The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be heading to Houston for
the third time in less than a year early in 2022.
UFC 271 will take place in Houston on Feb. 12, according to
multiple outlets.
MMAjunkie.com was first to bring word of the location for the
pay-per-view event. UFC 262 on May 15 and UFC 265 on Aug. 7 both
took place at the Toyota Center.
The UFC announced a
multi-event partnership with the venue earlier this year,,
which included a “prospective” pay-per-view card in 2022, so it’s
likely that the Toyota Center will again be the destination of
choice.
The Las Vegas-based promotion hasn’t officially announced UFC 271.
A middleweight championship rematch between Israel
Adesanya and Robert
Whittaker is rumored to be the headliner for the event. A
handful of bouts have been reported for the card, including
Roxanne
Modafferi vs. Casey
O’Neill, Carlos
Ulberg vs. Fabio
Cherant and Douglas
Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey
Morozov.