UFC 259 – The next monumental event of the first quarter of 2021 – finally determined the location. According to the announcement from UFC President Dana White, UFC 259 will be held in Las Vegas, inside the UFC UFC APEX complex on March 6.
UFC 259 is expected to attract viewers not inferior to UFC 257, with the lead of 3 couples of championship struggle, with the appearance of 4 defending champions, a superfight match two weight classes. In addition to UFC, UFC 259 boxers, coaches and employees, a special guest and a lucky fan can be inside UFC Apex and watching the entire event as the only audience / guest.
The confrontation between the defending champion of Light Heavyweight Jan Blachowicz and the defending champion of Middlewaight Israel Adesanya is the focus of UFC 259. This is the first time a Middleweight champion has stepped on the Light Heavyweight in the hope of becoming a two -class champion. This is also the first belt protection of Jan Blachowicz.
In addition to the Superfight match 2 weight class, at UFC 259 there are still 2 other championship matches. The Featherweight Champion of Women Amanda Nunes will protect the belt against Megan Anderson; And the new Bantamweight Petr Yan will clash with Aljamain Sterling.
Fight Card UFC 259
Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya – Light Heavyweight belt painting
Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson – Women's Featherweight Belt
Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling – Bantamweight belt
Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney
Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober
Joseph Benavidez vs. Askar Askarov
Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg
Kai Kara-France vs. Rogerio Bonterin
Randy Costa vs. Trevin Jones
Livinha Souza vs. Amanda Lemos
Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips
Jordan Espinosa vs. Heart Elliott