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USA Today
09-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC announces Qatar will host Fight Night event this November
The UFC is breaking new ground in the Middle East. Promotion officials announced Wednesday that the UFC is heading to Doha, Qatar for a Fight Night event on Nov. 22. No bouts were included in the announcement. Qatar will mark the third country in the Middle East that the UFC visits. Abu Dhabi has played host to some of the biggest events in company history, including the historic "Fight Island" cards during COVID-19. Two UFC Fight Night events have been held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – most recently this past February when Nassourdine Imavov knocked out Israel Adesanya in the UFC Fight Night 250 main event. The UFC's next stop in the Middle East comes later this month when Robert Whittaker meets Reinier de Ridder in the UFC on ABC 9 headliner July 26 from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
Al Etihad
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Al Etihad
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker takes on rising star Reinier de Ridder at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi
8 July 2025 22:47 ABU DHABI (WAM)UFC, the world's premier mixed martial arts organisation, in partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), returns to the UAE capital with an epic middleweight fight as No.5 ranked Robert Whittaker takes on rising star Reinier de Ridder on Saturday, July 26, at the Etihad years ago to the day — July 26, 2020 — Robert Whittaker headlined the final card of the original Fight Island series, defeating Darren Till in a near-empty arena during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, he is set to return to Abu Dhabi on the same date, in front of a roaring crowd, chasing another moment of glory in a place that defined his career.
