Main card
SP
✓
3Sergei Pavlovich vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Heavyweight
Unanimous decision R3 5:00
JR
Key takeaways
Nassourdine Imavov beat Israel Adesanya by knockout at 0:30 of round two in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the anb Arena in Riyadh. Israel Adesanya had come in as the division's No. 9. In the co-main event, Michael Page beat Shara Magomedov by unanimous decision after three rounds at middleweight.
Across the eleven bouts that produced a result, four ended by knockout and seven on the judges' scorecards — four stoppages in eleven fights. One of the seven decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Terrance McKinney, who stopped Damir Hadzovic at 2:01 of round one, and two of the four finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Bogdan Grad's knockout of Lucas Alexander, 9 minutes and 22 seconds in. End to end, the eleven fights filled two hours and 5 minutes of cage time.
The preliminary card out-finished the main card: three of its six results came early, against one of the five above it. Shamil Gaziev (knockout, round one), Terrance McKinney (knockout, round one) and Bogdan Grad (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Five ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
Six weight classes were used, heavyweight most often with three bouts. ESPN+ carried all 13 bouts, split across a main card and one preliminary block.
