Mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has announced its first-ever event in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to be held on June 22.
In 2023 UFC initially declared that it would stage an event from its Fight Night series in Saudi on March 2, however, that event (UFC Fight Night 238) was relocated to the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, reportedly due to the low stature of the fighters that had been slated for the card.
The newly announced event has already been unveiled as having more star power than Fight Night 238 had, with the…