UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Chimaev | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | June 22, 2024 | |||
Venue | Kingdom Arena | |||
City | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Chimaev (also known as UFC on ABC 6) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 22, 2024, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [1]
The promotion was originally expected to make its Saudi Arabia debut at an event on March 2, 2024, [2] [3] but on January 24, Saudi Arabia's chairman of General Entertainment Authority Turki Alalshikh announced the event had been officially postponed until this date, citing "a decision to reschedule was taken to ensure the best caliber of talent will be available to participate". [1]
A middleweight title eliminator bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev is expected to headline the event. [4]
A middleweight bout between Sharabutdin Magomedov and Ihor Potieria was expected to take place at the event. [4] However, Potieria was pulled to face Michel Pereira at UFC 301. [5] He was replaced by promotional newcomer Joilton Lutterbach. [6]
Said Nurmagomedov was expected scheduled to face Montel Jackson in a bantamweight bout. [7] However, he pulled out due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Farid Basharat. [8]
Fight card (ABC / ESPN+) | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | vs. | Khamzat Chimaev | [a] | |||
Heavyweight | Sergei Pavlovich | vs. | Alexander Volkov | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Johnny Walker | vs. | Volkan Oezdemir | ||||
Welterweight | Kelvin Gastelum | vs. | Daniel Rodriguez | ||||
Middleweight | Sharabutdin Magomedov | vs. | Joilton Lutterbach | ||||
Featherweight | Muhammad Naimov | vs. | Melsik Baghdasaryan | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Magomed Gadzhiyasulov | vs. | Brendson Ribeiro | ||||
Bantamweight | Farid Basharat | vs. | Montel Jackson | ||||
Middleweight | Abu Azaitar | vs. | Denis Tiuliulin | ||||
Welterweight | Rinat Fakhretdinov | vs. | Nicolas Dalby | ||||
Lightweight | Nasrat Haqparast | vs. | Jared Gordon | ||||
Bantamweight | Kang Kyung-ho | vs. | Muin Gafurov | ||||
Bantamweight | Xiao Long | vs. | Lee Chang-ho | [b] |