It’s hard to draw up a UFC debut better than what Muhammad Mokaev produced in March. After signing with the promotion with a ton of hype behind him, he won in just 58 seconds.
Mokaev (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a Dagestani fighter who has lived the past 10 years of his life in England, opened the UFC Fight Night 204 card with a scintillating finish of Cody Durden that began with a flying knee and ended with a slick guillotine choke. It was perfection, but Mokaev wants to put on an even better encore.
“The Punisher” is scheduled to return to the octagon on July 23 when he meets Charles Johnson (11-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in a flyweight bout at UFC Fight Night in London, which takes place at The 02. For Mokaev, it’s important to make his sophomore UFC fight just as good as the debut.
