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.
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
