
- Saturday 09.07.2019 at 02:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: FX
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: WME-IMG
- Venue: du Arena
- Location: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Dominick Cruz
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Interviews: Jon Anik | Backstage: Megan Olivi
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: N/A | TV Ratings: 222,000 avg. viewers (FX prelims)
- MMA Bouts: 13
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UFC Lightweight Championship
Submission, Rear Naked Choke
2:06 Round 3 of 5, 12:06 Total13Main Event
155
5 x 5 | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Performance of the NightKhabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier | $50,000 bonus to Nurmagomedov
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Performance of the NightTeemu Packalén vs. Ottman Azaitar | $50,000 bonus to Azaitar
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Performance of the NightBelal Muhammad vs. Takashi Sato | $50,000 bonus to Muhammad
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Performance of the NightNordine Taleb vs. Muslim Salikhov | $50,000 bonus to Salikhov


Referees
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Marc Goddard
Nurmagomedov vs. Poirier (13), Blaydes vs. Abdurakhimov (10), Moras vs. Jojua (6), Cummings vs. Akhmedov (2) -
Herb Dean
Felder vs. Barboza II (12), Taisumov vs. Ferreira (9), Tukhugov vs. Murphy (7), Taleb vs. Salikhov (3) -
Peter Hickmott
Makhachev vs. Ramos (11), Packalén vs. Azaitar (5), Madge vs. Ziam (1) -
Viacheslav Kiselev
Wood vs. Lee (8), Muhammad vs. Sato (4)
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Event Discussion
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Fight Predictions
Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC 242 is closed for new predictions. 2,523 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.
Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC 242 Leaderboard
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73%27%
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42%58%
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