Adesanya (24-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) suffered his third-straight loss when he was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov (16-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 250 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After defending his UFC middleweight title five times, Adesanya has now lost four of his past five fights.

The UFC returns from a one-week break and kicks off a torrid stretch of the promotion’s 2025 calendar today (February 1) when UFC Saudi Arabia down in Riyadh.