Watch and live stream UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman 3 on UK & U.S. TV. The trilogy bout between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman headlines the event - here's how you can watch
🔴📺👉 WATCH UFC 286 FIGHT LIVE
🔴📺👉 WATCH UFC 286 FIGHT LIVE
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to the UK with Leon Edwards set to defend his welterweight title for the first time. Edwards, 31, won the belt back in August 2022 after defeating Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 thanks to a fifth-round knockout.
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UFC 268 will take place at The O2 in London, the first UFC event at The O2 since the Fight Night headlined by Blaydes vs Aspinall in July 2022.
Elsewhere on the main card, former Interim Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje fights for the first time since his defeat to Charles Oliveira at UFC 274 in May 2022. His opponent Rafael Fiziev comes into the bout off the back of a six fight win streak.
Event: UFC 286
Date: March 18, 2023
Prelims start time: 7pm GMT / 3pm ET
Main card start time: 9pm GMT / 5pm ET
TV & stream: ESPN+ / BT Sport
UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman US live stream, TV channel, start time
Early Preliminaries for UFC 286 will start at 1pm ET and 10am PT in the States.
Prelims get underway from 3pm ET and 12pm PT.
Main card for the event starts at 5pm ET and 2pm PT.
Early Preliminaries and Prelims are available on ESPN and ESPN+. The Main Card will be available exclusively on ESPN+ PPV.
UFC 286: Edwards vs Usman UK live stream, TV channel, start time
Early Preliminaries for UFC 286 will start at 7pm in the UK and will be available on UFC Fight Pass.
Proceedings will then switch over to BT Sport Box Office for the main card at 9pm. Customers can buy the fight for £19.95.
UFC 286 takes place Saturday headlined by two tile bouts, and MMA Junkie Radio’s “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” will host a live streaming watch-along right here, which kicks off at 3 p.m. ET.
In the main event, welterweight champion Leon Edwards (20-3 MMA, 12-2 UFC) and Kamaru Usman (20-2 MMA, 15-1 UFC) run it back for a trilogy fight after Edwards shockingly knocked out Usman last August to claim the title. And in the co-main event, lightweight contenders Justin Gaethje (23-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) and Rafael Fiziev (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) square off in a pivotal bout at 155 pounds.
UFC 286 takes place Saturday at The O2 in London. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
Below is the lineup of fights included in the watch-along:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 5 p.m. ET)
Champ Leon Edwards (170) vs. Kamaru Usman (170) – for welterweight title
Rafael Fiziev (156) vs. Justin Gaethje (156)
Bryan Barberena (171) vs. Gunnar Nelson (170)
Jennifer Maia (125) vs. Casey O’Neill (125)
Roman Dolidze (186) vs. Marvin Vettori (185.5)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews/ESPN+, 3 p.m. ET)
Makwan Amirkhani (146) vs. Jack Shore (146)
Chris Duncan (156) vs. Omar Morales (156)
Yanal Ashmoz (155) vs. Sam Patterson (155.5)
Jafel Filho (125.5) vs. Muhammad Mokaev (126)
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 286.
Story originally appeared on MMA Junkie
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