Ready to impress 💪@AnkalaevM weighs
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in at 205.5 lbs
#UFCAbuDhabi | SAT JULY 25 | 12pmET on @ParamountPlus
] pic.twitter.com/V2ZbKcGmiz— UFC (@ufc) July
24, 2026
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to Abu Dhabi is now
official following the
UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-ins.
Headliners Magomed
Ankalaev and Bogdan
Guskov both successfully made light heavyweight for their
upcoming five-round fight. All other fighters also successfully hit
their marks in what was an uneventful weigh-in from a drama
perspective. Saturday’s card will feature 13 fights in total.
„Big Ank“ returns to the promotion for the first time since losing
the light heavyweight championship back to Alex
Pereira. The Russian lost the belt via TKO in just 80 seconds.
Prior to the setback, Ankalaev (20-2-1, 1 NC) hadn’t lost a fight
since 2018 and put together wins over Pereira, Aleksandar
Rakic, Anthony
Smith and more. Ankalaev officially weighed 205.5 pounds for
the main event.
This marks the first UFC main event for Guskov (18-3-1). The
33-year-old is coming off a majority draw against Jan
Blachowicz and had put together four straight wins. The win
streak included knockouts of Nikita
Krylov, Ryan Spann
and Zac
Pauga. Guskov also weighed 205.5 pounds for the fight.
UFC Abu Dhabi will air live on Paramount+ on Saturday starting at 9
a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT, and the main card kicks off at noon ET/9 a.m.
PT.
UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-in results:
Magomed
Ankalaev (205.5) vs. Bogdan
Guskov (205.5)
Steve
Erceg (126) vs. Ramazonbek
Temirov (126)
Islam
Dulatov (171) vs. Wellington
Turman (170)
Magomed
Zaynukov (155.5) vs. Damian
Rzepecki (155.5)
Rizvan
Kuniev (265.5) vs. Tyrell
Fortune (258)
Abubakar
Vagaev (171) vs. Saygid
Izagakhmaev (171)
Valter
Walker (248) vs. Thomas
Petersen (245)
Dustin
Jacoby (205) vs. Muhammad
Said (206)
Santiago
Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Sam
Patterson (170.5)
Ismael
Bonfim (155.5) vs. Axel Sola
(155.5)
Magomed
Tuchalov (205.5) vs. Brendson
Ribeiro (206)
Nurullo
Aliev (156) vs. Mike Davis
(156)
Cody
Gibson (136) vs. Abdul
Hussein (135.5)