In the primary occasion of UFC 286 this weekend, Leon Edwards defends the welterweight title towards Kamaru Usman in entrance of a house crowd.
Edwards knocked out Usman in dramatic vogue with a minute left of their rematch in August, seven years after struggling a factors loss to the “Nigerian Nightmare”.
With his gorgeous, head-kick knockout of Usman, Jamaican-born Edwards grew to become Britain’s second ever UFC champion. He now makes his first defence of the belt, on the UFC’s first pay-per-view occasion in Britain since 2016.
In the co-main occasion, former light-weight title challenger Justin Gaethje takes on rising contender Rafael Fiziev.
Here’s all you have to know.
When is it?
UFC 286 takes place on the O2 Arena in London on Saturday 18 March.
The early prelims will start at 5pm GMT (9am PT, 11am CT, 12pm ET), with the prelims following at 7pm GMT (11am PT, 1pm CT, 2pm ET). The primary card is then scheduled to start out at 9pm (1pm PT, 3pm CT, 4pm ET).
How can I watch it?
The card will air reside on BT Sport Box Office within the UK – at a price of £19.95 – with the broadcaster’s app and web site additionally streaming the fights.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion reside, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
Odds
Edwards – 7/4
Usman – 4/9
Full odds by way of Betway.
Full card (topic to vary)
Two-time UFC light-weight title challenger Justin Gaethje
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Main card
Leon Edwards (C) vs Kamaru Usman 3 (welterweight title)
Justin Gaethje vs Rafael Fiziev (light-weight)
Gunnar Nelson vs Bryan Barberena (welterweight)
Jennifer Maia vs Casey O’Neill (ladies’s flyweight)
Marvin Vettori vs Roman Dolidze (middleweight)
Prelims
Jack Shore vs Makwan Amirkhani (featherweight)
Chris Duncan vs Omar Morales (light-weight)
Sam Patterson vs Yanal Ashmoz (light-weight)
Muhammad Mokaev vs Jafel Filho (flyweight)
Early prelims
Lerone Murphy vs Gabriel Santos (featherweight)
Christian Leroy Duncan vs Dusko Todorovic (middleweight)
Jake Hadley vs Malcolm Gordon (flyweight)
Joanne Wood vs Luana Carolina (ladies’s flyweight)
Jai Herbert vs Ludovit Klein (light-weight)
Juliana Miller vs Veronica Hardy (ladies’s flyweight)
