UFC 251 Date, Start Time, How To Watch, Live Stream and Fight Card, Including Kamaru Usman, Jose Aldo and Paige VanZant
Network: ESPN, ESPN+
Venue: Fight Island
Location: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Event Date: July 11, 2020 at 6:15pm EDT
Main Card (10pm EST., ESPN+)
MAIN CARD
UFC Welterweight Championship
Kamaru Usman (16-1) (c) vs. Gilbert Burns (19-3)
UFC Featherweight Championship
Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) (c) vs. Max Holloway (21-5)
UFC Bantamweight Championship
Jose Aldo (28-6) vs. Petr Yan (14-1)
Jessica Andrade (20-7) vs. Rose Namajunas (8-4)
Paige VanZant (8-4) vs. Amanda Ribas (9-1)
Preliminary Card (6:15pm EST., ESPN)
Volkan Oezdemir (17-4) vs. Jiri Prochazka (26-3-1)
Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos (22-6) vs. Muslim Salikhov (16-2)
Makwan Amirkhani (15-4) vs. Danny Henry (12-3)
Leonardo Santos (17-3-1) vs. Roman Bogatov (10-0)
Alexander Romanov (11-0) vs. Marcin Tybura (18-6)
Raulian Paiva (19-3) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-3)
Karol Rosa (12-3) vs. Vanessa Melo (10-7)
Martin Day (9-3) vs. Davey Grant (9-4)
UFC 251: TV and live stream
While TV details are yet to be officially confirmed, UK fight fans will be able to catch all of the action on BT Sport on TV for subscribers.
The show will be live streamed on BT Sport’s website and app.
It has not been confirmed as of yet whether it will be on BT Sport Box Office and thus a pay-per-view event.
The early prelims will be shown on UFC’s Fight Pass for subscribers as normal.
In the US, all prelim bouts will be simulcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ in English and Spanish.
The main event on ESPN+ will be pay-per-view in the US.
UFC 251: What has been said?
On ‘Fight Island’, Dana White said: “We came up with the idea of having fights on ‘Fight Island’ because we needed a destination to hold international events during the global pandemic.
“Abu Dhabi has been an amazing location to hold fights over the past 10 years and it is the perfect place for these events.
“The infrastructure we are building will be such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the fighters that’s never been done before – from the arena, the private training facility, and the Octagon on the island – it’s going to be an experience that none of us will ever forget.
“I can’t wait to deliver amazing fights from Yas island.”