Strickland blaming poor judging as well as his performance being hindered by a cut he claims came from an illegal head butt. Du Plessis, meanwhile, thinks there was no controversy and intends on putting a stamp on the sequel. Saud, who is the head coach at Fortis MMA and was an Analyst of the Year nominee at the 16th annual World MMA Awards, thinks there’s no shortage of motivation on both ends going into UFC 312, and that should create a high quality championship fight

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Coach: Brandon Moreno ‘most complete’ flyweight, matches up best with UFC champ Alexandre Pantoja

BAD MMA News — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:55:17 +0000

Sayif Saud still thinks Brandon Moreno has the best chance to dethrone UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja . Moreno (22-8-2 MMA, 10-5-2 UFC) has lost to Pantoja three times, most recently falling short by split decision in their title fight at UFC 290 in July 2023. He went on to lose a unanimous decision to Brandon Royval this past February, before opting to take some time off. However, the former two-time UFC flyweight champion returned with a bang when he snapped Amir Albazi’s six-fight winning streak with a dominant performance in the UFC Fight Night 246 main event this past November

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Sayif Saud: Geoff Neal’s Belal Muhammad win ages well, deserves to fight up in rankings next

BAD MMA News — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 02:29:28 +0000

Geoff Neal has been hovering around the top of the UFC’s welterweight rankings for a few years. Given the current landscape of the division, Fortis MMA head coach Sayif Saud believes he’s just a couple of fights away from a title shot.

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Sayif Saud getting ‘ahead of the curve’ with Kennedy Nzechukwu, Ryan Spann heavyweight moves

BAD MMA News — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:40:29 +0000

Fortis MMA head coach Sayif Saud sees a trend coming with light heavyweights and has two examples of high-level fighters under his wing leading the way. Kennedy Nzechukwu and Ryan Spann started their UFC careers in the light heavyweight division and have now made a move to heavyweight. Nzechukwu (14-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) has already fought twice in his new division. After dropping two straight at light heavyweight, Nzechukwu moved up in October and made quick work of Chris Barnett at UFC 308. He then turned around and recorded another first-round finish of Lukas Brzeski at UFC 310 in December, which earned a Performance of the Night bonus

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Fortis MMA’s Sayif Saud mulling coaching future as team approaches 100th UFC win

BAD MMA News — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:21:38 +0000

Coaches are among the most unheralded people in the MMA space, and although Fortis MMA’s Sayif Saud has received recognition for his work , there comes a point where success fails to offset personal sacrifice. That is a crossroad Saud is grappling with as he enters the 20th year of his coaching journey in 2025, and is on the cusp of a massive personal goal he set out for himself at the start. After picking up his first coaching win in the corner of Sean Spencer against Yuri Villefort at UFC Fight Night 28 in September 2013, Saud has gone on to rack up 97 total victories under the UFC banner. Fortis MMA is now home to notables such as former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno (who brought Saud his first UFC title victory), Geoff Neal, Macy Chiasson, Ryan Spann and many more. The Dallas-based Fortis MMA has grown into everything Saud hoped and dreamed for it to be, but it has come at a cost

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UFC 302 video: Coach Sayif Saud’s in-depth breakdown of Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier

BAD MMA News — Sat, 25 May 2024 22:45:53 +0000

Will Islam Makhachev continue his reign of terror? Does Dustin Poirier have one more spectacular win in him on the biggest stage? These will be the deciding questions in the UFC 302 main event. Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC) will attempt to record a record-tying third consecutive lightweight title defense when he puts it up for grabs against Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC), who will have his third try at undisputed gold, in the headlining act of the June 1 card at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+).

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Geoff Neal’s coach Sayif Saud responds to Ian Machado Garry and manager’s ‘stupid’ criticism of UFC 292 withdrawal

BAD MMA News — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 02:22:25 +0000

UFC welterweight contender Geoff Neal ’s head coach Sayif Saud is not happy with some criticism that has followed his withdrawal from UFC 292. Specifically, the remarks coming from his formerly scheduled opponent’s manager. Neal (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) was set to take on undefeated Ian Machado Garry (12-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) at the upcoming UFC pay-per-view event in Boston on Aug