Former title challenger Diego Lopes will look to get back in the featherweight contender conversation when he takes on the red-hot and surging Jean Silva in the main event of UFC Fight Night 259, also known as the 3rd annual Noche UFC celebration.

A middleweight clash with title implications headlines UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi. Former UFC champion Robert Whittaker and former two-division ONE Championship king Reinier de Ridder fight weeks before a 185-pound title fight at UFC 319.

Sixty'eight days remain until Magomed Ankalaev and Alex Pereira begin their UFC Light Heavyweight Championship rematch, headlining UFC 320 in Las Vegas.

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).

SportsLine's Daniel Vithlani reveals his picks for the UFC Fight Night fight card from Etihad Arena at Yas Island in Yas West United Arab Emirates on Saturday

Aljamain Sterling is intrigued by one fight in particular for Ilia Topuria. UFC Champion Ilia Topuria has dominated across three weight classes in his career: bantamweight, featherweight, and lightweight, where he won his second UFC title with a first-round knockout of Charles Oliveira at UFC 317.

Paddy Pimblett’s next move has become less clear. The two frontrunners to face the Liverpudlian when he returns to the Octagon, Justin Gaethje and Dan Hooker, have both insisted that they

The UFC ends a three-week road trip this weekend when it returns home to Las Vegas following UFC Abu Dhabi, which saw Reinier de Ridder move closer towards a middleweight title shot when he defeated former divisional titleholder Robert Whittaker in the night’s main event.

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.