East one championship two-division champion Rainier Day Reder Keep UFC’s Middleweight Division on notice Win a partition decision Pre -title and more Robert Whitekar On Saturday, at the main event of UFC Fight Night at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Despite knocking on and almost finished by Whittaker, De Ridder showed his resolve to win and win and win. Day Rader is 4–0 since making his campaigner debut last November. What did we learn about the status of Middleweight Division in D. Rider’s victory?

In the co-intended program, former male Bandweight Champion Petra vehicle Proved that he is still a force in partition with a unanimous decision victory. Marcus McGiCan we see him challenging him to recover the belt soon?

And what should we make Shara magomdovThe victory is over Mark-Randre Barialt On the main card?

Here are the largest takeaairs from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night Card.

Robert Whitekar’s disadvantage is tragic, but best for division

Whittaker is one of the modern Ogs of the game. No frills, just shows and works. He was reduced quickly in his career. He won the UFC interim title in 2017 and later denied the opportunity to unite that title against a big name. Michael Bisping Or Georges Saint-PierreInstead, Bisping and St.-Pierre fought each other, retired again. Whittaker’s reward to win the UFC title turned into a back-to-back matchup against ridiculously difficult Joel Romero,

Whittaker lost the belt in destructive fashion, knocked in front of fans of his country by a generational talent Israel AdsanyaHe quietly went about three years later about the business of earning a second rift in Edasanya, only a close decision came down. He is somewhat cast in the role of a divisional gatekeeper. Both Duli And Khamajat chimavThe next month who will leave for the championship in UFC 319, defeated Whitekar and punched her tickets for the UFC title shot.

I am not ready to end the Whitekar era, but during the five rounds on Saturday, it was very clear that it is ending. Whittaker’s cruelty, his willingness to win and his fight IQ is still intact. But he is 34 years old. The D Radder is only two months shorter than “Bobby Nuckles”, but moves as if the age difference is five years. If you told me that Whitkekar would have been on the scorecard going to the championship round on Saturday (which was), I must have chosen him confident to win. D Radder also has experience in the quarrels set for five rounds, but not against this level of the competition. D. Radder conquered both fourth and fifth round – fifth, unanimously.

Winning the de Rider with his third win of 2025 and moving forward is best for the Middleweight Division. D reader is getting better. Whittaker, as much pain to say, is showing signs of slowing down. He is still one of the top fighters in the division and maintains all the symptoms that have made him a champion, but they are all working on a gear low. He still has quarrels, but in terms of enthusiasm for the 185-pound division, it is a time of D. Rader.

Petra vehicle may be the lowest fighter in UFC

In the last five years, the UFC may not have a fighter with a more misleading record than the vehicle. He won the UFC Championship in July 2020, improving the 15–1 professional records. He went to lose his belt Alzman sterling In his first attempt, disqualified in UFC 259 infamous illegal knee incident,

The vehicle was responsible for the illegal shot, but it was not harm in the way we usually think of one. He was defeated Corey Sandhagen For an interim championship in 2022, and still widely considered one of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighters. Since then, he has fallen prey to a reserved divided decision for the decision deficit for sterling and sterling and Sean o’MaliAnd he also lost to the last champion, Merb bicolyDvalishvili was the worst performance of the UFC career of the fight vehicle. Some of them are on the vehicle, but some of it was the result of bad luck.

At the peak of his success – that disqualification for sterling, the vehicle looked good as any fighter in the world. Sterling surprised him in Remach, a year later changed a unilateral relationship in his first bout in a competitive match. And then O’Mali said in a judgment that many fans felt that there was far more controversial than Sterling. The three-fight skids of the vehicle concluded in 2023 in an abusive loss to Dvalishvili. There are rumors that the vehicle suffered an unknown injury before that fight.

The vehicle has not paid the same attention since he lost the title. But if some small things played in different ways, the vehicle may still be Banomweight Champion and Pound-for-Pound candidates. And how unilateral the first battle was, despite this, a rematch against Dvalishvili is complicated for me.

Shara Magomedov’s career will be a bumpy, fun ride

It was extremely suitable, interaction between Magomidov and UFC commentator Michael Michael Bisping inside the octagon immediately after the battle of Magomedov. After his victory over Mark-Randre Bariolt, 31-year-old delayed the postfight interview that how happy he was to see Bisping to see the former UFC Middleweight Champion.

“You are a great inspiration for me,” Magomedov, which improved 5–1 in the UFC, told Bisping. “Step by step, I will become champion.”

While the path for Magomedov’s UFC title will not really be mirrors years before bisping, I think they will be similar that there will be a lot of ups and downs. The route of bisping for a title was tall and difficult, as he appeared in 25 quarrels before receiving a title shot. Magomidov’s title aspirations will probably be well fixed before 19 quarrels, but it appears in luck to face obstacles in the way.

Saturday’s victory was remarkably influential. Magomedov’s high-level striking jumping away from the screen, and its takedown defense was almost correct. He exceeded the adverseness in round 2, when Bariolt crushed his nose with a flush with the right hand. The shot clearly harassed Magomedov, but he not only showed heart in coming back and winning the round, but also fulfilled the standing battle on Bariot after a relatively leading third round.

According to ESPN Bet, everyone said, Magomedov was more than 6 to 1 betting on Saturday. As good as it was, he wins to see him, it is also worth indicating that he did not dominate the manner of 6 -to -1. In his presence before this weekend, he suffered a decision loss Michael “Venom” pageWhich is a natural welterweight. Magomidov likes a lot about, but it has already been displayed that he is not going to make his way for a UFC title shot. There will be a lot of adverseness on the way.

But as he showed on Saturday, Magomedov is ready for it. And the fact is that he sees bisping as a source of inspiration signals that he knows the difficult path for which he is.