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Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 271 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title will be on
the line at
UFC 271, as both Israel
Adesanya and Robert
Whittaker weighed 184 pounds for the highly-anticipated
rematch. While the headliners were professional, not every fighter on the
then-15-fight card managed to come in at their contracted weight or
even close to it. William
Knight missed the light heavyweight limit by a whopping 12
pounds, he received a 40% fine of his purse and his bout against
Maxim
Grishin was shifted to heavyweight as a result. Additionally,
Alex
Perez came in two pounds heavy for his flyweight bout against
Matt
Schnell, and that fight has been canceled.
This is the fourth attempted title defense for Adesanya (21-1), who
picked up the belt in 2019 by knocking out Whittaker (23-5). The
only defeat on the record of “The Last Stylebender” comes from a
light heavyweight bout against then-champion Jan
Blachowicz, where Adesanya dropped a decision to the much
larger fighter. The Nigerian martial artist bounced back with a
dominant win over Marvin
Vettori in June of last year.
Since losing the middleweight strap, Whittaker has bounced back
with three impressive victories. “Bobby Knuckles” won decisions
over Darren Till,
Jared
Cannonier and Kelvin
Gastelum to earn another crack at Adesanya. The Australian has
only lost once since June 2014.
UFC 271’s main card will stream on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT. Early prelims start at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on UFC
Fight Pass and ESPN+, while additional preliminary bouts air on
ESPN and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
UFC 271 Weigh-in Results:
Israel
Adesanya (184) vs. Robert
Whittaker (184)
Derrick
Lewis (266) vs. Tai Tuivasa
(265)
Derek
Brunson (185.5) vs. Jared
Cannonier (185)
Kyler
Phillips (136) vs. Marcelo
Rojo (136)
Bobby
Green (155.5) vs. Nasrat
Haqparast (156)
Andrei
Arlovski (246) vs. Jared
Vanderaa (265)
Roxanne
Modafferi (126) vs. Casey
O’Neill (125.5)
Alex
Perez (128)* vs. Matt
Schnell (126)
Maxim
Grishin (206) vs. William
Knight (218)**
Ronnie
Lawrence (136) vs. Leomana
Martinez (136)
Alexander
Hernandez (156) vs. Renato
Carneiro (156)
Fabio
Cherant (206) vs. Carlos
Ulberg (204)
A.J.
Dobson (185) vs. Jacob
Malkoun (186)
Douglas
Silva de Andrade (136) vs. Sergey
Morozov (135)
Mike
Mathetha (170) vs. Jeremiah
Wells (170.5)
* Perez missed weight by two pounds and the fight has been
canceled.
** Knight missed weight by 12 pounds and was fined 40% of his
purse.
