Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker fight for the second time in the main event of UFC 271 as the former defends the middleweight title he won from the latter in their first meeting.
The Last Stylebender won the strap from Whittaker in October 2019 and has since defended it against Yoel Romero, Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori.
The Reaper has not been idly waiting for a rematch, instead beating Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum to take serious momentum into his second crack at Adesanya.
The middleweight title is the only belt on the line in Houston, but hometown hero Derrick Lewis is chief support in a heavyweight banger against Tai Tuivasa.
When is UFC 271?
The event is on Saturday 12 February at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, but coverage in the UK begins at 1am on Sunday 13 February.
UFC 271 fight card
Main Card
Israel Adesanya (c) vs Robert Whittaker – UFC Middeweight Championship
Derrick Lewis vs Tai Tuivasa
Jared Cannonier vs Derek Brunson
Alexander Hernandez vs Renato Moicano
Bobby Green vs Nasrat Haqparast
Preliminary card
Andrei Arlovski vs Jared Vanderaa
Roxanne Modafferi vs Casey O’Neill
Kyler Phillips vs Marcelo Rojo
Carlos Ulberg vs Fabio Cherant
Early prelims
Leomana Martinez vs Ronnie Lawrence
A.J. Dobson vs Jacob Malkoun
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs Sergey Morozov
Jeremiah Wells vs Mike Mathetha
William Knight vs Maxim Grishin
How to watch UFC 271
BT Sport 1 will be showing the fight card live, with streaming available to subscribers on BT Sport Player and the BT Sport app.
Coverage of the prelims begins at 1am and the main card at 3am.
The main event is likely to be on at around 5am in the UK.
UFC 271 odds
1/3 Adesanya vs Whittaker 9/4
8/15 Lewis vs Tuivasa 6/4
4/7 Cannonier vs Brunson 11/8
Odds courtesy of Betfair
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