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Last night, the held their first-ever event in Saudi Arabia. The big main event middleweight bout between former champion and rising contender Ikram Aliskerov lasted just 1 minute and 49 seconds, with 'The Reaper' arguably putting in the best performance of his career to date. The card also featured schooling Sergei Pavlovich for three rounds and the flashy Sharaputdin Magomedov advancing to 13-0 with a TKO victory over Antonio Trocoli.

Following the UFC's first visit to Saudi Arabia, will take you through five fights which should come next for some of the fighters who competed last night at the huge Fight Night event. Following potentially the best performance of Robert Whittaker's 12-year UFC career last night at UFC Saudi Arabia, there will only be one goal for the New Zealander, and that will be to reclaim the UFC middleweight championship. 'The Reaper' held the middleweight title for over two years, from 2017 to 2019, and since then, has wins over the likes of , , , and, of course, his opponent last night, Ikram Aliskerov.



The problem for Whittaker is that there is one man in front of him in the middleweight rankings who is waiting on a title shot, and that is . Despite losing his middleweight title in very controversial fashion, Strickland returned to the Octagon at UFC 302 and defeated Paulo Costa. Despite being extremely active throughout his career, it seems like Strickland's current plans are to sit out on the sidelines and wait until he gets a title shot against th.

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