Preview: UFC Saudi Arabia ‘Adesanya vs. Imavov’

After what appears to be its last off week for the foreseeable future, the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday returns to the stage with UFC Fight Night 250 at anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Israel Adesanya finds himself off of pay-per-view and in a non-title fight for the first time in years, as the former middleweight champion looks to stop a recent skid against rising contender Nassourdine Imavov in an interesting crossroads main event. A middleweight co-headliner pitting Sharabutdin Magomedov against Michael Page should be a fascinating clash between strikers, and there are some fun fights to round out the rest of the main card. Sergei Pavlovich and Jairzinho Rozenstruik should collide for a quick knockout at heavyweight; Said Nurmagomedov and Vinicius Oliveira vie for a spot in the bantamweight rankings; and rising lightweight Fares Ziam takes on one of the promotion’s most underrated fighters in Mike Davis.

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