Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev will headline UFC Saudi Arabia. Photo: USA Today Sports and Chris Önnerby
Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev are scheduled to clash in the main event of UFC Saudi Arabia, which takes place June 22 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
The winner of the five-round headliner is likely to fight for the middleweight title next.
Check out the official UFC Saudi Arabia poster below!
Announced fights for UFC Saudi Arabia with Chimaev
The UFC Saudi Arabia card goes down on June 22. Besides the headliner, we will see a light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Volkan Oezdemir, as well as a heavyweight clash between top ranked Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov.
Check out the fight card below!
Middleweight bout: Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Heavyweight bout: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Alexander Volkov
Light Heavyweight bout: Johnny Walker vs. Volkan Oezdemir
Welterweight bout: Kelvin Gastelum vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Lightweight bout: Nasrat Haqparast vs. Jared Gordon
Bantamweight bout: Kang Kyung-ho vs. Muin Gafurov
Bantamweight bout: Said Nurmagomedov vs. Montel Jackson
Welterweight bout: Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nicolas Dalby
Middleweight bout: Sharabudtin Magomedov vs. TBA
Light Heavyweight bout: Magomed Gadzhiyasulov vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Featherweight bout: Muhammad Naimov vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan