Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a LIVE media day this afternoon for the upcoming UFC 259: “Blachowicz vs. Adesanya” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (March 6, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The major players attached to the main card like Jan Blachowicz, Amanda Nunes, and Petr Yan will not be participating in today’s event; rather, they’ll join the UFC 259 press conference tomorrow afternoon (March 4) along with Israel Adesanya, Megan Anderson, and Aljamain Sterling.
Today’s list of attendees includes:
Islam Makhachev – No. 14 UFC lightweight
Drew Dober – UFC lightweight
Thiago Santos – No. 2 UFC light heavyweight
Aleksandar Rakic – No. 4 UFC light heavyweight
Dominick Cruz – No. 11 UFC bantamweight
Casey Kenney – UFC bantamweight
Song Yadong – No. 14 UFC bantamweight
Kyler Phillips – UFC bantamweight
Joseph Benavidez – No. 2 UFC flyweight
Askar Askarov – No. 3 UFC flyweight
Tim Elliott – No. 12 UFC flyweight
Jordan Espinosa – UFC flyweight
The live stream begins at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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