Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC 281 ceremonial weigh ins (video replay here), held in advance of the “Adesanya vs. Pereira” pay-per-view (PPV) fight card this Sat. night (Nov. 12, 2022) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC 281 will be headlined by the middleweight title fight pitting reigning 185-pound kingpin Israel Adesanya against longtime kickboxing rival Alex Pereira, a five-round showdown that follows the women’s strawweight contest between current 115-pound champion Carla Esparza and former division titleholder Zhang Weili. Elsewhere on the card, lightweight gladiators Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler collide at 155 pounds.
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MASSIVE MIDDLEWEIGHT MATCH! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) makes its highly anticipated return to Sydney, Australia, for the first time in five years on Sat., Sept. 9, 2023, with a 185-pound world title fight inside Qudos Bank Arena. In the ESPN+-streamed pay-per-view (PPV) main event, Middleweight roost-ruler, Israel Adesanya, plans to silence No. 5-seeded contender, Sean Strickland. In UFC 293’s hard-hitting Heavyweight co-main event, No-6-ranked fan favorite, Tai Tuivasa, locks horns with towering Russian, Alexander Volkov (No. 8).
Check out their staredown videos from the UFC 281 ceremonial weigh ins below:
Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira:
It doesn't get much bigger than this @Stylebender defends his title against @AlexPereiraUFC on the world's largest stage!
— UFC (@ufc) November 11, 2022
[ #UFC281 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/nzONUJLFtk ] pic.twitter.com/okQtTtGwvv
Carla Esparza vs. Zhang Weili:
@CarlaEsparza1 puts her crown on the line against @MMAWeili!
— UFC (@ufc) November 11, 2022
[ #UFC281 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/nzONUJu44K ] pic.twitter.com/TXmeFACBxG
Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler:
The wait is almost over, @DustinPoirier & @MikeChandlerMMA are coming to steal the show!
— UFC (@ufc) November 11, 2022
[ #UFC281 | Tomorrow | Live on ESPN+ PPV: https://t.co/nzONUJLFtk ] pic.twitter.com/cYobq315wN
Get official UFC 281 weigh-in results and video replay here.
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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