UFC 252 takes position this coming weekend, Aug. 15. And whilst it is hardly ever the blockbuster card UFC 251 used to be, it is a humdinger regardless, enjoying host to possibly essentially the most compelling heavyweight name combat in UFC historical past: Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier.
This would be the 3rd time the pair have confronted off in opposition to one any other with the UFC heavyweight name at the line, and there is an issue to be made that this combat will decide who’s the best heavyweight of all time. Cormier were given the simpler of Miocic with a primary spherical KO all over their first come upon. Miocic were given his revenge in the second one combat after brutalizing Cormier with frame photographs in a fourth spherical TKO.
Who will win within the rubber fit? It is extremely tricky to expect.
Oddsmakers agree. And, in spite of being principally a coin toss between those two international elegance heavyweights, I am selecting Cormier. Each are able to knocking out the opposite, however Cormier’s a former Olympic wrestler and whilst he opted to make use of his wrestling sparingly within the first two fights, he is overtly mentioned he plans to combat within the 3rd combat. That is dangerous information for Miocic, who used to be taken down and most commonly held there for almost all of the primary spherical of their final combat.
Past the principle tournament, UFC 252 has a couple of compelling fights. Emerging big name Sean O’Malley faces off in opposition to Marlon Vera — let’s examine if that hype teach helps to keep on rolling. Junior Dos Santos takes on Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a struggle between two of the heavyweight department’s toughest hitters. The ones fights on my own make UFC 252 price tuning in for.
Easy methods to watch UFC 252
This yr the UFC entered a brand new partnership with ESPN. That is nice information for the UFC and the growth of the game of MMA, however dangerous information for shopper selection. Particularly in case you are one of the vital UFC lovers who need to watch UFC reside in the United States.
In the United States, if you wish to understand how to look at UFC 252, you’ll be able to handiest to find the combat night time on PPV via ESPN Plus. The associated fee construction is a little bit complicated, however listed below are the choices to look at UFC on ESPN, in keeping with ESPN’s website.
- Present annually ESPN Plus subscribers can order the impending UFC combat for $65.
- Present per thirty days ESPN Plus subscribers will have the ability to both improve to an annual plan and purchase UFC PPV for $85 or acquire the power to look at the UFC tournament on PPV for $65 on its own.
- New ESPN Plus subscribers can purchase a package deal of 1 UFC PPV tournament (streaming in HD) and an ESPN Plus annual routine subscription for $85. The ESPN Plus annual ESPN subscription will autorenew after three hundred and sixty five days, at the cost of an ESPN Plus annual subscription on the time of autorenewal.
You’ll do all the above on the hyperlink beneath.
Get started time
US
- The primary card begins Aug. 15, 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT)
- The prelims get started Aug. 15, eight p.m. ET (five p.m. PT)
- The early prelims get started Aug. 15, 6 p.m. ET (three p.m. PT)
UK
- The primary card begins Aug. 16, three a.m. BST
- The prelims get started Aug. 16, 1 a.m. BST
- The early prelims get started Aug. 15, 11 p.m. BST
Australia
- The primary card begins Aug. 16, 12 p.m. AEDT
- The prelims get started Aug. 16, 10 a.m. AEDT
- The early prelims get started Aug. 16, eight a.m. AEDT
Struggle Card
The UFC themselves hasn’t finalised the overall card and, extra in particular, the main points on who’s combating at the primary card as opposed to the prelims, however listed below are all of the fights we all know are at the card at time of writing. We will replace later with more information.
- Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier
- Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera
- Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba
- Jim Miller vs. Vinc Pachel
- Ashley Yoder vs. Livinha Souza
- Chris Daukaus vs. Virna Jandiroba
- Herbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda
- TJ Brown vs. Danny Chaves