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...
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...
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...
Weight Cutting Chronicles: Kelvin Gastelum — A Timeline
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 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,...
UFC Vegas 93: Tatsuro Taira Takedown Leaves Alex Perez Unable to Continue
Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira capped off the night at UFC Vegas 93, a Fight Night card that felt very much overshadowed by a rocky week for the promotion, with Conor McGregor and Khamzat Chimaev both pulling out of...

























