Nguyen, who picked up his first victory in the UFC with the TKO victory over Yahya, scored an extra $50,000 for his showing after it was named one of the "Performance of the Night" winners. Nguyen soundly dominated the fight from the jump and his six knockdowns on Yahya amounted to a new UFC record.

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Shara Magomedov is back. The popular fighter rebounds from his first career loss to earn a wild unanimous decision win over Marc-Andre Barriault (30-27 x3) to earn FIght of the Night at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday evening.

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On the UFC on ABC 9 prelims, Nguyen (10-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) dropped Yahya (12-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) a record-breaking six times. The fight was stopped between Round 2 and Round 3 due to Yahya's grotesquely swollen eye. The fight took place at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.