Israel Adesanya is booked against Sharabutdin Magomedov in the main event of a UFC card on December 5 at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to Sherdog and Cageside Press. The event is tracked as UFC Fight Night 295, consistent with Wikipedia's list of UFC events.
Ian Garry faces Yaroslav Amosov in the co-main event, a five-round welterweight bout. Garry is coming off a loss to Islam Makhachev in a title shot at UFC 330, and Amosov, a former Bellator welterweight champion, will be making his third UFC appearance.
Adesanya, a two-time former UFC middleweight champion, has lost four straight fights: to Sean Strickland at UFC 293, where he lost the title; to Dricus du Plessis by submission in a title fight at UFC 305; to Nassourdine Imavov by second-round knockout; and to Joe Pyfer by second-round TKO in March. His last win was a second-round knockout of Alex Pereira at UFC 287 in April 2023, according to his UFC.com athlete profile.
Magomedov, who fights at middleweight, enters at 17-1 overall and 5-1 in the UFC. He is coming off a unanimous-decision win over Michel Pereira at UFC Baku in June, his first UFC bout against a former two-time champion. Riyadh will be Adesanya's second straight appearance in Saudi Arabia after his February 2025 loss there to Imavov.
As of this writing, UFC.com's own events page has not yet added the December 5 Riyadh card, a lag already seen with other bouts later confirmed for the same show.
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