Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently held a special pre-fight media day for the upcoming UFC 259: “Blachowicz vs Adesanya” pay-per-view (PPV) event, going down on March 6, 2021 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Taking center stage was Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who collides with current Light Heavyweight champion, Jan Blachowicz, in a 205-pound title fight. “The Last Styelbender” hopes to become the promotion’s latest champ-champ, while Blachowicz is in search of his first-ever title defense.
Also getting some media love were co-headliners Amanda Nunes and Megan Anderson, who will collide in a women’s Featherweight title fight, while Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling finally got the chance to come face-to-face ahead of their Bantamweight title fight.
Watch them staredown below:
“You can’t hit what you can’t see.”
@PetrYanUFC vs @FunkmasterMMA is IMPOSSIBLE to disappoint.
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— UFC (@ufc) March 4, 2021
For legacy! For gold!
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— UFC (@ufc) March 4, 2021
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 259 fight card right here, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. ET, then the remaining undercard balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
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