Venue: Etihad Arena
Town: Abu Dhabi, AE
Capacity: 18,000

Etihad Arena (initially known as Yas Bay Arena while under construction) is an indoor arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, located on the Yas Bay Waterfront district of Yas Island. Designed by HOK, the capacity of the venue is 18,000. In 2018, its design received the 2018 MENA Green Building Award for "Sustainable Building Design of the Year". In January 2020, naming rights for the new arena were sold to Etihad Airways. Originally expected to open in March 2020, its opening was delayed due to event cancellations tied to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, eventually opening in 2021. The UFC had held mixed martial arts events on Yas Island behind closed doors in a bubble arrangement known as "Fight Island"; this marked the UFC's first event in the series to have spectators at a limited capacity. The arena's first event was UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar. The arena held its second UFC event days later, hosting UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny. The promotion held its first pay-per-view event that same month, hosting UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2. The UFC returned to Etihad Arena for UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira in October 2021. The promotion returned to the arena in 2022 for their annual October pay-per-view event, hosting UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev. In October of 2023 UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 was held as their annual event. In 2024, two UFC events where held at the arena with UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov in August and UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway in October. The promotion returned to the arena in 2025 for UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. de Ridder. and UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane. For hosting the 2021 World Swimming Championships in December 2021, a temporary pool was added to the arena. On 21 May 2022, the arena hosted an exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Don Moore. On November 5, 2022, a WBA light heavyweight title fight was held between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramírez. In October 2022, the arena h