Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 290: “Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (July 8, 2023) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the final stop for combat sports fans during “International Fight Week.”
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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).
To help prepare fans (and media) for the upcoming fight card, the promotion is holding a special UFC 290 media day, LIVE in the embedded video above at 12:45 p.m. ET, which includes appearances from reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski and newly-crowned interim titleholder Yair Rodriguez, among others.
Here’s the full list of UFC 290 media day participants:
Alexander Volkanovski – UFC featherweight champion
Yair Rodriguez – Interim UFC featherweight champion
Brandon Moreno – UFC flyweight champion
Alex Pantoja – No. 2 ranked UFC flyweight
Robert Whittaker – No. 2 ranked UFC middleweight
Dricus Du Plessis – No. 6 ranked UFC middleweight
Jalin Turner – No. 10 ranked UFC lightweight
Dan Hooker – No. 11 UFC lightweight
Bo Nickal – UFC middleweight
Valentine Woodbury – UFC middleweight
Robbie Lawler – UFC welterweight
Niko Price – UFC welterweight
Lineup and availability subject to change.
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 290 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 bouts on ABC/ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
To check out the latest and greatest UFC 290: “Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive event archive right here. For the updated and finalized UFC 290 fight card and PPV lineup click here.
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