UFC Saudi Arabia: After Alexander Volkov Wins Battle of Friends-Turned-Foe, Sergei Pavlovich Pushes Him...
Top heavyweight contenders Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov co-main evented UFC Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Although controversy followed the fights announcement because the pair are friends and training partners who did not want to fight, the bout still went down....
Paul Hughes Survives Knockdown, Smashes Bobby King in Debut at Bellator Dublin
Featherweight prospect and former Cage Warriors champ Paul Hughes made his promotional debut in the co-main event of Bellator Dublin on Saturday, taking on Hawaiian Bobby King in the third Bellator Champions Series card of 2024. Hughes was a big...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Overweight Kelvin Gastelum Too Much for Daniel Rodriguez
Saturday's UFC Saudi Arabia was not without its share of turmoil, thanks to a bevy of cancellations and last minute opponent swaps. The drama didn't stop there, however, as Kelvin Gastelum had struggled with his weight through training camp,...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Shara Magomedov Stops Antonio Trocoli in Third
After not one but two opponents fell through, it was newcomer Antonio Trocoli that wound up facing Shara Magomedov at UFC Saudi Arabia on Saturday. In a curious turn of events, Trocoli had been scheduled to face Ikram Aliskerov a...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Volkan Oezdemir Wastes No Time, Flatlines Johnny Walker
Light heavyweights Johnny Walker and Volkan Oezdemir kicked off Saturday's UFC Saudi Arabia main card on ABC. Walker's last two fights had come opposite Magomed Ankalaev, with a No Contest in the pair's initial meeting, then a knockout loss in...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Nasrat Haqparast Takes Narrow Decision Over Jared Gordon
Lightweights Nasrat Haqparast and Jared Gordon closed out the UFC Saudi Arabia preliminary card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The promotion's debut in the Middle Eastern nation saw the main card on broadcast network ABC,...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Felipe Lima Taps Muhammad Naimov in Thrilling Debut
With Melsik Baghdasaryan tearing his labrum, it was Brazil's Felipe Lima stepping into a short-notice featherweight fight with Muhammad Naimov at UFC Saudi Arabia. While the opportunity got Lima's foot in the door with the UFC, the highly-regarded bantamweight prospect...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Rinat Fakhretdinov Bests Nicolas Dalby In Fun Scrap
The lone welterweight fight on the UFC Saudi Arabia card on Saturday, June 22 found Rinat Fakhretdinov facing off with Nicolas Dalby. Fakhretdinov was unbeaten in his UFC career, but coming off a draw against Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, while...
UFC Saudi Arabia: Muin Gafurov Outduels Kyung-Ho Kang for First UFC Win
Entertaining bantamweights Kyung-Ho Kang and Muin Gafurov put it all on the line in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Kang came into UFC Saudi Arabia as the owner of a successful 8-4 (1NC) UFC record over the last eleven years....
UFC Saudi Arabia: Compromised Leg Leads to Magomed Gadzhiyasulov Out-Wrestling Brendson Ribeiro
Undefeated light heavyweight and Contender Series winner Magomed Gadzhiyasulov made his promotional debut at UFC Saudi Arabia, opposite Brazilian Brendson Ribeiro. Like Gadzhiyasulov, Ribeiro had entered the UFC via the 2023 edition of Dana White's Contender Series, only to drop...
