Competing for the first time since March 5, 2016 — a span of 546 days — “The Great” needed a little over eight minutes to finish Rob Wilkinson in their middleweight bout at UFC Rotterdam, which took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam in The Netherlands on Saturday.
Bahadurzada confirmed at the post-fight presser that he will drop back down to 170 pounds for his next fight and he wants to test himself against veteran Matt “The Immortal” Brown.
“I think Matt Brown will be a good fight,” Bahadurzada said. “He says that he’s immortal, but I will show that he’s pretty much mortal.