UFC president Dana White has released the UFC 271 cold open video, which features the highly anticipated rematch between middleweight champion [autotag]Israel Adesanya[/autotag] and [autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag].
The video, with actor and regular UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman, features promotion for both the main event between Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) and Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and the heavyweight co-main event between fan favorites [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag] (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) and [autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag] (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC).
Check out the UFC 271 cold open video below above.
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UFC 271 takes place Saturday at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+ pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker – for middleweight title
- Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa
- Derek Brunson vs. Jared Cannonier
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano
- Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa
- Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O’Neill
- Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
- Fabio Cherant vs. Carlos Ulberg
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
- Ronnie Lawrence vs. Mana Martinez
- AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
- Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
- Blood Diamond vs. Jeremiah Wells
- Maxim Grishin vs. William Knight