UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Magomedov
| UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Magomedov | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 5, 2026 | |||
| Venue | ANB Arena | |||
| City | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Magomedov (also known as UFC Fight Night 295) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on December 5, 2026, at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Riyadh and first since UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov in February 2025. The event was initially reported for November 28 before being moved to December 5 for undisclosed reasons.
Despite concerns regarding the realization of this event due to the Houthi attacks on Saudi airports, less than eight weeks before the event is scheduled to take place, UFC CEO Dana White assured the event will continue as scheduled.
A middleweight bout between former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and Sharabutdin Magomedov is scheduled to headline the event.
A five-round welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Ian Machado Garry and former Bellator Welterweight World Champion Yaroslav Amosov is scheduled to serve as the co-main event. They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC 335 one week later, but the bout was moved to this event for undisclosed reasons.
Fight card
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya | vs. | Sharabutdin Magomedov | ||||
| Welterweight | Ian Machado Garry | vs. | Yaroslav Amosov | ||||
| Heavyweight | Serghei Spivac | vs. | Mário Pinto | ||||
| Welterweight | Levan Chokheli | vs. | Islam Dulatov | ||||
| Lightweight | Mairon Santos | vs. | Akbar Abdullaev | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Tuchalov | vs. | Ion Cuțelaba | ||||
| Flyweight | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | vs. | Jafel Filho | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Uran Satybaldiev | vs. | Ivan Gnizditskiy | ||||
| Middleweight | Marco Tulio | vs. | Park Jun-yong | ||||
| Bantamweight | Pavel Andrusca | vs. | Mehemmedeli Osmanli | ||||
| Middleweight | Modestino Rodrigues | vs. | Matthieu Letho Duclos | ||||
| Bantamweight | Abdul Hussein | vs. | Hecher Sosa | ||||
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Andrew Richardson (2026-10-15). "Report: Israel Adesanya vs. Shara Bullet targeted for UFC Saudi Arabia main event on Dec. 5". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- ↑ Curtis Calhoun (2026-10-15). "Israel Adesanya set to headline UFC Saudi Arabia vs. rising star". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- ↑ Harvey Leonard (2026-10-15). "Israel Adesanya's return reportedly set for UFC Saudi Arabia main event against 17-1 middleweight". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- ↑ Adam Martin (2026-10-15). "Israel Adesanya vs. Shara Magomedov is A+ matchmaking by the UFC". lindyssports.com. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- ↑ Neeraj Bharadwaj (2026-10-15). "Blockbuster Israel Adesanya vs. Shara Magomedov matchup for UFC Saudi Arabia announced by Ariel Helwani". sportscapemagazine.com. Retrieved 2026-10-15.
- ↑ Antonio José Medina (2026-10-07). "Tras Aleks Topuria, Hecher Sosa asegura en la UFC un gran fin de noviembre español". estadiodeportivo.com. Retrieved 2026-10-07. (in Spanish)
- ↑ Álvaro Colmenero (2026-10-07). "Hecher Sosa peleará contra Abdul Hussein el 28 de noviembre en el UFC Arabia Saudí". abc.es. Retrieved 2026-10-07. (in Spanish)
- ↑ Kshitiz Kumar Singh (2026-10-19). "Dana White dismisses rumors of UFC Saudi Arabia event being rescheduled amid tensions in the Middle East". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
- ↑ Drew Beaupre (2026-10-22). "UFC Saudi Arabia adds banger fight to support Israel Adesanya main event". si.com. Retrieved 2026-10-27.
- ↑ Nolan King (2026-11-07). "Ian Machado Garry vs. Yaroslav Amosov set for UFC Saudi Arabia co-headliner". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
- ↑ Proma Chatterjee (2026-10-24). "Ian Machado Garry vs. Yaroslav Amosov reportedly set for UFC 335". mmasucka.com. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Magomedov". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2026-11-10.
