Farid Basharat

Farid Basharat, who improved to 16-0 with a unanimous decision win over John Garza at UFC 329, remains a free agent after the UFC has yet to offer him a new contract. Manager Ali Abdelaziz publicly called on the promotion to re-sign Basharat, stating it would be "crazy" if they did not. Basharat's seventh consecutive UFC victory gave him the longest active winning streak in the bantamweight division.

Farid Basharat has spoken about his ambitions following UFC 329, expressing his desire to remain on the UFC roster and ultimately compete for a title. The bantamweight prospect made clear that championship gold is his long-term goal.

Basharat, Garza

The updated list of active unbeaten fighters — those inactive no more than two years, not retired, with more than ten wins in top promotions — features 32 competitors. Movlid Khaybulaev leads the list at 24-0-1-1NC, followed by Usman Nurmagomedov at 21-0-1NC and Movsar Evloev at 20-0. Among the newly updated records, Farid Basharat moved to 16-0 after defeating John Garza by unanimous decision at UFC 329, and Luke Riley improved to 14-0 following a first-round TKO of Kai Kamaka at the same event. Records are sourced from Tapology and cross-checked on Sherdog.

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Farid Basharat issued a public callout of David Martinez following his win at UFC 329. Basharat framed the potential matchup as a battle between an Afghan warrior and a Mexican warrior competing for a top-10 ranking position.

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