UFC, Abu Dhabi and Robert Whittaker
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Mohammad Yahya faced off against Steven Nguyen on the preliminary card of UFC Abu Dhabi, suffering a gnarly eye injury that is one of the worst you will ever see.
In a statement on social media, the 31-year-old revealed that she will require another facial surgery. Ribas previously had surgery for a broken orbital bone following her loss to Maycee Barber in June of 2023, with her team stating (via Marcel Dorff on X) that the bone broke in the same place during her loss to Ricci.
Bryce Mitchell’s sojourn at bantamweight is provisionally off to a good start. In the top preliminary bout of UFC on ABC 9 on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, the 30-year-old Arkansas native moved down from 145 pounds for the first time to face Said Nurmagomedov,
The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday's card in Abu Dhabi, including a record-breaking performance. After UFC on ABC 9, four fighters picked up an extra $50,000 for their performances at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Check out the winners below.
'Shara Bullet' tasted his first defeat against Michael Page at UFC Riyadh in February, but didn't look for a safe performance against Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Abu Dhabi. 'Bullet' and 'Powerbar' went to bloody war in their main card feature.
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