Adesanya to Face Magomedov in Riyadh Season’s Headline UFC Fight

Nigeria’s two-time UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Russia’s Shara ‘Bullet’ Magomedov are set to go head-to-head as the main card for Riyadh Season’s UFC Fight Night. The five-round bout is set to take place at Riyadh’s ANB Arena taking place on December 5th, 2026.

Riyadh Season is set to match up Ireland’s Ian Machado Garry with Yaroslav Amosov and Georgia’s Levan Chokheli going up against Turkey’s Islam Dulatov in the welterweight division. The heavyweight division will bring together Moldova’s Serghei Spivac and Portugal’s Mario Pinto. Meanwhile, the lightweight division is matching up Brazil’s mairon Santos with Kyrgyzstan's Akbar Abdullaev.

The announced matchups also include a light heavyweight bout between Russia’s Magomed Tuchalov and Moldova’s Ion Cutelba.