UFC Riyadh Full Card Revealed: Adesanya vs Shara Tops 12-Fight December 5 Slate
“The full card is out, and the December 5 show at ANB Arena in Riyadh now has its shape.”
The UFC has revealed the full 12-fight card for its December 5 return to Saudi Arabia, and it is built around two five-round fights with real stakes: Israel Adesanya against Shara Magomedov in the main event, and Ian Machado Garry against Yaroslav Amosov in the co-main.
RIYADH — The full card is out, and the December 5 show at ANB Arena in Riyadh now has its shape: six main-card fights and six prelims, headlined by a former middleweight champion trying to climb back and an unbeaten knockout artist trying to take his place.
Israel Adesanya (24-6) meets Shara Magomedov (17-1) over five rounds at middleweight. Adesanya, the former champion, returns to headline a Fight Night for the first time since losing the belt — and he does it against Magomedov, whose only professional loss came by decision and whose finishing power has made him one of the most talked-about names in the division.
The co-main event is five rounds at welterweight: Ian Machado Garry (17-2) against Yaroslav Amosov (30-1). Amosov, the former Bellator welterweight champion, brings a 30-1 record into his UFC debut. Garry, coming off his August loss to Islam Makhachev for the welterweight title, gets a former champion in his first fight back.
The rest of the main card, all three-rounders: Ion Cutelaba (20-12-1) against the unbeaten Magomed Tuchalov (7-0) at light heavyweight; Mairon Santos against Akbar Abdullaev (14-0) at lightweight; Levan Chokheli (15-3) against Islam Dulatov (12-1) at welterweight; and Serghei Spivac (18-7) against the unbeaten Mario Pinto (13-0) at heavyweight.
The prelims open with Abdul Hussein against Hecher Sosa at bantamweight, then Matthieu Letho Duclos (11-3) against Modestino Rodrigues (8-1) at middleweight, Mehemmedeli Osmanli against Pavel Andrusca at bantamweight, JunYong Park (19-7) against Marco Tulio (14-3) at middleweight, Uran Satybaldiev (9-1) against Ivan Gnizditskiy (7-0) at light heavyweight, and Bruno Silva (15-9-2) against Jafel Filho (17-5) at flyweight.
The event takes place on Saturday, December 5, 2026, at ANB Arena in Riyadh, starting at 10:00 AM ET, and streams on Paramount+.
The card is a statement of intent from the UFC's Saudi Arabia run: a former champion headlining, a former Bellator champion debuting in the co-main, and five unbeaten fighters across the card — Tuchalov, Abdullaev, Pinto, and Gnizditskiy among them — all stepping up at once. Four weeks out, the fights are set. The questions now are whether Adesanya can still carry a main event, and whether Amosov's 30-1 travels with him into the Octagon.
