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January 31, 2025
The
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Saudi Arabia with 11
fights that are all official following the
UFC Saudi Arabia weigh-ins.
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This includes an intriguing main event featuring Israel
Adesanya and Nassourdine
Imavov. Both middleweight headliners successfully made weight
for the five-round fight. As for the rest of the card, all fighters
made weight with the exception of Lucas
Alexander. The would-be featherweight came in 2.5 pounds over
the limit for his fight against Bogdan
Grad. Alexander will be fined 30% of his purse as a result.
This marks the first non-pay-per-view headlining fight for Adesanya
(24-4) since 2018. “The Last Stylebender” is coming off the first
back-to-back defeats in his career as he lost the belt to Sean
Strickland via unanimous decision and then submitted to a face
crank by current titleholder Dricus Du
Plessis. At 35, the Nigerian kickboxer stepped on the scale at
185 pounds on the dot.
Meanwhile, “The Sniper” is riding a three-fight winning streak.
Imavov (15-4, 1 NC) has put together wins over contenders Brendan
Allen, Jared
Cannonier and Roman
Dolidze. The French fighter will look to get the biggest
victory of his career and vault into title contention with an
impressive showing. The 29-year-old striker weighed 185 pounds for
his fourth UFC main event.
UFC Saudi Arabia will air on ESPN+ in its entirety on Saturday.
Prelims begin at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT, while the main card kicks off
at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.
UFC Saudi Arabia Weigh-in Results:
Israel
Adesanya (185) vs. Nassourdine
Imavov (185)
Sharabutdin
Magomedov (185) vs. Michael
Page (185.5)
Sergei
Pavlovich (249) vs. Jairzinho
Rozenstruik (252)
Said
Nurmagomedov (135.5) vs. Vinicius
Oliveira (135)
Mike
Davis (155.5) vs. Fares Ziam
(156)
Muhammadjon
Naimov (145.5) vs. Kaan Ofli
(145)
Shamil
Gaziev (260) vs. Thomas
Petersen (263)
Damir
Hadzovic (155.5) vs. Terrance
McKinney (156)
Mayra
Bueno Silva (126) vs. Jasmine
Jasudavicius (125)
Lucas
Alexander (148.5)* vs. Bogdan Grad
(145.5)
Hamdy
Abdelwahab (260) vs. Jamal
Pogues (264)
* Alexander missed weight by 2.5 pounds and has been fined 30%
of his purse.