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How to watch UFC on ESPN 12: Poirier vs. Hooker, with full fight card betting odds

How to watch Poirier vs. Hooker, with betting odds for the full UFC on ESPN 12 fight card.

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UFC on ESPN 12 is set for Saturday at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. The main card, highlighted by the main event between Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier and Dan “The Hangman” Hooker, will begin at 8 p.m. ET. The prelims start at 5 p.m. ET and the entire fight card is available on ESPN and ESPN+. Below, we look at BetMGM‘s betting odds for UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker.

How to watch UFC on ESPN 12: Poirier vs. Hooker

Where can I watch UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker

The main card is available on ESPN and ESPN+; sign up for ESPN+ here.

Prelim bouts are available on ESPN and ESPN+.

What time is UFC Fight Night?

The main card is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET.

Prelims are set for 5 p.m. ET.

When is UFC Fight Night?

Saturday, June 27.

Where is UFC Fight Night taking place?

UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker will be held at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

UFC on ESPN 12: Poirier vs. Hooker full main card

Betting odds courtesy of BetMGM. All lines last updated Friday at 7:45 a.m. ET.

Dustin Poirier (-228) vs. Dan Hooker (+185)

The No. 3 contender in the lightweight division, Poirier is being given a sizable edge against the fifth-ranked Hooker. Poirier is 25-6 heading into the fight against the 20-8 New Zealander.

Mike Perry (-313) vs. Mickey Gall (+250)

Perry (13-6) comes into this one with a considerable experience advantage over Gall (6-2). Both fighters are unranked in the welterweight division.

Brendan Allen (-304) vs. Kyle Daukaus (+240)

Allen is the No. 13 middleweight contender with a record of 14-3. Daukaus is unranked despite a perfect 9-0 MMA record. He beat Nolan Norwood by submission for the Cage Fury Fighting Championships title Jan. 31.

Gian Villante (+190) vs. Maurice Greene (-239)

The lone heavyweight bout on the main card features two unranked fighters. Villante (17-11) is giving up four inches of both height and reach, and 38 pounds to the 6-foot-7 Greene (8-5).

Sean Woodson (-435) vs. Julian Erosa (+330)

Woodson is the heaviest favorite on the entire UFC Fight Night card as he puts his 7-0 record on the line against the 22-9 Erosa in this catchweight fight. Erosa snapped a three-fight losing skid with a win over A.J. Bryant at CageSport 60 in February.

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UFC on ESPN 12 prelims card

The prelim card is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. ET.

Luis Pena (-250) vs. Khama Worthy (+200)

Pena is the heaviest favorite on the prelims card in his lightweight bout against Worthy. Pena is 8-2 and has a four-inch height advantage against his 15-6 opponent.

Mara Romero Borella (NA) vs. Miranda Maverick (NA)

Romero Borella (12-8) is three inches taller with a four-inch reach advantage over Maverick (7-2) in a women’s flyweight bout. Borella has lost her last three UFC Fight Night tilts, most recently being submitted by Cortney Casey in Round 1 of a May 16 fight.

Philipe Lins (-115) vs. Tanner Boser (-106)

Lins (14-4) has a slight edge over Boser (17-6-1) in another heavyweight contest. The Canadian Boser is 10 pounds heavier, but both fighters stand at 6-foot-2.

Takashi Sato (-134) vs. Ramiz Brahimaj (+110)

Sato (15-3) is favored over Brahimaj (8-2) in a welterweight bout. Both contestants stand at 5-foot-10, weigh 170 pounds and have 73 inches of reach.

Jordan Griffin (+100) vs. Youssef Zalal (-121)

Griffin (18-7) is a slight underdog despite being considerably more experienced than Zalal (8-2). Both fighters are coming off wins in February.

Kay Hansen (-173) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (+145)

Hansen (6-3) and Frey (9-4) will open UFC Fight Night with a women’s strawweight bout and the edge goes to Hansen.

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UFC on ESPN 12: Make your predictions for Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker

We want your predictions for Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 12 event in Las Vegas.

Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Thursday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT).

Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will be part of the UFC on ESPN 12 event staff predictions we release Friday ahead of the event. UFC on ESPN 12 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.

Make your picks for the main card fights inside:

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Gian Villante jumps to heavyweight for June 27 fight with Maurice Green

Veteran slugger Gian Villante moves up to heavyweight for the first time since 2011 as he gets set to take on “The Crochet Boss.”

A popular light heavyweight slugger will test his mettle at 265 pounds next time he steps foot in the octagon.

Long Island’s [autotag]Gian Villante[/autotag] will take on up-and-comer [autotag]Maurice Green[/autotag] on the upcoming UFC June 27 card. MMA Junkie confirmed an initial report by MMA Fighting.

Villante (17-11 MMA, 7-8 UFC) has a habit of finding himself in exciting fights, win or lose, as attested by his three “Fight of the Night” bonuses in the UFC. He’s dropped two of his past three bouts, and will compete at heavyweight for the first time since an alternates fight in the legendary Strikeforce grand prix in 2011.

Greene (8-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) meanwhile, entered the UFC via “The Ultimate Fighter 28.” The fighter nicknamed “The Crochet Boss” won his first three official UFC fights, but is now trying to snap a two-fight losing streak.

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The UFC is planning on holding the June 27 card at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, pending the resumption of combat sports in the state of Nevada.

The latest lineup for the UFC’s June 27 card includes:

Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker
Viviane Araujo vs. Jennifer Maia
Alexa Grasso vs. Ji Yeon Kim
Gian Villante vs. Maurice Greene

Gian Villante moves to heavyweight, takes on Ben Rothwell at UFC 249

Meet the newest member of the UFC heavyweight division: Gian Villante.

[autotag]Gian Villante[/autotag] is moving up.

The Long Island native will fight in his home state of New York when he takes on [autotag]Ben Rothwell[/autotag] at UFC 249.

MMA Junkie confirmed the booking with a person with knowledge of the situation following an initial report by Newsday on Monday.

Villante (17-11 MMA, 7-8 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over the span of his past four outings. After he defeated Francimar Barroso in January 2018, Villante dropped a split decision to Sam Alvey in June of the same year.

In October 2018, Villante earned a split-decision nod against Ed Herman. His most recent fight came in February, when Villante was finished by strikes in 94 seconds by Michal Oleksiejczuk.

As for Rothwell (37-12 MMA, 7-6 UFC), the Wisconsin-based big man is riding momentum from a controversial TKO victory at UFC on ESPN 7 in early December 2019. After striking Struve in the groin multiple times, Rothwell rallied to pick up a late second-round stoppage. The win snapped a three-fight losing streak.

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UFC 249 takes place April 18 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card streams on pay-per-view following prelims likely on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

With the addition, the UFC 249 lineup now includes:

Champ Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson – for lightweight title
Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
Uriah Hall vs. Ronaldo Souza
Ben Rothwell vs. Gian Villante

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Callout Collection: Who UFC on ESPN+ 23 winners want next – and how likely they’ll get them

“The Korean Zombie”, Volkan Oezdemir and Charles Jourdain were among those with specific names in mind for their next fight after UFC on ESPN+ 23.

Earning wins in the UFC is certainly no easy task, but what comes next is often even more important: the post-fight callout.

So after Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 23 event in Busan, South Korea, who took advantage of their time on the mic? See below for this week’s Callout Collection – and just how realistic each one is.

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First up, let’s take a look at the night’s prelim winners.

Alexandre Pantoja

Wants to fight:[autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag] (for the UFC flyweight title)

The callout: “I think that I’m the next in line for the title. I’ve shown it many times. Maybe it wasn’t my day in that fight (at UFC 240) against Deiveson, but I know I can come back better. My team and I we went over that fight many times. We analyzed it and saw what I could improve. There is always room for improvement, and I’m striving for perfection. I really hope Deiveson wins, and we are able to run it back, this time for the title.”

The reality: The UFC’s flyweight division is wide open once again following Henry Cejudo’s decision to relinquish the 125-pound title, and the crowning of a new champion when Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez meet on Feb. 29 will mark the beginning of a new era for the division.

Pantoja is certainly within touching distance of a title shot, but may actually be better off hoping for a Benavidez win, especially considering the recent form of the division’s other top contender, Jussier Formiga.

Formiga’s last outing saw him lose to Benavidez, which would seemingly give Pantoja a stronger case for the next shot if Benavidez captures the belt. But prior to that defeat, Formiga defeated Figueiredo which, you would assume, would make his case for the first shot more compelling if his fellow countryman wins the title in Norfolk.

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Next up, let’s check out the main card.

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