Dana White has pulled off the unthinkable, creating ‘Fight Island’ on a beach named Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. UFC 251 will kick off a month full of fights on Fight Island, where International fighters can compete during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have an absolutely stacked card tonight with the main event featuring UFC welterweight champion making his second title defense against Jorge Masvidal, who accepted this fight just six days ago.
UFC 251
Kamaru Usman (-264) vs. jorge Masvidal (+210)
- Date: Saturday, July 11
- Location: Fight Island, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
- Prelims: 8:00 pm ET
- Main Card: 10:00 pm ET
- Live Stream: ESPN+ (Sign Up Now)
Usman versus Masvidal is the fight that everyone wanted to see and the boss man, Dana White made it happen. The two have been feeding since January where they both were involved in a shouting match at the Superbowl.
UFC 251 fight card
Main Card
- Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal for the UFC Welterweight Championship
- Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Max Holloway for the UFC Featherweight Championship
- Petr Yan vs. José Aldo for the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship
- Jéssica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas; Women’s Strawweight
- Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant; Women’s Flyweight
Prelims
- Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiří Procházka; Light Heavyweight
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov; Welterweight
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry; Featherweight
- Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov; Lightweight
UFC Exclusively on ESPN+
ESPN is the exclusive destination for UFC and all of its pay-per-view events, meaning that you will have to have an ESPN+ subscription as well as purchase the PPV event. The fight alone is $64.99 but if you buy the Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ bundle and the fight it costs $84.98.
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