Tahir Abdullayev

That timing matters because it shows he did not need a quick start to find the stoppage once the fight turned in his favor.

Key moments

• The fight lasted deep into round two rather than ending in the opening minutes.
• Abdullayev closed the show with a guillotine choke at 4:40 of the second round.
• It was his second straight submission win.

Boynazarov handed Abdullayev a clear five-round decision loss in a fight that appears to have doubled as a regional title setback.

Key moments

• Boynazarov beat Abdullayev by unanimous decision after five rounds.
• The bout followed Abdullayev's split-decision win over Yuriy Ermolenko in July 2023.
• Abdullayev answered the loss by winning his next five fights.

The result mattered because it gave him another stoppage against experienced regional opposition rather than another narrow decision.

Key moments

• Abdullayev stopped Alkhasov by TKO at 4:35 of the second round.
• The finish followed the split-decision win over Yuriy Ermolenko.
• It set up the October 2024 five-round fight with Khotam Boynazarov.

Lyapunov forced Abdullayev deeper than many of his other opponents, but Abdullayev still found a late guillotine in the third round. The result mattered because it showed he could carry his finishing threat into the late stages of a fight rather than only early scrambles.

Key moments

• Abdullayev submitted Lyapunov with a guillotine choke at 3:00 of round three.
• The finish followed the July 2020 first-round TKO of Kishvar Khudoyorov.
• It was Abdullayev's first recorded win beyond round one since 2019.

Abdullayev got back to quick violence against Khudoyorov, finishing him inside 75 seconds.

Key moments

• Abdullayev stopped Khudoyorov by TKO at 1:15 of the first round.
• The finish came a little over a year after the submission of Makhir Aliyev.
• It maintained Abdullayev's pattern of stacking early finishes.

The result mattered because Bogatov later proved to be a serious regional lightweight, and Abdullayev responded well by ripping off another long winning stretch.

Key moments

• Bogatov submitted Abdullayev at 1:21 of round two.
• It was Abdullayev's first loss since 2017 and remains his only loss inside the distance.
• He answered with wins over Dmitry Berezin and Makhir Aliyev in his next two bouts.

Abdullayev beat Murodov for the second time in less than two weeks, this time finishing him in the opening round. The result mattered because it showed the first win had not been a fluke and reinforced how quickly Abdullayev could overwhelm the same matchup once he solved it.

Key moments

• Abdullayev stopped Murodov at 3:13 of round one.
• It was his second win over Murodov in April and May 2016.
• The rematch finish came faster than the earlier second-round stoppage.

The first Murodov meeting ended with Abdullayev stopping him in the second round, setting up a quick rematch only weeks later.

Key moments

• Abdullayev stopped Murodov at 3:51 of round two.
• The fight followed the 2015 decision over Rasul Mansurov.
• It led directly to a rematch with Murodov less than two weeks later.