UFC on ABC 9 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+) took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official result. UFC on ABC 9 took place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In the headliner, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (26-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) took on former ONE champion Reinier de Ridder (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC).

UFC on ABC 9 winner Petr Yan talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight after his victory over Marcus McGhee in Abu Dhabi.

The win was the fifth in six UFC fights for Magomedov, who’d dropped a decision to Michael Page in February. Barriault, meanwhile, has lost nine of 15 with the company after arriving in 2019, having gone 11-1 in smaller promotions.