It's international day in the UFC.
As it typically is when the mixed martial arts conglomerate heads to its middle eastern home in Abu Dhabi, there's a particularly global vibe to the 13-bout card Etihad Arena whose five-bout main portion is headline by a featherweight championship grudge match.
Seventeen countries are represented by the 26 fighters on the show.
Reigning champion Ilia Topuria and former champ Max Holloway will square off in the main event for supremacy at 145 pounds. Topuria has held the belt in the weight class since dispatching Alexander Volkanovski earlier this year while Holloway was the top man for more than two years until losing his laurels to Volkanovski in 2019.