Newly-minted Light Heavyweight champion, Jiri Prochazka, has vacated his belt because of a shoulder injury (full details here). Former division champion, Glover Teixeira, turned down the opportunity to compete for the belt, paving the way for top-ranked contenders Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev to battle for the 205-pound strap atop the promotion’s year-end pay-per-view (PPV) extravaganza. UFC 282 will also feature the highly-anticipated returns of rising stars Paddy Pimblett and Bryce Mitchell (in separate bouts).
Event: UFC 282: “Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev”
Date: Sat., Dec. 10, 2022
Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Start time(s): ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)
UFC 282 PPV Main Event On ESPN+:
205 lbs.: Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev
UFC 282 PPV Main Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon
180 lbs.: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Alex Morono — (not Robbie Lawler)
185 lbs.: Dricus du Plessis vs. Darren Till
145 lbs.: Bryce Mitchell vs. Ilia Topuria
UFC 282 ESPN2/ESPN+ ‘Prelims’ Card (8 p.m. ET):
265 lbs.: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Chris Daukaus
135 lbs.: Jay Perrin vs. Raul Rosas Jr.
185 lbs.: Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dalcha Lungiambula
185 lbs.: Chris Curtis vs. Joaquin Buckley205 lbs.: Ovince Saint Preux vs. Antonio Trocoli — CANCELED (details here)
UFC 282 ESPN+ Early ‘Prelims’ Card (6 p.m. ET):
145 lbs.: Billy Quarantillo vs. Alexander Hernandez
145 lbs.: T.J. Brown vs. Erik Silva125 lbs.: Daniel da Silva vs. Vinicius Salvador — CANCELED (details here)
135 lbs.: Cameron Saaiman vs. Steven Koslow
*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change.*
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 282 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 (on ESPN2/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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