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The UFC has unveiled its official poster for the upcoming UFC 251 PPV in Abu Dhabi.
The UFC has released its official poster for UFC 251 with just three weeks to go until the premiere fight promotion makes its long awaited debut on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on July 11.
Check it out below, courtesy of the UFC’s official Instagram page.
“Now boarding for #UFCFightIsland ?? Your OFFICIAL #UFC251 poster has just dropped,” the UFC posted on Friday.
UFC 251 will feature a trio of title fights on the main card and promises to be one of the most stacked pay-per-view events of the year.
The first championship bout of the night will see Jose Aldo take on Petr Yan for the vacant bantamweight title, which is followed by an immediate rematch between newly-crowned featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former 145-pound titleholder Max Holloway. Then, to top things off in the main event, Kamaru Usman will put his welterweight title up for grabs against top-ranked contender Gilbert Burns, who is fresh off a dominant unanimous decision win over Tyron Woodley at UFC on ESPN 9.
The full fight card is as follows:
UFC 251 – July 11
Main Card | 10:00pm ET on PPV
- Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns – welterweight title fight
- Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway – featherweight title fight
- Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo – vacant bantamweight title fight
- Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas
- Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant
Preliminary Card | 8:00 pm ET on ESPN/ESPN+
- Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiri Prochazka
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry
- Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov
Early Prelims | 6 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+
- Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov
- Raulian Paiva vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Karol Rosa vs. Vanessa Melo
- Martin Day vs. Davey Grant