UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov

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UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateFebruary 1, 2025 (2025-02-01)
Venueanb Arena
City Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Event chronology
UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Tsarukyan 2 UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov UFC 312: du Plessis vs Strickland 2

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Imavov (also known as UFC Fight Night 250 and UFC on ESPN+ 108) is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on February 1, 2025, at the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [1] [2]

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Background

The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Riyadh and first since UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov in June 2024. [1]

A middleweight bout between former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov is expected to headline this event. [3]

A middleweight bout between Ikram Aliskerov and André Muniz is expected to take place at the event. [4] The pair was originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Perez vs. Taira in June 2024, but Muniz withdrew from the bout after he suffered a foot fracture. [5]

Fight card

Main card (ESPN+)
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Middleweight Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov
Middleweight Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Michael Page

    [6]

    Announced bouts

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