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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Fight Card and Start Times

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Fight Card and Start Times

UFC 290 takes place this weekend from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez. Find the entire UFC 290 fight card and start times below.

In the UFC 290 main event, UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski will hope to continue his reign over the division against interim Champion Yair Rodriguez. After defending his title four times, Volkanovski challenged Islam Makhachev for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 284 and, despite losing, looked better than ever in a very close fight. He now returns to the Featherweight division, where he is undefeated across his entire career.

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Across from Volkanovsi will be Mexican challenger Yair Rodriguez, who claimed the interim UFC Featherweight Championship in the co-main event of UFC 284 with a dominant second-round submission of Josh Emmett. Before that bout, Rodriguez defeated Brian Ortega via TKO after Ortega suffered a shoulder injury from a grappling exchange. Rodriguez hopes to follow in the footsteps of Brandon Moreno and Alexa Grasso by becoming an undisputed Mexican UFC Champion.

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In the UFC 290 co-main event, Moreno will look to defend his UFC Flyweight Championship against Alexandre Pantoja, who has previously beaten Moreno on TUF 24 and in the UFC. Moreno has defeated Kai Kara-France and Deiveson Figueiredo in his past two bouts by TKO and looks to be entering the prime of his career at 29 years old. Pantoja enters his first title shot on a three-fight win streak, with victories over Manel Kape, Brandon Royval, and Alex Perez.

On a stacked International Fight Week PPV main card, former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker faces rising contender Dricus du Plessis in a title eliminator bout, Jalin Turner takes on Dan Hooker in a ranked Lightweight matchup, and wrestling phenom Bo Nickal faces undefeated short-notice replacement Val Woodburn.

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The rest of the UFC 290 fight card features the likes of Robbie Lawler, Niko Price, Yazmin Jauregui, Jimmy Crute, Alonzo Menifield, Vitor Petrino, Cameron Saaiman, Shannon Ross, Esteban Ribovics, and Tatsuro Taira.

Who is fighting at UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez?

Main Card: 10pm ET/12pm AEST/2am GMT on PPV

Alexander Volkanovski (C) (25-2-0) vs. Yair Rodriguez (IC) (16-3-0, 1NC) for the UFC Featherweight Championship
Brandon Moreno (C) (21-6-2) vs. Alexandre Pantoja (25-5-0) for the UFC Flyweight Championship
Robert Whittaker (25-6-0) vs. Dricus du Plessis (19-2-0)
Jalin Turner (13-6-0) vs. Dan Hooker (22-12-0)
Bo Nickal (4-0-0) vs. Val Woodburn (7-0-0)

Prelims: 8pm ET/10am AEST/12am GMT

Robbie Lawler (29-16-0, 1NC) vs. Niko Price (15-6-0, 2NC)
Tatsuro Taira (13-0-0) vs. Edgar Chairez (10-4-0)
Yazmin Jauregui (10-0-0) vs. Denise Gomes (7-2-0)
Jimmy Crute (12-3-1) vs. Alonzo Menifield (13-3-1)

Early Prelims: 6pm ET/8am AEST/10pm GMT

Vitor Petrino (8-0-0) vs. Marcin Prachnio (16-6-0)
Cameron Saaiman (8-0-0) vs. Terrence Mitchell (15-2-0)
Shannon Ross (13-7-0) vs. Jesus Aguilar (8-2-0)
Kamuela Kirk (12-5-0) vs. Esteban Ribovics (11-1-0)

*UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez fight card, and bout order are subject to change.

When does UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez start?

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez takes place this Saturday, 8 July (Sunday, 9 July in Australia), from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view main card begins at 12pm AEST/2am GMT with an expected run time of approximately 3 hours. The early prelims begin at 8am AEST/10pm GMT, with the prelims taking place from 10am AEST/12am GMT.

Where can you watch UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez?

UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez takes place on UFC PPV, available from all the usual distributors. The PPV costs $59.95 in Australia and can be purchased through Foxtel’s Main Event, Kayo and UFC Fight Pass. The UFC 290 prelims are live and free on ESPN, with the early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

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One response to “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Fight Card and Start Times”

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    Pattylain

    Keen for this week one