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Live, blow-by-blow updates for today’s UFC 242 preliminary card from Abu Dhabi.
Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring, and play-by-play as UFC 242 goes down in Abu Dhabi.
The main event will be a UFC lightweight title unification bout between full champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Dustin Poirier. The co-main will see Paul Felder taking on Edson Barboza in a rematch.
The featured prelim comes in the women’s flyweight division, with Joanne Calderwood meeting Andrea Lee.
This post will cover the preliminary card.
The show is in the Middle East, so things are kicking off early. We’ll start on ESPN+ and Fight Pass at approximately 10:15am ET with four fights. The card then moves to FX (seriously) at Noon ET for four more bouts, then onto the main PPV card at 2pm ET. The full lineup and schedule follows. The main card and main event will be covered in separate posts.
Check out this week’s MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each matchup.
Teemu Packalen vs. Ottman Azaitar
Round 1 –
FX Preliminary Card
Joanne Calderwood vs. Andrea Lee
Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Lerone Murphy
Liana Jojua vs. Sarah Moras
Belal Muhammad def. Takashi Sato by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:55 of round 3
Muslim Salikhov def. Nordine Taleb by KO (punch) at 4:26 of round 1
Omari Akhmedov def. Zak Cummings via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Don Madge def. Fares Ziam via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)