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UFC on ABC 9 Whittaker vs de Ridder

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Sat 26th July 2025 8:00pm Local
Sat 26th July 2025 4:00pm UTC

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League
UFC

Season
2025

Round
Round 25

Status
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Location

Etihad Arena

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UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder (also known as UFC on ABC 9) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 26, 2025, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Background
The event marked the promotion's 21st visit to Abu Dhabi and first since UFC 308 in October 2024.

A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder headlined the event.

A featherweight bout between Movsar Evloev and promotional newcomer Aaron Pico was scheduled to take place in a five round co-headliner. They were briefly expected to meet at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales in May, but it did not come to fruition. In turn, under two weeks prior to this event, Evloev had to withdraw due to an injury and the pairing was scrapped.

A women's strawweight bout between Amanda Ribas and Tabatha Ricci took place at this event. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC 318 one week before but was moved to this event for unknown reasons.

Asu Almabayev and Ramazan Temirov were expected to face each other in a flyweight bout on the preliminary card. However, Temirov pulled out due to failing a drug test in early July and was replaced by Jose Ochoa.

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Result List

01	Robert Whittaker	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
01	Reinier de Ridder	UFC Middleweight	WIN
02	Petr Yan	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
02	Marcus McGhee	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
03	Marc-Andre Barriault	UFC Middleweight	LOSS
04	Asu Almabayev	_Retired Fighting	WIN
04	Jose Ochoa	_Retired Fighting	LOSS
05	Bogdan Guskov	_Retired Fighting	WIN
05	Nikita Krylov	UFC Light Heavyweight	LOSS
06	Bryce Mitchell	UFC Featherweight	WIN
06	Said Nurmagomedov	UFC Bantamweight	LOSS
07	Muslim Salikhov	UFC Welterweight	WIN
07	Carlos Leal	_Retired Fighting	LOSS
08	Davey Grant	UFC Bantamweight	WIN
08	Da'Mon Blackshear	UFC Featherweight	LOSS
09	Tabatha Ricci	UFC Strawweight Women	WIN
09	Amanda Ribas	UFC Strawweight Women	LOSS
10	Billy Elekana	UFC Light Heavyweight	WIN
10	Ibo Aslan	_Retired Fighting	LOSS
11	Steven Nguyen	_Retired Fighting	WIN
11	Mohammad Yahya	_Retired Fighting	LOSS
12	Martin Buday	UFC Heavyweight	WIN

Result Description

Main card (ABC / ESPN+)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Middleweight Reinier de Ridder def. Robert Whittaker Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00
Bantamweight Petr Yan def. Marcus McGhee Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Sharabutdin Magomedov def. Marc-André Barriault Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Flyweight Asu Almabayev def. José Ochoa Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Bogdan Guskov def. Nikita Krylov KO (punches) 1 4:18
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Bantamweight Bryce Mitchell def. Said Nurmagomedov Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Welterweight Muslim Salikhov def. Carlos Leal Miranda KO (punch) 1 0:42
Bantamweight Davey Grant def. Da'Mon Blackshear Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Women's Strawweight Tabatha Ricci def. Amanda Ribas TKO (elbow and punches) 2 2:59
Light Heavyweight Billy Elekana def. İbo Aslan Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Featherweight Steven Nguyen def. Mohammad Yahya TKO (eye injury) 2 5:00
Heavyweight Martin Buday def. Marcus Buchecha Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00

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