The UFC’s annual pay-per-view journey to Abu Dhabi is ready.
The promotion introduced on Tuesday that UFC 321 takes place at Etihad Enviornment on Oct. 25. No bouts had been revealed for the battle card.
Abu Dhabi was a pivotal location for the UFC throughout the COVID-19 period. With a lot of the main areas shut down, the UFC opened their “Struggle Island” within the space the place they hosted many occasions earlier than followers had been allowed to return to arenas. Since then, the UFC and Abu Dhabi have shaped a partnership the place a pay-per-view goes to the world every year.
The connection has since expanded, now including a Struggle Evening occasion to the calendar. UFC Abu Dhabi takes place July 26 headlined by Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder, together with a five-round co-main occasion featherweight tilt between Movsar Evloev and the debuting Aaron Pico.
This previous October, UFC 308 occurred at Etihad Enviornment and was capped off by Ilia Topuria’s knockout victory over Max Holloway in his lone featherweight title protection. The co-main occasion noticed Whittaker compete in a pivotal middleweight matchup, however was submitted by the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev within the first spherical to earn a crack at Dricus du Plessis’ middleweight title at UFC 319 in August.
