{"id":823043,"date":"2026-07-25T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823043\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T14:00:09","slug":"ouch-top-prospect-yanked-from-ufc-abu-dhabi-after-hospital-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823043\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouch! Top Prospect Yanked From UFC Abu Dhabi After Hospital Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">One of the most exciting fighters competing on today\u2019s (Sat., July 25, 2026) UFC Abu Dhabi card LIVE on Paramount+ from inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has been removed from action after a last-second trip to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/ufc-abu-dhabi-fight-card-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC officials<\/a>, welterweight prospect Islam Dulatov has been forced to withdraw from his main card matchup with Wellington Turman. Dulatov was admitted to the hospital late Friday night after battling an infection. His removal from UFC Abu Dhabi was a collaborative decision between UFC and Dulatov\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dulatov, 27, was one of the lone bright spots this weekend on a card screaming for star power. Casual fight fans may still be behind the eight ball on Dulatov, but the talented finisher was hoping to put the rest of the combat world on notice with a sensational performance against Turman. After all, Dulatov has finished his last 12 trips to the cage, including a successful first-round knockout in his Octagon debut one year ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UFC Abu Dhabi will now proceed with 12 total bouts. The card is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">125 lbs.: Steve Erceg vs. Ramazan Temirov<br \/>265 lbs.: Rizvan Kuniev vs. Tyrell Fortune<br \/>155 lbs.: Magomed Zaynukov vs. Damian Rzepecki<br \/>170 lbs.: Saygid Izagakhmaev vs. Abubakar Vagaev<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">265 lbs.: Valter Walker vs. Thomas Petersen<br \/>155 lbs.: Ismael Bonfim vs. Axel Sola<br \/>205 lbs.: Brendson Ribeiro vs. Magomed Tuchalov<br \/>155 lbs.: Nurullo Aliev vs. Mike Davis<br \/>170 lbs.: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Sam Patterson<br \/>205 lbs.: Dustin Jacoby vs. Muhammad Said<br \/>135 lbs.: Abdul Hussein vs. Cody Gibson<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For complete UFC Abu Dhabi results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-results\/458254\/ufc-abu-dhabi-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-ankalaev-vs-guskov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the most exciting fighters competing on today\u2019s (Sat., July 25, 2026) UFC Abu Dhabi card LIVE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,179146],"class_list":["post-823043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}