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Airing on ESPN+ Pay Per View - Main Card 10 PM ET

Division Fighters
Featherweight Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez
Flyweight Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja
Middleweight Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus Du Plessis
Lightweight Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner
Middleweight Bo Nickal vs. Valentine Woodburn

Airing on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN+ - Prelims 8 PM ET

Division Fighters
Welterweight Robbie Lawler vs. Niko Price
Catchweight Edgar Cháirez vs. Tatsuro Taira
Strawweight Yazmin Jauregui vs. Denise Gomes
Light Heavyweight Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield

Airing on UFC Fight Pass - Early Prelims 6 PM ET

Division Fighters
Light Heavyweight Vitor Petrino vs. Marcin Prachnio
Bantamweight Cameron Saaiman vs. Terrence Mitchell
Flyweight Shannon Ross vs. Jesus Aguilar
Lightweight Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics
^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate)

*Jack Della Maddalena vs. Josiah Harrell has been cancelled due to Harrell’s medical condition

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

UFC has the worst freaking pacing. There is no way this should take 6 hours to get through the card. Ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I honestly believe they plan their pacing as if every single fight goes to a decision.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have to because it has to do with the way they do their timeslots on multiple networks. They move the show around a ton here in North America instead of just putting it on a network and leaving it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is just so weird to me.

Not that I don't believe you of course, just weird to think about what are the priorities there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, they just need to start the broadcast after the first 4-5 fights, and then fit them in when there's a quick finish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like this idea.