ESPN+ will host UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira, and will make the event that features some of UFC’s most exciting rising stars available for all ESPN+ subscribers at no added cost.
What’s Happening:
- On the eve of Halloween, ESPN+ will have a special treat for fight fans – offering up an ESPN+ Special Presentation of UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira, live from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and available to all ESPN+ subscribers at no added cost.
- The special presentation kicks off an eight day stretch that will see the two marquis UFC events, featuring four title fights, 29 fights, 24 top-15 ranked fighters. Just one week after UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira, the Octagon will be in New York’s Madison Square Garden for UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2. It is the first time in a decade that the UFC will feature two of its marquee events just one week apart (previous: UFC 137 and UFC 138, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 2011).
- UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira will stream exclusively on ESPN+ and give all subscribers a chance to watch the stacked UFC card featuring a thrilling pair of championship bouts plus some of the sport’s most exciting rising stars. In the main event, UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Błachowicz will take on no. 1 contender Glover Teixeira. In the co-main event, no. 3 bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen steps in against former Champion, and no. 1 contender, Petr Yan for the interim UFC bantamweight title.
- Also on the UFC 267 card:
- Islam Makhachev (no. 5) will bring his eight-fight lightweight unbeaten streak into the Octagon against no.6 lightweight Dan Hooker, who steps in on just one month notice, following his defeat of Nasrat Haqparast at UFC 266.
- The exciting and unbeaten welterweight Khamzat Chimaev will face Li Jinliang. Jinliang is coming off a “Performance of the Night” defeat of Santiago Ponzinibbo on Fight Island in January, while Chimaev’s unblemished record has yet to see a fight go beyond round two.
- Rising light heavyweight hopeful Magomed Ankalaev (no. 7) rides a six-fight win streak (including three first-round finishes, four total knockouts and three Performance of the Night nods) and will face fellow title-shot hopeful Volkan Oezdemir (no. 8).
- Rising heavyweight hopeful Marcin Tybura (no. 9) will bring a five-fight win streak into the Octagon and face the no. 5-ranked heavyweight Alexander Volkov, who is trying to climb back into title contention after a hard-fought, five-round loss to interim Champion Ciryl Gane.
- UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira
- Jan Blachowicz (C) vs. Glover Teixeira (UFC Light Heavyweight Championship)
- Petr Yan vs. Cory Sandhagen (UFC Interim Bantamweight Championship)
- Islam Makhachev vs. Dan Hooker
- Alexander Volkov vs. Marcin Tybura
- Li Jingliang vs. Khamzat Chimaev
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Volkan Oezdemir
- Amanda Ribas vs. Virna Jandiroba
- Ricardo Ramos vs. Zubaira Tukhugov
- Albert Duraev vs. Roman Kopylov
- Shamil Gamzatov vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. Lerone Murphy
- Hu Yaozong vs. Alen Amedovski
- Magomed Mustafaev vs. Damir Ismagulov
- Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Allan Nascimento
- UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 (Nov. 6, Madison Square Garden, ESPN+ PPV)
- One week later, on November 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York, UFC welterweight champion, and the UFC’s top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, Kamaru Usman will again defend his title against no.1 contender Colby Covington. Usman, who has not lost a fight since 2013, TKO’d Covington in the 5th round of a back-and-forth slugfest for his first defense of the welterweight title back in December of 2019. Covington is coming off a defeat of Tyron Woodley and looks to avenge his only loss since 2016.
- The co-main for UFC 268 will feature a rematch as well, when UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas defends her title against challenger Zhang Weili, who she took the title from in April in a stunning first round knockout.
- UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 will be exclusively on ESPN+ PPV and will go on sale following UFC 267.
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