Magomed Tuchalov defeats Brendson Ribeiro by unanimous decision
Tuchalov vs Ribeiro — Light Heavyweight · Ankalaev vs. Guskov
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What happened
The result, the defining moments, and what the verdict means.
Ribeiro backed Tuchalov up and landed a late right hand in round one.
Tuchalov settled into the fight after the opening-round adversity.
Tuchalov earned the unanimous decision.
- Official UFC resultsUFC Abu Dhabi — Preliminary Card Results
Who Called It?
How the analysts' picks held up once the cage door closed.
Analyst picks: DFS By The Numbers Hit; AJ Hit; Michael Chiesa Hit; JakeGerberMMA Hit; HopperoMMA Hit; Bedtime MMA Hit; We Want Picks Hit.
All 7 analyst scorecardsWinner, method and round results7 scored · 7 hits · 0 misses
| Predicted by | Pick | Actual | Winner | Method | Round |
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| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · Sub · R1 | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Miss | Miss | |
| Expects Tuchalov to exploit Ribeiro's defensive grappling weakness for a first-round submission. Track record: winner called in 77 of 112 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Favors Tuchalov's wrestling and striking advantage, with a ground-and-pound finish one possible outcome. Track record: winner called in 75 of 109 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Names Tuchalov as his preliminary-card pick without a method call. Track record: winner called in 29 of 42 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Names Magomed Tuchalov as the full-card pick in this preview. Track record: winner called in 60 of 90 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Names Magomed Tuchalov as the full-card pick in this preview. Track record: winner called in 58 of 92 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Names Magomed Tuchalov as the full-card pick in this preview. Track record: winner called in 83 of 126 resolved picks. | |||||
| Historic market Favourite call, market price 87.5%. Tuchalov · to win | Tuchalov · Dec | Hit | Not called | Not called | |
| Names Magomed Tuchalov as the full-card pick in this preview. Track record: winner called in 79 of 121 resolved picks. | |||||
7 of 7 nailed it.
The experts above are a lens, not credentials we conferred — analyst, fighter or betting desk.
Archive Pre-fight material — kept for transparency.
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- Record
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- Recent formRecent formWin–loss record over the fighter’s last five bouts, newest first, as carried in their UFC/FightMetric career stats.
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- Reach
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- StanceStanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
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- Sig. strikes landed / minStrikes / minSignificant strikes landed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter lands for every minute of fight time — a read on striking output and pace. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
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- Sig. strikes absorbed / minAbsorbed / minSignificant strikes absorbed per minuteAverage number of significant strikes a fighter takes for every minute of fight time. Lower is better — it means they get hit less often. From UFC/FightMetric career stats.
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- Striking defenseStrike def.Striking defenseThe percentage of opponents’ significant strikes that do not land — strikes slipped, blocked or evaded. Higher is better. Not the same as striking accuracy, which counts your own strikes that land. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- Takedown defenseTD def.Takedown defenseThe percentage of opponents’ takedown attempts that are stuffed. Higher means harder to put on the mat. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- Avg. fight timeAvg. timeAverage fight timeThe mean length of the fighter’s bouts (minutes:seconds) — a rough read on whether they tend to finish early or go the distance. From UFC/FightMetric.
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- Russia
- Nationality
- Brazil
Career stats per UFC.com; recent form is each fighter's last five bouts. Numbers reflect records coming into fight night. Bars compare each stat on a fixed scale; the “Edge” marker flags the leading corner where the gap is meaningful. The snapshot plots five career rates — output, striking defense, durability (strikes absorbed, inverted), takedown defense and finish rate — each normalised on its own scale.
Pre-fight analysis — how we saw it going in
Case for Tuchalov
Tuchalov is an unbeaten 26-year-old Russian fighting out of Dubai, with all six wins by stoppage and no fight reaching a third round, per the UFC preview. His March stoppage of UFC alum Caio Machado is the clearest recent marker of that fast-starting profile.
Case for Ribeiro
Ribeiro has already navigated the Contender Series and owns UFC wins over Caio Machado and Diyar Nurgozhay. The UFC preview also notes three straight first-round stoppage losses, so his case is about using that experience to survive the opening danger and turn the bout into a different kind of test.
What We Were Watching For
- Tuchalov's first UFC round: does the all-stoppage pattern translate immediately?
- Ribeiro's ability to get past the early exchanges after three first-round stoppage losses.
- Whether Tuchalov can keep the fight standing long enough to build on the Caio Machado win.
- The difference between Tuchalov's unbeaten newcomer status and Ribeiro's UFC experience.
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