One of the biggest UFC events of 2022 takes place at The World's Most Famous Arena when Israel Adesanya defends the UFC Middleweight Championship against the man who's beaten him twice (albeit in Kickboxing), Alex Pereira.
The UFC Women's Strawweight Championship will also be on the line as Carla Esparza defends her title against former champion, Weili Zhang in the evening's co-main event.
Fightful has you covered on if the four title bout competitors atop the marquee as well as the other 24 fighters on the card made weight.
Main Card (PPV, 10:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. PDT)
- Israel Adesanya (C) (185) vs. (#4) Alex Pereira (184.6) — UFC Middleweight Championship
- Carla Esparza (C) (114.8) vs. (#2) Zhang Weili (114.8) — UFC Women's Strawweight Championship
- (#2) Dustin Poirier (156) vs. (#5) Michael Chandler (155.8)
- (#12) Frankie Edgar (135.6) vs. Chris Gutierrez (136)
- (#12) Dan Hooker (155.8) vs. Claudio Puelles (155.2)
Prelims (ESPN News/ESPN+, 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT)
- Brad Riddell (155.6) vs. Renato Moicano (155.8)
- (#7) Dominick Reyes (205.4) vs. (#12) Ryan Spann (206.6)***
- (#12) Erin Blanchfield (125) vs. (#15) Molly McCann (125.4)
- Andre Petroski (185.8) vs. Wellington Turman (185.2)
Early Prelims (ESPN+, 6:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. PDT)
- Matt Frevola (154.8) vs. Ottman Azaitar (155.6)
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.6) vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez (115.6)
- Michael Trizano (147.6)*** vs. Seung Woo Choi (145.6)
- Julio Arce (135.8) vs. Montel Jackson (135.8)
- Carlos Ulberg (205.2) vs. Nicolae Negumereanu (206)
***Ryan Spann weighed in above the light heavyweight limit of 206 pounds and is fined 20% of his purse. The fight will proceed as scheduled.***
***Michael Trizano weighed in above the featherweight limit of 146 pounds and is fined 20% of his purse. The fight will proceed as scheduled.***
Fightful will have complete coverage of UFC 281 beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m, PDT on Saturday, November 12.
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