The UFC will add one other new territory to its lengthy historical past of occasions Saturday when the octagon travels to Saudi Arabia for the primary time with UFC on ABC 6 at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, with the principle card set to air on ABC following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.

Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) will get the principle occasion spot when he meets substitute opponent Ikram Aliskerov (15-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), who stepped in for authentic headliner Khamzat Chimaev on 9 days’ discover.

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Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov

Robert Whittaker

Robert Whittaker

Whittaker is the one New Zealand-born fighter in historical past to win a UFC championship.

Whittaker is one in every of 14 undisputed middleweight champions in UFC historical past.

Whittaker is 13-3 since he moved as much as the UFC middleweight division in November 2014.

Whittaker has earned 11 of his 16 UFC victories by choice.

Whittaker’s eight fight-night bonuses for UFC middleweight bouts are tied with Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero for second-most in divisional historical past behind Anderson Silva (12).

Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alexander Volkov

Sergei Pavlovich

Sergei Pavlovich

Sergei Pavlovich (17-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has earned 15 of his 17 carer victories by stoppage. He’s completed all 15 of these wins by knockout.

Pavlovich has earned all six of his UFC victories by first-round knockout.

Pavlovich’s six-fight UFC knockout streak, which ended at UFC 295, is tied with Don Frye for second-longest in firm historical past behind Chuck Liddell (seven).

Pavlovich lands 5.9 knockdowns per quarter-hour in UFC competitors, the best price in firm historical past.

Pavlovich lands 8.21 important strikes per minute in UFC heavyweight competitors, the best price in divisional historical past and third-highest in firm historical past behind Casey O’Neill (8.41) and Victor Henry (8.34).

Pavlovich’s common struggle time of two:13 in UFC competitors is the second-shortest in firm historical past behind Tom Aspinall (2:10).

Alexander Volkov

Alexander Volkov

Alexander Volkov (37-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) is a former Bellator heavyweight champion.

Volkov has earned 28 of his 37 profession victories by stoppage.

Volkov earned simply the fourth Ezekiel choke submission in historical past at UFC 293. Aleksei Oleinik (twice) and Remco Pardoel have additionally gained with the method.

Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez

Kelvin Gastelum

Kelvin Gastelum (17-9 MMA, 12-9 UFC) was unsuccessful in his return to the welterweight division at UFC on ESPN 52. He hasn’t earned a victory within the weight class since July 2016.

Gastelum is 2-6 in his previous eight UFC appearances courting again to April 2019.

Gastelum defends 65.7 p.c of opponent important strike makes an attempt in UFC welterweight competitors, the second-highest price amongst energetic fighters within the weight class behind Jack Della Maddalena (66.7 p.c).

Daniel Rodriguez (17-4 MMA, 7-3 UFC) lands 7.55 important strikes per minute in UFC welterweight competitors, the best price in divisional historical past.

Johnny Walker vs. Volkan Oezdemir

Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker (21-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) is 4-5 with one no contest in his previous 10 fights courting again to November 2019.

Walker has earned 19 of his 21 profession victories by stoppage. He’s completed six of his seven UFC wins by first-round knockout.

Walker is one in every of 10 fighters in UFC historical past to earn a knockout stemming from a spinning again fist. He achieved the feat at UFC on ESPN+ 2.

Walker is one in every of two fighters in UFC historical past to win a light-weight heavyweight bout by knockout stemming from a flying knee. James Irvin additionally achieved the feat.

Walker is one in every of 5 fighters in trendy UFC historical past to win a light-weight heavyweight bout by knockout in 15 seconds or much less. He achieved the feat at UFC on ESPN+ 2.

Nasrat Haqparast vs. Jared Gordon

Jared Gordon

Jared Gordon (20-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) is 5-5 with one no contest in UFC light-weight competitors.

Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nicolas Dalby

Rinat Fakhretdinov

Rinat Fakhretdinov (21-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) enters the occasion on an 21-fight profitable streak. He hasn’t suffered a defeat since June 2013.

Fakhretdinov’s 21-fight unbeaten streak in MMA competitors is the longest amongst energetic fighters on the UFC roster.

Nicolas Dalby (23-4-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) is 6-1 with one no contest since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in September 2019.

Kyung Ho Kang vs. Muin Gafurov

Kyung Ho Kang

Kyung Ho Kang’s (19-10 MMA, 8-4 UFC) 4 submission victories in UFC bantamweight competitors are tied for third-most in divisional historical past behind Rani Yahya (six) and Urijah Faber (six).

Kang lands 57.1 p.c of his takedown makes an attempt in UFC bantamweight competitors, the second-best price amongst energetic fighters within the weight class behind Jackson (68.8 p.c).

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UFC analysis analyst and reside statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Observe him on Twitter @MJCflipdascript.