Nassourdine Imavov famous after having defeated Israel Adesanya in their man’s average weight combat during the UFC UFC championship (UFC) Fight Night 250 in Riyadh on February 1, 2025. (Photo of Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Nassourdine Imavov eliminated the former average weight champion of the UFC Israel Adesanya 30 seconds around 2, pushing his victory sequence to four Saturday afternoon in the main event of the UFC Fight Night 250 in Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia.
IMAVOV (16-4, 1 NC MMA) gave Adesanya (24-5) his third consecutive defeat and his fourth in his last six appearances and called for an average weight of the winner of the Revenge match between DRICUS DU DU Plessis (22-2) against Sean Strickland (29-6) in the headliner of the UFC 312 next Saturday.
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“I think there is no doubt that I am worth (fight) for the belt,” said Imavov via a translator immediately after the fight. “I mean, four victories in a year. Two top five, two top-10 (victories) two finishes. The file speaks of itself.
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The Co-Headliner saw Michael Hand Page Sharabutdin Magomedov his first MMA defeat, winning a unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 29-28.
The page (23-3) improved at 2-1 at the UFC, expressing the Welters weight division in his post-combat interview that he could be a formidable title challenger later this year.
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Magomedov (15-1) quickly increased the UFC scene and was fresh out of a brand of 3-0 last year, after winning two of the three fights by KO.
The heavyweights took the front of the stage, while Sergei Pavlovich beat the former partner by training Jairzinho Rozstruik with a unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.
Pavlovich (19-3) broke a two-fighting skid and improved at 7-3 in the UFC. Rozstruik (15-6) divided its last four fights and fell to 9-6 in the promotion.
Despite finally a coast injury before the fight, the second fight of main cards saw Vinicius Oliveira of naughty weight
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It was the fifth consecutive victory for Oliveira (22-3), which expressed interest in fighting the former challenger of the title Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1) during his interview after the Octagon after the fight. Said Nurmagomedov (18-4 MMA) fell 7-3 at the UFC, losing two of its last three outings.
In a bloody case to open the main card, the light prices of Ziam survived a defeat in the second round of near calf to finally overwhelm Mike Davis and win his fifth consecutive fight-30-27, 30-27, 30-27 .
With the decision, Ziam (17-4) won his fifth consecutive fight from the UFC. He has not tasted defeat since February 2022 against his colleague Preliminary Card Victor Terrance McKinney (16-7).
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UFC Saudi Arabia marks the first section of marathon style events, nine weeks. It continues a week from Saturday with the UFC 312, titled by a pair of title fights to cap an à la carte payment card of 12 fights in Sydney, Australia.
