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UFC 290 will build towards two major title fights tonight, as Alexander Volkanovski defends the featherweight belt against Yair Rodriguez, and Brandon Moreno puts his flyweight gold on the line versus Alexandre Pantoja.
Volkanovski and Rodriguez both fought on the same night in February, as “Alexander The Great” lost a controversial decision while challenging Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title, after Rodriguez submitted Josh Emmett to win the interim featherweight strap. The 145lbs titles will be unified tonight, as pound-for-pound great Volkanovski returns to his usual division to take on the Mexican – one of the most unique strikers in MMA.
In the co-main event, Moreno looks to avenge two losses to Pantoja when he defends the title that he regained in January, when he stopped Deiveson Figueiredo in the Brazilian’s home country to win the pair’s four-fight series. Elsewhere on the card, ex-middleweight champion Robert Whittaker faces Dricus Du Plessis in a No 1 contender’s bout, and legend Robbie Lawler takes his final bow. There are plenty of other great match-ups tonight, too, which you can follow with our live blog below.
UFC 290 LIVE
- Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Yair Rodriguez (IC) (featherweight title)
- Brandon Moreno (C) vs Alexandre Pantoja (flyweight title)
- Robert Whittaker vs Dricus Du Plessis (middleweight)
- Jalin Turner vs Dan Hooker (lightweight)
- Bo Nickal vs Val Woodburn (middleweight)
- Plus prelim updates and results from UFC 290
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UFC 290 LIVE: Important start times
A reminder of tonight’s timings:
The early prelims began at 11pm BST (3pm PT, 5pm CT, 6pm ET), with the regular prelims set to follow at 1am BST on Sunday 9 July (5pm PT, 7pm CT, 8pm ET on Saturday). That is when our full live coverage will begin.
The main card is then due to begin at 3am BST on Sunday (7pm PT, 9pm CT, 10pm ET on Saturday).
Alex Pattle8 July 2023 23:28
UFC 290 LIVE: Main card and prelims
Below is tonight’s card in full. Bo Nickal was originally due to face Tresean Gore, while Jack Della Maddalena was set to fight Sean Brady before the latter was replaced by Josiah Harrell. Harrell was pulled from the fight yesterday, after a pre-fight scan revealed a serious brain injury! Thank goodness that was found. Della Maddalena is no longer competing tonight, in any case.
Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Yair Rodriguez (IC) (featherweight title)
Brandon Moreno (C) vs Alexandre Pantoja (flyweight title)
Jalin Turner vs Dan Hooker (lightweight)
Bo Nickal vs Val Woodburn (middleweight)
Robbie Lawler vs Niko Price (welterweight)
Tatsuro Taira vs Edgar Chairez (catchweight)
Yazmin Jauregui vs Denise Gomes (women’s strawweight)
Jimmy Crute vs Alonzo Menifield (light-heavyweight)
Vitor Petrino vs Marcin Prachnio (light-heavyweight)
Cameron Saaiman vs Terrence Mitchell (bantamweight)
Shannon Ross vs Jesus Aguilar (flyweight)
Kamuela Kirk vs Esteban Ribovics (lightweight)
Alex Pattle8 July 2023 23:25
UFC 290 LIVE
The early prelims are under way! We’ll have a round-up of those results for you at approximately 1am BST, when the regular prelims begin.
That’s also when our full live updates will begin, continuing through until the end of UFC 290!
Alex Pattle8 July 2023 23:21
UFC 290 LIVE
In the co-main event, Moreno looks to avenge two losses to Pantoja when he defends the title that he regained in January, when he stopped Deiveson Figueiredo in the Brazilian’s home country to win the pair’s four-fight series. Elsewhere on the card, ex-middleweight champion Robert Whittaker faces Dricus Du Plessis in a No 1 contender’s bout, and legend Robbie Lawler takes his final bow. There are plenty of other great match-ups tonight, too, which you can follow with our live blog right here.
Alex Pattle8 July 2023 23:16