UFC 282 goes down at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, December 10th, 2022. The Thirteen-fight main card will be available for purchase from ESPN for North American customers, with the preliminary and early preliminary card taking place on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass, respectively. The entire card will be streamed for UK fans on BT Sports, included for free with your subscription.
The UFC 282 main event features a light-heavyweight war for the vacant title between former champ #2 Jan Blachowicz (29-9) and the streaking #3 ranked contender Magomed Ankalaev (18-1). Blachowicz looks to reclaim his belt after losing it to Glover Teixeira at UFC 267 and stop the dangerous Ankalaev, who has won nine straight with the organization, with his only loss coming in 2018, his first UFC matchup with submission specialist Paul Craig.
The co-main event hosts a lightweight showdown between rising star Paddy Pimblett (19-3) and veteran Jared Gordon (19-5). Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-6) returns to action to take on short notice replacement Alex Morono (22-7) in a catchweight bout. Darren Till (18-4-1) takes on Driscus Du Plessis (17-2) in a ranked middleweight contest, while Bryce Mitchell (15-0) finally gets his look at Ilia Topuria (12-0) in a featherweight bout for the main card opener.
All the hard-hitting main event action takes place at 3 am GMT/10 pm EST, preceded by a star-studded preliminary card which begins at 10:30 pm GMT/5:30 pm EST. The entire fight card is available below.
UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev Fight Card
Main Card – 3 am GMT/10 pm EST – BT Sport, PPV
- #2 Jan Blachowicz vs #3 Magomed Ankalaev LHW (Championship bout)
- Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon LW
- Alec Morono vs Santiago Ponzinibbio WW
- #9 Darren Till vs #13 Dricus du Plessis MW
- #9 Bryce Mitchell vs #14 Ilia Topuria FW
Preliminary Card – 1 am GMT/8 pm EST – BT Sport, ESPN
- #9 Jairzinho Rozenstruick vs #11 Chris Daukaus HW
- Raul Rosas Jr. vs Jay Perrin BW
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs Dalcha Lungiambula MW
- #14 Chris Curtis vs Joaquin Buckley MW
Early Preliminary Card – 10:30 pm GMT/5:30 pm EST – BT Sport, UFC Fight Pass
- Billy Quarantillo vs Alexander Hernandez FW
- TJ Brown vs Erik Silva FW
- Vinivius Salvador vs Daniel da Silva FLW
- Cameron Saaiman vs Steven Koslow BW
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