Da yake bayan suna ta allura, tsohon champion na UFC a divishin na tsakiya, Israel Adesanya, zai koma ring din ya UFC a ranar 1 ga watan Febairu, 2025, don ya da Nassourdine Imavov a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Wannan taron zai kasance UFC Fight Night na biyu da za a gudanar a Saudi Arabia, kuma zai gudana a The Venue, Riyadh.
Adesanya, wanda aka fi sani da ‘The Last Stylebender’, ya fuskanci matsaloli a karatunsa na MMA a kwanakin baya, inda ya sha kashi a hannun Sean Strickland a UFC 293, sannan ya yi rashin nasara a hannun Dricus du Plessis a UFC 305. Wannan zai zama taron farko da ba na taken UFC ba tun bayan ya doke Anderson Silva a UFC 234.
Nassourdine Imavov, wanda aka fi sani da ‘Russian Sniper’, ya samu nasarar sau uku a jere bayan rashin nasararsa a hannun Sean Strickland a watan Janairu 2023. Ya doke Roman Dolidze, Jared Cannonier, da Brendan Allen. Nasarar da ya samu a kan Adesanya zai zama mafi girma a aikinsa na kuma nufa shi zuwa samun damar ya tsere taken UFC.
Bugu da taron Adesanya vs Imavov, wasu taro daga cikin wadanda za a gudanar a ranar sun hada da Ikram Aliskerov vs Andre Muniz, Sergei Pavlovich vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Hamdy Abdelwahab vs Jamal Pogues, Shara Magomedov vs Michael Page, da Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Mayra Bueno Silva.
