Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding a special pre-fight media day for the upcoming UFC 281 pay-per-view (PPV) event, headlined by the middleweight title fight pitting reigning 185-pound kingpin Israel Adesanya against longtime kickboxing rival Alex Pereira, streaming LIVE at 9:45 a.m. ET in the embedded video player above.
UFC 281, taking place this Sat. night (Nov. 12) at Madison Square Garden in New York City, will also feature current strawweight titleholder Carla Esparza defending her 115-pound strap against former division champion Zhang Weili. In addition, lightweight warriors Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler settle their score at 155 pounds in what could be a potential “Fight of the Year” candidate.
Here is today’s UFC 281 media day schedule:
9:45 a.m. Chris Gutierrez
10 a.m. Alex Pereira
10:15 a.m. Michael Chandler
10:30 a.m. Zhang Weili
10:45 a.m. Claudio Puelles
11 a.m. Molly McCann
11:15 a.m. Julio Arce
11:30 a.m. Ottman Azaitar
11:45 a.m. Wellington Turman
12 p.m. Ryan Spann
12:15 p.m. Dan Hooker
12:30 p.m. Renato Moicano
12:45 p.m. Israel Adesanya
1 p.m. Carla Esparza
1:15 p.m. Dustin Poirier
1:30 p.m. Andre Petroski
1:45 p.m. Frankie Edgar
2 p.m. Brad Riddell
2:15 p.m. Erin Blanchfield
2:30 p.m. Michael Trizano
2:45 p.m. Dominick Reyes
3 p.m. Matt Frevola
The UFC 281 pre-fight press conference airs later today at 6 p.m. ET.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 281 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN+/ESPNews at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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