The presence of a large number of Kazakh fans caught everyone's attention at yesterday's UFC Fight Night Baku event.

Offsideplus.az reports that although Bekzat Almakhan lost to Jean Matsumoto on the preliminary card, Asu Almabayev, who fought on the main card, secured a victory over Charles Johnson. The support shown by Kazakh fans to their compatriots at the National Gymnastics Arena is particularly worth noting.

Famous UFC fighter Shavkat Rakhmonov was also among those watching the event cageside. We present the footage from the arena:

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PHOTO: Elmir Karimov