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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Canadian flyweight Malcolm Gordon lost by first-round submission to Amir Albazi on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night card Saturday.Albazi took Gordon down two minutes into the first round and stayed on top, eventually mounting the Canadian with a minute remaining.
"Man I've been waiting for this opportunity since I was 14," Albazi said after the fight."Watching every show since I was 14. So being here and getting a win, unreal. But I worked hard for this."Gordon, a 30-year-old from Calgary who now calls Toronto home, got the call from the UFC on July 5. The 26-year-old Albazi got 10 days notice, finishing a training session and then heading to Heathrow Airport.
Albazi, a native of Iraq who fights out of England, replaced Ukraine's Oleksandr Doskalchuk, who withdraw due to medical issues, according to the UFC. It was Gordon's first fight since April 2019 when he needed just 92 seconds to choke out Yoni Sherbatov on a TKO card in Montreal. Saturday's loss ended his four-fight win streak.
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