UFC 282 headliner Jan Blachowicz is set to recapture the UFC Middle Heavyweight title. He will face the dangerous Magomed Ankalaev on December 10 for the vacant title.
The fight will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Blachowicz and Ankalaev will battle for gold after champion Jiri Prochazka relinquished the belt after suffering an injury. Prochazka was going to defend the belt in his rematch against Glover Teixeira.
Blachowicz, who was on the plane to Las Vegas when the news broke, prepared for a bout that was upgraded to five rounds at the last minute.
Blachowicz won the UFC Middle Heavyweight title against Dominick Reyes in 2020 . After losing the belt to Teixeira in 2021, his last fight was a TKO victory in May over Aleksandar Rakic.
Anakalev made his professional debut in 2014. Since losing his UFC debut in 2018 against Paul Craig, Ankalaev has won nine straight. His last fight was a TKO victory against Anthony Smith in July.
What time is UFC 282 with Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev and Ponzinibbio vs. Morono? Day and hours
- Day: Saturday, December 10
- Fight Pass Preliminaries: 17:15 CDMX | 18:15 ET | 20:15 Argentina | 0:15 on Sunday in Spain.
- Preliminaries: 19:00 CDMX | 20:00 ET | 10:00 pm Argentina | 2:00 on Sunday in Spain.
- Main match card: 21:00 CDMX | 22:00 ET | 0:00 on Sunday in Argentina | 4:00 on Sunday in Spain.
- Background combat: 23:15 CDMX | 0:15 am Sunday ET | 2:15 on Sunday in Argentina | 6:15 on Sunday in Spain.
Where and how to watch UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev and Ponzinibbio vs. Morono? TV channels and online streaming
TV channels
- Mexico: Fox Sports (preliminaries), Fox Sports Premium (whole event)
- Spain: Eurosport
- Argentina: Fox Sports (preliminaries only).
- United States: ESPN2 (prelims only).
Streaming
- Argentina and the rest of Latin America, except Chile and Mexico: Star+ and UFC Fight Pass
- Mexico: ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass
- United States: ESPN+ (with $74.99 pay-per-view for the main card).
- Spain: Eurosport Player and UFC Fight Pass.
UFC 282 undercard
Main match card
- Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev for the UFC light heavyweight title
- Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon, lightweight
- Alex Morono vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio, welterweight
- Darren Till vs. Dricus du Plessis, middleweight
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Ilia Topuria, featherweight
Preliminaries
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Chris Daukaus, heavyweight
- Raúl Rosas Jr. vs. Jay Perrin, bantamweight
- Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dalcha Lungiambula, middleweight
- Chris Curtis vs. Joaquin Buckley, middleweight
