UFC 221 Fight Card

UFC 221 takes place this coming Saturday night, 10th February and we’ve got the full fight card for you below.

in the main event of the evening there’s interim middleweight title action as Luke Rockhold faces off against late replacement Yoel Romero, who came in a months notice after current champion Robert Whittaker withdrew from the contest.

In the co-main event there’s heavyweight action as veteran star Mark Hunt gets cleared to return to action against the 26-year-old Curtis Blaydes, who is unbeaten in his last four fights.

Australia’s own Tai Tuisava gets some main card shine in a heavyweight match-up with Cyril Asker, who so far has gone 2-2 inside the Octagon.

Another Aussie, Jake Matthews is also on-board as he looks to improve on his 5-3 UFC record against Li Jingliang, who is looking for his fifth win in a row.

Opening up the pay-per-view main card will be Tyson Pedro and Saparbek Safarov, who are both looking to bounce back from a loss in this light-heavyweight clash.

Check out the full UFC 221 fight card below.

Main Card (Pay-Per-View)

Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero
Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker
Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov

Prelims (FOX Sports 1)

Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim
Israel Adesanya vs. Rob Wilkinson
Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alex Volkanovski
Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen

UFC Fight Pass:

Ross Pearson vs. Mizuto Hirota
Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez
Luke Jumeau vs. Daichi Abe

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