UFC on ABC 9 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday, and you can join us for live round-by-round coverage and official results beginning at Noon ET. UFC on ABC 9 takes place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
In the headliner, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) takes on former ONE champion Reinier de Ridder (20-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who has finished all of his fights thus far in the UFC.
In the co-feature, former bantamweight champion Petr Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) aims to keep the momentum going against Marcus McGhee (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who is undefeated in the UFC, but faces his toughest test to date.
Follow along with our round-by-round updates and official results beginning at Noon ET for the prelims on ESPN and ESPN+, followed by the main card on ABC and ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET.
Enjoy the fights, everyone.
UFC on ABC 9 lineup
MAIN CARD (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
- Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder
- Marcus McGhee vs. Petr Yan
- Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Shara Magomedov
- Asu Almabayev vs. Jose Ochoa
- Bogdan Guskov vs. Nikita Krylov
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, Noon ET)
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Said Nurmagomedov
- Carlos Leal vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Davey Grant
- Amanda Ribas vs. Tabatha Ricci
- Ibo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana
- Steven Nguyen vs. Mohammad Yahya
- Marcus Buchecha vs. Martin Buday
