Nasrat Haqparast and Jared Gordon, UFC Saudi Arabia

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,...
Muhammad Naimov and Felipe Lima, UFC Saudi Arabia

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...
Rinat Fakhretdinov and Nicolas Dalby, UFC Saudi Arabia

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...
Kyung-Ho Kang and Muin Gafurov, UFC Saudi Arabia

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....
Magomed Gadzhiyasulo and Brendson Ribeiro, UFC Saudi Arabia

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...
Xiao Long and Chang-Ho Lee, UFC Saudi Arabia

UFC Saudi Arabia: Chang-Ho Lee Wins Road to UFC 2, Decisions Xiao Long

The long overdue Road to UFC 2 bantamweight final arrived at UFC Saudi Arabia on June 22, in a fight that paired China's Xiao Long up against South Korea's Chang-Ho Lee. Road to UFC 2 had launched in May of...
Yana Kunitskaya (Yana Santos), UFC 264

Top 15 Bantamweights Yana Santos and Chelsea Chandler to Fight at UFC Vegas 95

Yana Santos will fight Chelsea Chandler in a ranked bantamweight clash on August 10, 2024. The fight is scheduled for the main card of UFC Vegas 95 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. News of the booking was first...
UFC Vegas 34 weigh-in - Kelvin Gastelum

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Ahead of UFC Saudi Arabia this Saturday, word made the rounds (and was confirmed) that Kelvin Gastelum was unable to make the welterweight limit, necessitating a change in weight to 185lbs for his fight with Daniel Rodriguez. It's not...
Mike Davis and Natan Levy, UFC Vegas 88

Mike Davis Tears Bicep in Sparring, Out of Dober Fight at UFC Denver

UFC Denver, scheduled for July 13th, suffered its second cancelled fight after Mike Davis tore his bicep in sparring on June 11th. The lightweight fight between Dober and Davis, first announced earlier this month, is off. Davis tweeted on Tuesday,...
Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira, UFC Vegas 93

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