MMA Fighting has UFC Abu Dhabi results for the Whittaker vs. De Ridder fight card, a live blog of the top three fights, and more from the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday afternoon.
In the main event, former UFC champion Robert Whittaker will try to hand Reinier de Ridder his first UFC loss in a middleweight contest, Whittaker has won three of his past five fights, while de Ridder is 3-0 in his UFC tenure.
Former UFC champion Peter Yan will try to get a step closer to a title
shot when he faces Marcus McGhee in the co-main event.
Check out UFC Abu Dhabi results below.
Main card (ABC/ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET)
Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder
Petr Yan vs. Marcus McGhee
Shara Magomedov vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Asu Almabayev vs. Jose Ochoa
Nikita Krylov vs. Bogdan Guskov
Prelims (ESPN/ESPN+ at 12 p.m. ET)
Bryce Mitchell vs. Said Nurmagomedov
Muslim Salikhov vs. Carlos Leal
Davey Grant vs. Da’Mon Blackshear
Amanda Ribas vs. Tabatha Ricci
Ibo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana
Mohammad Yahya vs. Steven Nguyen
Martin Buday vs. Marcus Buchecha
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