The 26-year-old Russian, who fights out of Dubai, has earned all six of his wins by stoppage, together with his March victory over UFC alum Caio Machado, and he’s but to see the third spherical. Ribeiro acquired his first UFC win over Machado in November 2024, then subbed Diyar Nurgozhay within the Kazakh fighter’s debut 4 months later, however he’s suffered three straight first-round stoppage losses since.
Nurullo Aliev vs Mike Davis
Undefeated prospect Nurullo Aliev and American veteran Mike Davis meet in a compelling light-weight conflict early within the evening on Saturday.
Aliev has solely had three begins since his spectacular displaying on Season 6 of Dana White’s Contender Series, successful all of them, however dropping a lot of the momentum he constructed straight out of the gates. Davis has gone 5-1 at light-weight within the UFC, incomes three finishes, a Fight of the Night bonus with Mason Jones, and solely dropping to French standout Fares Ziam.
Cody Gibson vs Abdul Hussein
Veteran Cody Gibson welcomes Abdul Hussein to the UFC on this weekend’s opener at Etihad Arena.
The 38-year-old Gibson is a battler, having gone 2-3 in his 5 begins following his TUF finale loss to Brad Katona at UFC 292 that earned Fight of the Night honors. Hussein is 15-2 total and using an eight-fight successful streak, most not too long ago stopping outdated good friend Tyson Nam on Boxing Day.
