The Octagon invades Riyadh for immediately’s UFC Saudi Arabia occasion, an eleven-bout struggle card headlined by Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov.
Whittaker (26-7 MMA) shall be returning to motion for the primary time since scoring a unanimous choice win over Paulo Costa this previous February at UFC 298. The victory was after all preceded by a TKO loss to reigning middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290.
In the meantime, Ikram Aliskerov (15-1 MMA) has gone 2-0 since becoming a member of the Final Preventing Championship. The Russian standout has scored stoppage victories over Phil Hawes and Warley Alvez in his first two Octagon appearances.
UFC Saudi Arabia is co-headlined by a heavyweight bout that includes Sergei Pavlovich (18-2 MMA) going up in opposition to Alexander Volkov (37-10 MMA).
Pavlovich shall be seeking to get again within the win column after struggling a knockout loss to Tom Aspinall (14-4 MMA) final November at UFC 295 in a bout for the promotion‘s interim heavyweight title. That setback snapped a six-fight profitable streak for the 32-year-old, with all of these victories coming by the use of KO / TKO.
In the meantime, Alexander Volkov will enter the Octagon sporting a three-fight profitable streak, his most up-to-date being a submission victory over Tai Tuivasa final September at UFC 293 (see that right here). Previous to that, ‘Drago’ had picked up TKO victories over Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Alexander Romanov respectively.
Additionally featured on the UFC Saudi Arabia predominant card lineup is a middleweight bout between Kelvin Gastelum and Daniel Rodriguez. The bout was initially slated to happen at welterweight however was later moved to 185lbs as a consequence of a botched weight minimize by ‘KG’.
Gastelum (17-9 MMA) will enter the competition seeking to rebound, this after struggling a submission loss to Sean Brady in his most up-to-date effort at UFC Austin. That setback was preceded by a unanimous choice win over Chris Curtis at UFC 287.
In the meantime, Daniel Rodriguez (17-4 MMA) will enter the bout with hopes of snapping a two-fight dropping skid. ‘D-Rod’ is coming off back-to-back stoppage losses in opposition to Neil Magny and Ian Machado Garry respectively.
Get all of immediately’s stay outcomes and highlights beneath (refresh for updates):
UFC Saudi Arabia Primary Card (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
Robert Whittaker (186) vs. Ikram Aliskerov (184) –
Sergei Pavlovich (260) vs. Alexander Volkov (258) –
Kelvin Gastelum (184.5) vs. Daniel Rodriguez (184) –
Shara Magomedov (185.5) vs. Antonio Trocoli (185.5) –
Johnny Walker (206) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (206) –
UFC Saudi Arabia Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 12 P.M. ET)
Nasrat Haqparast (156) vs. Jared Gordon (156) –
Muhammad Naimov (145.5) vs. Felipe Lima (145.5) –
Rinat Fakhretdinov (170.5) vs. Nicolas Dalby (171) –
Kyung Ho Kang (136) vs. Muin Gafurov (136) –
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (205) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (205) –
Xiao Lengthy (136) vs. Chang Ho Lee (136) –
Who’re you selecting to win tonight’s middleweight predominant occasion between Robert Whittaker and Ikram Aliskerov?