The popular fighter rebounds from his first career loss to earn a wild unanimous decision win over Marc-Andre Barriault (30-27 x3) to earn FIght of the Night at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening. Magomedov and Barriault both earned $50,000 for the honor.

This is the UFC Abu Dhabi live blog for Petr Yan vs. Marcus McGhee, the co-main event bantamweight bout Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Currently No. at 135 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings,

The full UFC on ABC 9 weigh-in results include: MAIN CARD (ABC, ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET) Shara Magomedov (186) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (185) Asu Almabayev (126) vs. Jose Ochoa (125.5) Bryce Mitchell (136) vs. Said Nurmagomedov (136) Ibo Aslan (204) vs. Billy Elekana (204.5)

Mohammed Yahya suffers suspected orbital fracture and swelling after brutal blow at UFC Abu Dhabi, raising concerns over recovery timeline.

'Shara Bullet' tasted his first defeat against Michael Page at UFC Riyadh in February, but didn't look for a safe performance against Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC Abu Dhabi. 'Bullet' and 'Powerbar' went to bloody war in their main card feature.

UFC light heavyweight Ibo Aslan and Billy Elekana squared off on the prelims in what was labeled an intriguing matchup by analysts. Despite the pre-fight hype, the light heavyweights failed to deliver many notable moments in the cage.

Grappling champion Marcus Buchecha struggled mightily in his octagon debut before coming up short with Martin Buday claiming a unanimous decision win to kick off the UFC Abu Dhabi card on Saturday.

UFC Abu Dhabi is a stacked Fight Night event, and while fans can look forward to the middleweight title eliminator main event, there's plenty to anticipate on the undercard. Notably, the Abu Dhabi undercard plays host to a pair of fighters who belong to a very exclusive club.