UFC Fight Island: Abu Dhabi Airport staff take part in dry run ahead of UFC arrival - in pictures

An airport steward at Abu Dhabi Airport wheels suitcases through arrivals as staff take part in a dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Staff members in place at Abu Dhabi Airport as part of the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

An airport steward handles the suitcases as part of the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Baggage and temperature scans have been assembled at Abu Dhabi Airport as staff take part in a dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Stadff arrive at Abu Dhabi Airport to take part in the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

An airport steward loads suitcases onto a bus as part of the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Temperature scanners inside Abu Dhabi Airport and a steward transports suitcases as part of the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Security guards stand by next to the the doors for the Abu Dhabi Airport VIP terminal as part of the dry run for when the UFC arrives for UFC Fight Island. Credit: DCT-Abu Dhabi

Organisers of UFC Fight Island are taking stringent measures to ensure the safety of all involved.

A 25-kilometre "safe zone" has been created on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island where fighters, their teams, and event staff will remain throughout.

However, before reaching the "safe zone", everyone needs to be safely transported from Abu Dhabi Airport to Yas Island.

Ahead of the first batch of arrivals for UFC 251, which takes place on July 12, airport staff have been undertaking a series of dry runs to ensure the arrivals process is undertaken as safely and seamlessly as possible.

UFC 251 will be the first of four shows over a two-week period in July. Three Fight Night shows will then take place on July 12, 16, 19 and 26.

Take a look through the photo gallery above to look behind-the-scenes as airport staff prepare for the arrival in Abu Dhabi of Dana White, Kamaru Usman, and the rest of the UFC.

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