Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will make his Octagon return in February when taking on Nassourdine Imavov in February.
The fight will be the first time Adesanya has competed in a non-title bout since taking on Anderson Silva in February 2019 following his submission loss to Dricus du Plessis last August.
Israel Adesanya v Nassourdine Imavov will take place on Saturday 1st February 2025.
The prelims will get underway at 15:00 GMT with the main card starting at 17:00.
Israel Adesanya v Nassourdine Imavov is expected to start around 19:00 GMT.
Israel Adesanya v Nassourdine Imavov will take place at the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
No belts are on the line for Israel Adesanya v Nassourdine Imavov.
24-4
For many years, Israel Adesanya's only MMA defeat came at light heavyweight when losing to Jan Blachowicz, but after getting to 23-1, Adesanya lost the UFC middleweight title to Alex Pereira, winning it back in the rematch, but losing back-to-back fights since against Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis.
15-4 (1 NC)
Nassouridine Imavov has won his last three fights against Roman Dolidze, Jared Cannonier and Brendan Allen, after a no contest against Chris Curtis.
Imavov's last defeat came via unanimous decision at light heavyweight to Sean Strickland.
Main card | |
Israel Adesanya v Nassourdine Imavov | Middleweight |
Sharabutdin Magomedov v Michael Page | Middleweight |
Jasmine Jasudavicius v Mayra Bueno Silva | Women's flyweight |
Terrance McKinney v Damir Hadžović | Lightweight |
Sergei Pavlovich v Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Heavyweight |
Preliminary card | |
Said Nurmagomedov v Vinicius Oliveira | Bantamweight |
Muhammad Naimov v Kaan Ofli | Featherweight |
Bogdan Grad v Lucas Alexander | Featherweight |
Hamdy Abdelwahab v Jamal Pogues | Heavyweight |
Shamil Gaziev v Thomas Peterson | Heavyweight |
Jordan Leavitt v Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady | Lightweight |
Ikram Aliskerov v André Muniz | Middleweight |