Israel Adesanya faces Sharabutdin Magomedov in the main event of UFC Fight Night on December 5 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The middleweight bout is scheduled for five rounds.
- Nigerian-New Zealand former champion Adesanya (24-6) has lost four fights in a row. In his previous outing in March at UFC Seattle, the 37-year-old was stopped by Joe Pyfer in the second round.
- Magomedov (17-1) has scored two straight victories. The 32-year-old last fought at UFC Baku in June, defeating Michel Pereira by unanimous decision.
The promotion announced the fight, along with other matchups, during Saturday’s broadcast of UFC Vegas 124.
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UFC Saudi Arabia card also includes:
- Ian Machado Garry (17-2) vs. Yaroslav Amosov (30-1), welterweight
- Serghei Spivac (18-7) vs. Mario Pinto (13-0), heavyweight
- Levan Chokheli (15-3) vs. Islam Dulatov (12-1), welterweight
- Mairon Santos (18-1) vs. Akbar Abdullaev (14-0), lightweight
- Magomed Tuchalov (7-0) vs. Ion Cutelaba (20-12-1), light heavyweight
- Bruno Silva (15-9-2) vs. Jafel Filho (17-5), flyweight
- Uran Satybaldiev (9-1) vs. Ivan Gnizditskiy (7-0), light heavyweight
- Marco Tulio (14-3) vs. Jun Yong Park (19-7), middleweight
- Pavel Andrusca (9-0) vs. Mehemmedeli Osmanli (12-2), bantamweight
- Modestino Rodrigues (8-1) vs. Matthieu Letho Duclos (11-3), middleweight
- Abdul Hussein (16-2) vs. Hecher Sosa (15-1), bantamweight