The Official MMA Thread

PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 26, 2025
VenueEtihad Arena
CityAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Start times: ESPN2/ESPN+ “Prelims” at 12 p.m. ET 9am PST
| ABC/ESPN+ Main Card at 3 p.m. ET 12pm PST

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Fight card​

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Main card (ABC / ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
MiddleweightRobert Whittakervs.Reinier de Ridder
BantamweightPetr Yanvs.Marcus McGhee
BantamweightBryce Mitchellvs.Said Nurmagomedov
MiddleweightSharabutdin Magomedovvs.Marc-André Barriault
Light HeavyweightNikita Krylovvs.Bogdan Guskov
Women's StraweightAmanda Ribasvs.Tabatha Ricci
WelterweightMuslim Salikhovvs.Carlos Leal Miranda
Light Heavyweightİbo Aslanvs.Billy Elekana
HeavyweightMartin Budayvs.Marcus Buchecha
FeatherweightMohammad Yahyavs.Steven Nguyen
BantamweightDavey Grantvs.Da'Mon Blackshear
 
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Great fight. Unfortunate that Dustin lost, but still a hell of a send off for him. I felt it was close and Max absolutely had the first 2 rounds. the following 3 rounds were very close and i felt the damage showed on max face more than dustins but if you gave those 3 rounds to max i wouldnt be mad at it because it was a great back and forth.
 
This weekend is actually a pretty good card
Middle East be throwing down real money for their events over there. Even though its not a main number card, they still get some good fighters.

Hoping Whittaker wins. Unfortunate af what happened in the chimaev fight. I dont think RDR is anything too special in the division, but it was satisfying watching him beat the shit out of Nickal.

Also will be dope seeing Yan and Shara fight again. Not super familiar with either of their opponents but seems like ufc just threw them some tune up fights to get back in the win column.
 
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