The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s inaugural visit to Saudi Arabia will have a marquee bout at the top of the bill.
“This card is going to be badass from top to bottom,” White said. “It’s going to be historic. It’s our first ever show from the Kingdom.”
UFC Saudi Arabia will air on ABC, per White. The event is a far cry from the card that was originally expected to take place in Saudi Arabia on March 2. The promotion’s trip to the country wasdue to a lack of satisfaction from the “powers that be” in Saudi Arabia with the quality of the card. Instead, UFC Fight Night 238 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and saw
Chimaev is unbeaten in 13 professional appearances — including seven bouts under the UFC banner. In his last outing, “Borz” made a successful middleweight debut, as he took a majority decision against ex-welterweight champin an interim heavyweight title tilt. Prior to that defeat, the Russian had defeated six consecutive Octagon opponents via first-round knockout.
Volkov, meanwhile, has won three straight outings since falling to Aspinall at UFC Fight Night 204. “Drago” is coming off a second-round submission win againstUFC is heading to Saudi Arabia for the first time with a BAD ASS card, headlined by Whittaker vs Chimaev LIVE and FREE on ABC on June 22ndFairtex vs. Xiong, Haggerty vs.
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