One of the most thrilling Encounter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history will reach its conclusion on Saturday.
In the co-main event, Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns will battle for the vacant lightweight title. Kamaru Usman recently vacated the title as he plans his move up to the walterweight division, leaving the top contenders to square off to crown a new champion. Burns is coming off a controversial decision loss to Jones, suffering the first defeat of his career in the process. Usman is on a three-fight winning streak, most recently knocking out Gilbert Burns .
Below are the confirmed bouts for the fight card that is still yet to announce a location less than a month out. Among the most interesting bouts is Jake Matthews vs. Diego Sanchez as Sanchez nears the end of his career. He won his most recent outing by disqualification after Michel Pereira landed an illegal knee. Because of that, he's won three of his last four fights.
TV channel: ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Live stream: UFC Fight Pass, ESPN+
Viewers have several options to watch UFC 258, at least in the early preliminary and preliminary bouts. ESPN and ESPN Deportes will carry coverage of the early preliminary bouts starting at 7 p.m.; viewers can also stream those fights with UFC Fight Pass and ESPN+. Once the event moves to the preliminaries, viewers can watch via ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. The main card will stream exclusively on ESPN+.
Early prelims: 7 p.m. ET
Prelims: 8 p.m. ET
Main card: 10 p.m. ET
The main card at UFC 257 is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. ET, though Miocic and Cormier will likely not fight until much later; the main card consists of five events, the last of which will be Miocic-Cormier.
Price (for current subscribers): $64.99
Price (with annual subscription bundle): $84.98
The UFC 258 pay-per-view amount is $64.99 for current subscribers to ESPN+, which requires a pre-existing subscription. Anyone else who wants to watch Miocic vs. Cormier must also pay for a subscription to ESPN+, which offers several bundling options, including $84.98 to view the fight and year-long access to ESPN+ โ a 25 percent decrease for normal ESPN+ subscriptions.
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Pricing worldwide varies by region and platform.
Main card
Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns โ for UFC Walterweight Championship
Uriah Hall vs Chris Weidman, Middleweight
Maycee Barber vs Alexa Grasso, Woman Flytweight
Kelvin Gastelum vs Ian Heinisch, Middleweight
Pedro Munhoz vs Jimmie Rivera, Bantamweight
Preliminary card
Cub Swanson vs. Daniel Pineda, Featherweight
Mackenzie Dern vs. Virna Jandiroba, Womenโs Strawweight
Tecia Torres vs. TBD, Womenโs Strawweight
Gavin Tucker vs. Billy Quarantillo, Featherweight
Sergey Spivak vs. Jared Vanderaa, Heavyweight
Karl Roberson vs. Dalcha Lungiambula, Middleweight
Li Jingliang vs. Dwight Grant, Welterweight
Chase Hooper vs. Peter Barrett, Featherweight