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UFC confirms Israel Adesanya–Shara Magomedov and Ian Machado Garry–Yaroslav Amosov for Saudi Arabia on Dec. 5

UFC confirms Israel Adesanya–Shara Magomedov and Ian Machado Garry–Yaroslav Amosov for Saudi Arabia on Dec. 5

UFC’s Fight Night event in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 5 will feature Israel Adesanya against Shara Magomedov and Ian Machado Garry against Yaroslav Amosov.

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UFC has announced a Fight Night event in Saudi Arabia taking place on December 5.

The card’s headline bout pairs former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya with Shara Magomedov.

The co-main event is a welterweight matchup between Ian Machado Garry and Yaroslav Amosov.

The story supporting the matchup notes that Machado Garry’s most recent fight was a competitive loss to Islam Makhachev, and it describes Garry as returning to the welterweight title picture.

For Adesanya, the same coverage frames the matchup as a pivotal step after four straight defeats, positioning the December 5 fight as a critical opportunity in his UFC run.

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