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UFC on ABC 9 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+) took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official result. UFC on ABC 9 took place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In the headliner, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (26-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) took on former ONE champion Reinier de Ridder (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC).
Since UFC 313, Hooker has continued to recover from his extensive hand surgery as he plots a return to the Octagon. But after a recent incident during UFC 317 fight week in Las Vegas, his timeline for a comeback fight hit an unexpected obstacle.
We look at this week's UFC Vegas 108 fight card, which got a late replacement main event between Tatsuro Taira and Hyun Sung Park during fight week.
With a number of historic feats throughout the card, the night was capped off by former two-division ONE Championship titleholder Reinier de Ridder (20-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who won a debated split decision over former UFC champ Robert Whittaker (26-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) to potentially earn a title shot.
Tsarukyan (23-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) was the No. 1 contender, but after withdrawing from his title fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 311 just a day before the fight, Dana White said he needs to work his way back. Topuria thinks Tsarukyan would be an unreliable ...
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Bryce Mitchell is ready to challenge himself after a successful return to bantamweight. Mitchell (18-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) rallied from an early knockdown to outgrapple Said Nurmagomedov in Saturday's UFC on ABC 9 featured prelim at Etihad Arena.