UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

 UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Live Stream

Sat, 6 March 2021

Prevailing UFC welterweight champion Jan Blachowicz will confront probably the hardest test to date on march 7, as he meets previous colleague Israel Adesanya in the headliner of UFC 259.

UFC 259 FIGHT DATE, START TIME

Date: Saturday, March 6

Time: 6:00 p.m. ET

Main event: 12:30 a.m. ET

WHERE IS UFC 259:

UFC 259 will take place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, without fans in attendance due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

This will be both Blachowicz and Adesanya's first fight at the UFC Apex. Both have had one fight during the pandemic on Fight Island, off the Abu Dhabi coast. 

JAN BLACHOWICZ RECORD AND BIO: 

Nationality: Polish

Born: February 24, 1983 

Height: 6-2

Reach: 78 inches

Total fights: 35

Record: 27-8 

ISRAEL ADESANYA RECORD AND BIO:

Nationality: Nigerian

Born: July 22, 1989

Height: 6-4

Reach: 80 inches

Total fights: 20

Record: 20-0

UFC 259 FIGHT CARD:

Main card:

Jan Błachowicz (c) vs. Israel Adesanya for Blachowicz's Light Heavyweight title

Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Megan Anderson for Nunes' Women's Featherweight title

Petr Yan (c) vs. Aljamain Sterling for Yan's Bantamweight title

Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober; Lightweight 

Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakić; Light Heavyweight 

Preliminary card:

Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney; Bantamweight 

Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips; Bantamweight 

Joseph Benavidez vs. Askar Askarov; Flyweight

Rogério Bontorin vs. Kai Kara-France; Flyweight 

Lívia Renata Souza vs. Amanda Lemos; Women’s Strawweight 

Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa; Flyweight 

Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg; Light Heavyweight 

Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews; Welterweight 

Uroš Medić vs. Aalon Cruz; Lightweight 

Mario Bautista vs. Trevin Jones; Bantamweigh

Early Prelims:

Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa, flyweight

Kennedy Zzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg, light heavyweight

Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews, welterweight

Livia Renata Souza vs. Amanda Lemos, strawweight

Uros Medic vs. Aalon Cruz, lightweight

Mario Bautista vs. Trevin Jones, bantamweight

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