{"id":54632,"date":"2026-06-04T13:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=54632"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:30:06","slug":"ufc-fight-night-in-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/ufc-fight-night-in-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night Is Back in Abu Dhabi and the Main Event Is Huge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been waiting for a <strong>big night in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, mark your calendar for this July. <strong>UFC Fight Night returns to Yas Island on Saturday, July 25<\/strong>, bringing a packed lineup of fights to Etihad Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading the card is a <strong>light heavyweight title showdown between champion Magomed Ankalaev and knockout specialist Khalil Rountree Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The co-main event features <strong>Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1) vs David Martinez (14-1)<\/strong>. With both fighters carrying impressive winning records, expect a tough battle inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those two fights alone are worth seeing live. If you&#8217;re planning to be there on July 25, <strong>secure your tickets below before the best seats are gone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"py-0\" data-slot=\"card\"><div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 px-0 rounded-xl overflow-hidden\" data-slot=\"card-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/abu-dhabi.platinumlist.net\/aed\/event-tickets\/106432\/abu-dhabi-showdown-week-ufc-fight-night?utm_source=content-marketing&utm_medium=blog\" class=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.platinumlist.net\/upload\/event\/abu_dhabi_showdown_week_ufc_fight_night_2026_jul_25_etihad_arena_106432-full-en1780409216.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" alt=\"Abu Dhabi Showdown Week UFC Fight Night\" class=\"size-full! object-cover m-0! rounded-none!\"\/> <\/a><div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 p-4 md:px-6\"><div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/abu-dhabi.platinumlist.net\/aed\/event-tickets\/106432\/abu-dhabi-showdown-week-ufc-fight-night?utm_source=content-marketing&utm_medium=blog\" class=\"text-title-base font-bold hover:text-link-base line-clamp-2\"> Abu Dhabi Showdown Week UFC Fight Night <\/a> <span class=\"text-sm text-content-secondary\"> Sat 25 Jul <\/span><\/div><div class=\"flex flex-row justify-between gap-4 mt-auto\"> <span class=\"font-bold\"> AED\u00a0295.00 <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/abu-dhabi.platinumlist.net\/aed\/event-tickets\/106432\/abu-dhabi-showdown-week-ufc-fight-night?utm_source=content-marketing&utm_medium=blog\" class=\"text-link-base hover:text-link-hover\"> Buy now <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi this July: Full Fight Card<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans can look forward to a full night of action, with the preliminary card kicking things off. Here&#8217;s the fight lineup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lightweight: <\/strong>Ismael Bonfim vs Axel Sola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Light Heavyweight: <\/strong>Brendson Ribeiro vs Magomed Tuchalov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Middleweight:<\/strong> Magomedrasul Gasanov vs Abubakar Vagaev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Welterweight:<\/strong> Islam Dulatov vs Wellington Turman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After the prelims, UFC Fight Night moves into the main card, where some of the evening&#8217;s most anticipated matchups take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/UFC-Fight-Night_Yas-Island.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankalaev vs Rountree Jr. and Nurmagomedov vs Martinez may grab the headlines, but the rest of the main card is stacked too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Heavyweight: <\/strong>Valter Walker vs Thomas Petersen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heavyweight:<\/strong> Rizvan Kuniev vs Tyrell Fortune<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flyweight: <\/strong>Steve Erceg vs Ramazan Temirov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heavyweight: <\/strong>Gokhan Saricam vs Louie Sutherland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2010, the UAE capital has hosted 22 UFC events, welcoming fans from around the world to Yas Island for championship bouts, Fight Nights, and big moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever your plans are this summer, <strong>UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi deserves a spot on your calendar<\/strong>. Don&#8217;t forget to grab your tickets for July 25, because this is one night UFC fans won&#8217;t want to miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More action in the UAE capital this summer: check out this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/mcgettigans-is-bringing-a-world-cup-fan-zone-to-abu-dhabi-this-june\/\">huge FanZone for football 2026 screenings in Abu Dhabi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been waiting for a big night in Abu Dhabi, mark your calendar for this July. UFC Fight Night returns to Yas Island on Saturday, July 25, bringing a packed lineup of fights to Etihad Arena. Leading the card is a light heavyweight title showdown between champion Magomed Ankalaev and knockout specialist Khalil Rountree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":54633,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}},{"id":15461,"slug":"sports-extreme","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/sports-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports & Extreme"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}