Video: UFC 271 cold open released for Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker 2
UFC president Dana White has released the UFC 271 cold open video, which features the highly anticipated rematch between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker.
The video, with actor and regular UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman, features promotion for both the main event between Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) and Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and the heavyweight co-main event between fan favorites Derrick Lewis (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) and Tai Tuivasa (14-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC).
Check out the UFC 271 cold open video below above.
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UFC 271 takes place Saturday at Toyota Center in Houston. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
MAIN CARD (ESPN+ pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker – for middleweight title
Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa
Derek Brunson vs. Jared Cannonier
Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano
Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa
Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O’Neill
Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
Fabio Cherant vs. Carlos Ulberg
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Ronnie Lawrence vs. Mana Martinez
AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
Blood Diamond vs. Jeremiah Wells
Maxim Grishin vs. William Knight