UFC Saudi Arabia is simply over a month away.
On Feb. 1, the most recent UFC card in Saudi Arabia goes down from ANB Area, headlined by a middleweight matchup between former two-time champion Israel Adesanya and rising contender Nassourdine Imavov. The occasion is the UFC’s sophomore outing to The Kingdom, and with it being simply 5 weeks away, on Monday, the promotion launched the official combat poster for the occasion, that includes each the principle occasion fighters and the co-main occasion between Shara “Bullet” Magomedov and Michael “Venom” Web page.
A former two-time champion, Adesanya is broadly considered one of many biggest middleweights of all-time; nevertheless, “The Final Stylebender” is at the moment on the worst streak of his profession. After dropping the title to Sean Strickland at UFC 293, Adesanya then misplaced his try and reclaim the belt towards Dricus du Plessis, getting submitted for the primary time at UFC 305 in August.
Nonetheless simply 29 years previous, Imavov has been a staple of the middleweight top-15 for the previous few years, however 2024 noticed the French fighter lastly make the leap to true contender with three vital wins. After profitable a majority choice over Roman Dolidze in February, Imavov stopped Jared Cannonier in June, after which took a unanimous choice over the surging Brendan Allen to place himself on the cusp of a title shot.
Try the complete UFC Saudi Arabia card beneath.
Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Shara Magomedov vs. Michael Web page
Mentioned Nurmagomedov vs. Vinicius Oliveira
Muhammadjon Naimov vs. Kaan Ofli
Terrance McKinney vs. Damir Hadzovic
Bodgan Grad vs. Lucas Alexander
Hamdy Abdelwahab vs. Jamal Pogues
Shamil Gaziev vs. Thomas Petersen
Jordan Leavitt vs. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady
Sergei Pavlovich vs. Jairzinho Rozensruik
Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
