After UFC Abu Dhabi last night (July 26, 2025) on “Fight Island,” it’s clear Whittaker’s time near the top has come to an end.

It was a grueling and competitive fight, but de Ridder felt comfortable in winning three out of the five rounds they competed in. He was confident all three judges would agree with him, however, only two judges did,

Though Jason Herzog didn’t stop the fight after Steven Nguyen broke the UFC record for most knockdowns in one fight, Mohammad Yahya was stopped by the doctor due to his gruesome injury. The first round was completely dominant for Nguyen, who seemingly couldn’t stop dropping his opponent every time he connected with a clean strike.

Amanda Ribas had an immediate reaction when Tabatha Ricci landed an elbow near her eye at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

The full UFC on ABC 9 weigh-in results include: MAIN CARD (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET) Robert Whittaker (185.5) vs. Reinier de Ridder (186) Petr Yan (135.5) vs. Marcus McGhee (136) Shara Magomedov (186) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185) Asu Almabayev (126) vs. Jose Ochoa (125.5)

In what was easily the biggest fight of his MMA career, UFC bantamweight Marcus McGhee fell just short of the mark against former titleholder Petr Yan in the UFC Abu Dhabi co-main event. Yan showed off his experience and elite striking to stifle and frustrate McGhee over three rounds of action.