The UFC is back in Abu Dhabi with a former middleweight champion taking on a rising new contender.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UFC on ABC 9 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
Get pick results from our 11 editors, writers, radio hosts and videographers, as well as additional analysis, below.<\/p>\n
Bogdan Guskov vs. Nikita KrylovRecords: Guskov (17-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC), Krylov (30-10 MMA, 11-8 UFC)Past five: Guskov 17-3, Krylov 3-2Division: Light heavyweightRankings:\u00a0Krylov No. 10, Guskov honorable mentionOdds (as of 07.25.25):\u00a0Guskov +160, Krylov -190Junkie pick results:\u00a0Guskov 8, Krylov 3Asu Almabayev vs. Jose OchoaRecords: Almabayev (21-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC), Ochoa (8-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)Past five: Almabayev 4-1, Ochoa 4-1Division: FlyweightRankings:\u00a0Almabayev honorable mentionOdds (as of 07.25.25):\u00a0Almabayev -105, Ochoa -115Junkie pick results:\u00a0Almabayev 11, Ochoa 0Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Shara MagomedovRecords: Barriault (17-9 MMA, 6-8 UFC), Magomedov (15-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC)Past five: Barriault 2-3, Magomedov 4-1Division: MiddleweightRankings:\u00a0NoneOdds (as of 07.25.25):\u00a0Barriault +450, Magomedov -700Junkie pick results:\u00a0Magomedov 10, Barriault 1Marcus McGhee vs. Petr YanRecords: McGhee (10-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), Yan (18-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC)Past five: McGhee 5-0, Yan 2-3Division: BantamweightRankings:\u00a0Yan No. 3, McGhee honorable mentionOdds (as of 07.25.25):\u00a0McGhee +300, Yan -400Junkie pick results:\u00a0Yan 11, McGhee 0Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de RidderRecords: Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC), de Ridder (20-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC)Past five: Whittaker 3-2, de Ridder 4-1Division: MiddleweightRankings:\u00a0Whittaker No. 6, de Ridder No. 12Odds (as of 07.25.25):\u00a0Whittaker -150, de Ridder +125Junkie pick results:\u00a0de Ridder 6, Whittaker 5Individual staff member picks, main card<\/p>\n
Readers\u00a0100\u201365: De Ridder (56%), Yan (76%), Magomedov (86%), Almabayev (70%), Krylov\u00a0(52%)<\/p>\n
Nolan\u00a0King 104-61: Whittaker, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovFarah Hannoun 104-61: Whittaker, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovMike Bohn 104-61: Whittaker, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, KrylovAbbey Subhan 102-63: Whittaker, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovKen Hathaway\u00a0102-63: De Ridder, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, KrylovMatt Erickson 101-64: De Ridder, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovBrian\u00a0Garcia 100-65: De Ridder, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovSimon\u00a0Samano 97-68: De Ridder, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovDanny Segura\u00a096-69: De Ridder, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovMatthew Wells 93-72: Whittaker, Yan, Magomedov, Almabayev, GuskovGeorge Garcia 90-75: De Ridder, Yan, Barriault, Almabayev, KrylovPreliminary card picks<\/p>\n
Although they don’t count toward the standings, MMA Junkie staff members still pick the fights on the prelims. Here are the results:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryce Mitchell vs. Said Nurmagomedov: Nurmagomedov 8, Mitchell 3Carlos Leal vs. Muslim Salikhov: Leal 7, Salikhov 4Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Davey Grant: Blackshear 10, Grant 1Amanda Ribas vs. Tabatha Ricci: Ribas 7, Ricci 4Ibo Aslan vs. Billy Elekana: Aslan 11, Elekana 0Steven Nguyen vs. Mohammad Yahya: Nguyen 7, Yahya 4Marcus Buchecha vs. Martin Buday: Buchecha 9, Buday 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC is back in Abu Dhabi with a former middleweight champion taking on a rising new contender.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[2086,7085,76,49,48,1275,1263,1161,3049,641,2561,4225,1262,638,1188,2034,44,1333,2042,82,865,348,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-25265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-abc-tv-network","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-combat","14":"tag-combat-sports","15":"tag-espn","16":"tag-espn-inc","17":"tag-fighting","18":"tag-inc","19":"tag-martial","20":"tag-martial-arts","21":"tag-mma","22":"tag-network","23":"tag-neutral","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-overall","26":"tag-overall-neutral","27":"tag-sports","28":"tag-sports-news","29":"tag-tv","30":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}