One more sleep separates American UFC fans from UFC 266, but UFC president Dana White is doing all he can to increase the fight week hype levels.
Friday, White released the pay-per-view’s cold open video, which features the long-awaited return of [autotag]Nick Diaz[/autotag] (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) and a championship doubleheader.
The video, with actor and regular UFC voiceover narrator Ron Perlman, features promotion for Diaz’s rematch against [autotag]Robbie Lawler[/autotag] (28-15 MMA, 13-9 UFC), the featherweight headliner between reigning champion [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] (22-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and [autotag]Brian Ortega[/autotag] (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), and the co-main event between dominant champion [autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag] (21-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and streaking challenger [autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag] (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC).
Check out the UFC 266 cold open video above.
UFC 266 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega – for featherweight title
- Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Lauren Murphy – for women’s flyweight title
- Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler
- Curtis Blaydes vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- Jessica Andrade vs. Cynthia Calvillo
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Marlon Moraes vs. Merab Dvalishvili
- Nasrat Haqparast vs. Dan Hooker
- Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Chris Daukaus
- Roxanne Modafferi vs. Taila Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Uros Medic vs. Jalin Turner
- Cody Brundage vs. Nick Maximov
- Martin Sano vs. Matthew Semelsberger
- Omar Morales vs. Jonathan Pearce
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