ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JULY 09: A normal view of the Octagon at Yas Seashore forward of the UFC Combat Island sequence of occasions on July 09, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
The UFC has introduced their return to Abu Dhabi, for a Combat Evening occasion scheduled for July 26, 2025.
Promotion officers introduced the occasion on Thursday. No fights have been formally introduced for the cardboard, which is able to happen as soon as once more on the Etihad Area on Yas Island.
The UFC made two visited to Abu Dhabi in 2024: UFC 308 was the scene of Ilia Topuria‘s defeat of former featherweight champ Max Holloway, whereas a Combat Evening card noticed Umar Nurmagomedov defeat Cory Sandhagen.
All instructed, the UFC has visited Abu Dhabi 20 instances, beginning with UFC 112 in 2010. The majority of these occasions, nevertheless, got here in the course of the COVID period, together with a four-event stint in July of 2020 on what the promotion branded “Fight Island” – a quarantined Yas Island.
5 extra occasions on Combat Island adopted in September and October of 2020. The mix of the UFC Apex and the Abu Dhabi playing cards allowed the UFC to proceed producing reside occasions, albeit with out followers, when different sports activities had been compelled to take a seat and climate the storm – serving to increase the promotion’s reputation with sports activities followers who had little in the way in which of alternate options.
The return of reside spectators has resulted in fewer journeys to Abu Dhabi yearly, however the UAE capital has remained a key vacation spot for the promotion.
