▁suffered ▁the ▁first ▁loss ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁by ▁knock out ▁in ▁a ▁back ▁and ▁forth ▁fight . ▁Both ▁participants ▁were ▁awarded ▁Fight ▁of ▁the ▁Night ▁for ▁their ▁performance . ▁ ▁Saf ar ov ▁was ▁next ▁expected ▁to ▁fight ▁Mar cos ▁Rog éri o ▁de ▁Lima ▁at ▁U FC ▁Fight ▁Night ▁ 1 1 5 . ▁However , ▁Lima ▁tested ▁positive ▁for ▁b anned ▁an abol ic ▁ster oid s ▁and ▁the ▁bout ▁was ▁cancel led . ▁ ▁Saf ar ov ▁faced ▁T ys on ▁Pedro ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁at ▁U FC ▁ 2 2 1 . ▁He ▁lost ▁the ▁fight ▁via ▁k im ura ▁submission ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁ ▁Saf ar ov ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁face ▁Al on zo ▁Men if ield ▁on ▁November ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁at ▁U FC ▁Fight ▁Night ▁ 1 3 9 . ▁ ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁that ▁Saf ar ov ▁pulled ▁out ▁from ▁the ▁event ▁due ▁to ▁und is closed ▁reason ▁and ▁the ▁bout ▁was ▁scra pped . ▁ ▁Saf ar ov ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁face ▁G ök han ▁S aki ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁at ▁U FC ▁on ▁ESP N + ▁ 5 . ▁However , ▁S aki ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁fight ▁in ▁late ▁February ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁und is closed ▁injury . ▁S aki ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Nicola e