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Amir Albazi was ’one punch away’ from getting paralyzed: ”I had to go straight into surgery”
Amir Albazi. Photo via YouTube
UFC flyweight prospect Amir Albazi will return to action in the main event of Saturday’s UFC card in Edmonton, Canada.
The rising star battled a lot of health issues over the past years, and was close to being forced to stop fighting completely. After his fight with Kai Kara-Fance in June 2023, he discovered he had a heart problem and had to go through a surgery.
“After the heart surgery, I kept training for the fight against Brandon Moreno in Mexico City, and then my left arm literally stopped,” Albazi said at a recent UFC press conference. “I couldn’t lift my arm up, I couldn’t jab, I couldn’t do anything, but I still kept training.”
”After I got my first MRI, the first doctor said, ‘You shouldn’t be fighting anymore. Find a 9-to-5.’ I kept going to different doctors and when the UFC doctors found out, they literally pulled me out of the fight and I had to go straight into surgery. They told me (I was) one punch away from getting paralyzed. So after that surgery, here I am. It’s the longest break of my career.”
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UFC Edmonton with Amir Albazi
Main card
- Flyweight bout: Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi
- Women’s flyweight bout: Erin Blanchfield vs. Rose Namajunas
- Heavyweight bout: Derrick Lewis vs. Jhonata Diniz
- Light heavyweight bout: Caio Machado vs. Brendson Ribeiro
- Middleweight bout: Marc-André Barriault vs. Dustin Stoltzfus
- Welterweight bout: Mike Malott vs. Trevin Giles
Preliminary card
- Bantamweight bout: Aiemann Zahabi vs. Pedro Munhoz
- Women’s flyweight bout: Ariane da Silva vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
- Bantamweight bout: Charles Jourdain vs. Victor Henry
- Featherweight bout: Jack Shore vs. Youssef Zalal
- Heavyweight bout: Alexander Romanov vs. Rodrigo Nascimento
- Bantamweight bout: Serhiy Sidey vs. Garrett Armfield
- Bantamweight bout: Chad Anheliger vs. Cody Gibson
- Women’s flyweight bout: Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Ivana Petrovic
* Fight card is a subject of change.