The Ultimate Fighting Championship is at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC 248. The eleven-fight card features two championship contests.
“The Last Style Bender” Israel Adesanya defends the UFC Middleweight for the first time against Yoel “Soldier of God” Romero in the nights main event.
Weili Zhang defends the women’s Strawweight for the first time against former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
ESPN+ PPV Main Event
- Middleweight Title Bout: (Champ) Israel Adesanya (19-0) def. Yoel Romero (13-5) by (49-46, 48-47 x2) unanimous decision
- Women’s Strawweight Title Bout: (Champ) Weili Zhang (21-1) def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) by (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) split decision
- Lightweight Bout: Beneil Dariush (18-4-1) def. Drakkar Klose (11-2-1) by KO (punches) 1:00 R2
- Welterweight Bout: Neil Magny (22-7) def. Jingliang Li (17-6) by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
- Welterweight Bout: Alex Oliveira (21-8-1) def. Max Griffin (15-8) by (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) split decision
ESPN Prelims
- Bantamweight Bout: Sean O’Malley (11-0) def. Jose Alberto Quinones (8-4) 2:02 R1
- Lightweight Bout: Mark O. Madsen (10-0) def. Austin Hubbard (11-4) By (29-28 x3) unanimous decision
- Middleweight Bout: Rodolfo Vieira (7-0) def . Saparbeg Safarov (9-3) by submission (arm triangle choke) 2:58 R1
- Middleweight Bout: Gerald Meerschaert (31-12) def. Deron Winn (6-2) by submission (rear naked choke) 2:13 R3
UFC Fight Pass Prelims
- Featherweight Bout: Giga Chikadze (9-2) def. Jamall Emmers (17-5) by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision
- Bantamweight Bout: Danaa Batgerel (6-2) def. Guido Cannetti (8-5) by TKO (punches) 3:01 R1
