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Flyweight prospects clashed at UFC Abu Dhabi when #9-ranked Asu Almabayev faced rising Peruvian Jose Ochoa. Almabayev looked to bounce back from his first UFC loss to Manel Kape and maintain his top 10 ranking. Ochoa's sights were set on...

A ranked Light Heavyweight matchup between #10 Nikita Krylov and #13 Bogdan Guskov kicked off the Main Card at UFC Abu Dhabi. Krylov's last fight resulted in a three-fight winning streak being broken when a resurging Dom Reyes put him...

Controversial featherweight Bryce Mitchell, fresh off a devastating loss to Jean Silva in Miami in April, returned to action at UFC Abu Dhabi, taking on Said Nurmagomedov in a move down to bantamweight. Mitchell had not competed as a bantamweight...

At age 41, welterweight Muslim Salikhov looked to continue to defy Father Time at UFC Abu Dhabi, where he took on Carlos Leal. Salikhov had won his last two fights, while PFL veteran Leal was coming off a single win...

Bantamweights Davey Grant and Da'Mon Blackshear collided as part of Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi prelims at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Grant, coming off a win over Ramon Taveras, was running into Blackshear while he was on a...

A battle of ranked strawweights and fellow Brazilians Amanda Ribas and Tabatha Ricci played out at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Ribas sat at #7 in the UFC's 115lb division, Ricci at #10. It was less than a minute in when...

Turkish light heavyweight Ibo Aslan faced off against Billy Elekana as part of Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi preliminary card at the Etihad Arena. Aslan was looking to bounce back from his first loss in the UFC, opposite Ion Cutelaba. Elekana...

Featherweights Mohammad Yahya and Steven Nguyen were the second fight in on Saturday's UFC Abu Dhabi preliminary card. Yahya was making his debut in the weight class, after losing his first two fights under the UFC banner at lightweight. Yahya vs....

Heavyweight Marcus Buchecha, a ONE Championship veteran and decorated BJJ champ, made his promotional debut at UFC Abu Dhabi opposite Martin Buday. "Buchecha" (properly Marcus Almeida) struggled to stay active in ONE, where he posted a  5-1 record with his...

Conor McGregor's Dublin-based pub, The Black Forge Inn, was the target of a suspected arson attack on Friday morning. The UFC star opened the establishment in July of 2021 and has seen it become to a big part of the...