One of the most thrilling Encounter in Ultimate Fighting Championship history will reach its conclusion on Saturday.
In the co-main event, Israel Adesanya vs Jan Blachowicz will battle for the vacant light heavyweight title. Israel Adesanya 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. Blachowicz is coming off a controversial decision loss to Jones, suffering the first defeat of his career in the process. Adesanya is on a three-fight winning streak, most recently knocking out Blachowicz.
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 259, 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 259 is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. ET, though Adesanya and Blachowicz will likely not fight until much later; the main card consists of five events, the last of which will be Adesanya-Blachowicz.
Price (for current subscribers): $64.99
Price (with annual subscription bundle): $84.98
The UFC 259 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+ — a 25 percent decrease for normal ESPN+ subscriptions.
Click here to learn about the different pricing and bundling options with the ESPN+ platform.
Pricing worldwide varies by region and platform.
Main card
Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship
Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling UFC Bantamweight Championship
Preliminary card
Aleksandar Rakic vs. Thiago Santos
Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
Drew Dober vs. Islam Makhachev
Askar Askarov vs. Joseph Benavidez
Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
Randy Costa vs. Trevin Jones
Aalon Cruz vs. Uros Medic
Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
Amanda Lemos vs. Livinha Souza
Kyler Phillips vs. Song Yadong
Rogerio Bontorin vs. Kai Kara-France
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg