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Ladies and gentlemen, it is officially UFC 257 fight day as the Ultimate Fighting Championship holds its first pay-per-view of the year. Conor McGregor makes his highly-anticipated return to action in a rematch against Dustin Poirier.
The two first met six years ago with McGregor making quick work of Poirier on his rise to the top, and he will be looking to repeat that performance while Poirier hopes to get his revenge and stake his claim to the next lightweight title shot.
In the co-main event, two other top lightweight challengers go head-to-head when Dan Hooker welcomes Michael Chandler to the UFC.
Ahead of the event, the UFC dropped the pay-per-view cold open narrated by Ron Perlman to get you hyped.
You can check out the cold open for the pay-per-view below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTiXDgDqUw0
Ron Perlman helps us kick off 2021 in style with his narration of the UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2 cold open. The UFC 257 main card starts at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday night.
UFC 257: Fight Time & Viewing Details
Event: UFC 257: McGregor vs. Poirier 2
Date: Saturday, January 23
Location: YAS Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Venue: UFC Fight Island
Main Card Card Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
Broadcast: Pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+
UFC 257 Fight Card
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJmypWeGS4
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10:00 p.m. ET)
- Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Conor McGregor (155)
- Michael Chandler (156) vs. Dan Hooker (156)
- Joanne Calderwood (126) vs. Jessica Eye (126)
- Ottman Azaitar ()* vs. Matt Frevola (155.5)
- Amanda Ribas (156) vs. Marina Rodriguez (116)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8:00 p.m. ET)
- Nasrat Haqparast ()**** vs. Arman Tsarukyan (157)**
- Antonio Carlos Junior (185) vs. Brad Tavares (185.5)
- Sara McMann (135) vs. Julianna Pena (136)
- Marcin Prachnio (206) vs. Khalil Rountree (206)***
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- Makhmud Muradov (186) vs. Andrew Sanchez (186)
- Movsar Evloev (150) vs. Nik Lentz (150)
- Amir Albazi (126) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (126)
* Ottman Azaitar did not weigh in and was ruled out of his fight vs. Matt Frevola
** Arman Tsarukyan missed lightweight limit by 3 pounds; given one additional hour and missed weight by one pound.
*** Khalil Rountree missed light heavyweight limit by 0.5 pounds on first attempt, but made weight on his second attempt.
**** Nasrat Haqparast did not weigh in and was ruled out of his fight vs. Tsarukyan due to illness
