Friday would possibly properly go down as one of many strangest days in UFC historical past, as Saturday’s UFC 279 card was turned on its head.
At the top of per week during which he had confronted one other fighter on the UFC Performance Institute and later brought about the cancellation of the pre-fight press convention by beginning a sequence of backstage incidents, Khamzat Chimaev missed weight for his foremost occasion towards Nate Diaz.
As a outcome, the cardboard has been reworked, with rising star Chimaev now going through Kevin Holland – with whom he engaged in considered one of Thursday’s backstage brawls – in a catchweight bout, whereas icon Diaz takes on fan favorite and fellow veteran Tony Ferguson within the new foremost occasion.
Meanwhile, Ferguson and Holland’s originally-scheduled opponents, Li Jingliang and Daniel Rodriguez, will combat each other in a catchweight contest.
Here’s all it is advisable to learn about UFC 279.
When is it?
UFC 279 takes place on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday 10 September.
The early prelims will begin at 11pm BST (3pm PT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET), with the prelims following at 1am BST on Sunday 11 September (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on Saturday).
The foremost card then takes place at 3am BST (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET on Saturday).
How can I watch it?
The card will air reside on BT Sport within the UK, 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
Diaz – 1/1; Ferguson – 4/5
Chimaev – 1/5; Holland – 7/2
Li – 6/5; Rodriguez – 4/6
Via Betway.
Full card
Main card
Nate Diaz vs Tony Ferguson (welterweight)
Khamzat Chimaev vs Kevin Holland (catchweight)
Li Jingliang vs Daniel Rodriguez (catchweight)
Irene Aldana vs Macy Chiasson (ladies’s bantamweight)
Johnny Walker vs Ion Cutelaba (mild heavyweight)
Prelims
Hakeem Dawodu vs Julian Erosa (featherweight)
Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Jailton Almeida (heavyweight)
Denis Tiuliulin vs Jamie Pickett (middleweight)
Jake Collier vs Chris Barnett (heavyweight)
Early prelims
Norma Dumont vs Danyelle Wolf (ladies’s featherweight)
Chad Anheliger vs Alatengheili (bantamweight)
Melissa Martinez vs Elise Reed (ladies’s strawweight)
Darian Weeks vs Yohan Yailesse (welterweight)
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk