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Darragh Culhane

What time and TV channel is UFC 271 on tonight in Ireland?

The UFC returns to action tonight as fans will be in for a treat with Israel Adesanya in action.

The Nigerian born fighter was last in action last June and will face Robert Whittaker for the second time in his career.

The UFC middleweight champion will have his work cut out as his opponent has only lost one fight since 2014 with that fight being against Adesanya.

Here is everything you need to know about the event.

Where and when is UFC 271?

UFC 271 will take place at the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas tonight.

What time does it start and how can I watch it?

The prelims for the event starts at 1 am with BT Sport 1 showing live coverage.

Coverage of the main event starts at 3 am.

Those looking to stream the fight can do so either through the BT Sport app if they are paying customers.

Alternatively, you can purchase a NOW TV pass here.

What is the card?

Early Preliminary Card

  • Mana Martinez vs. Ronnie Lawrence, bantamweight
  • Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano, lightweight
  • Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant, light heavyweight
  • AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun, middleweight
  • Douglas Silva De Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov, bantamweight
  • Jeremiah Wells vs. Mike “Blood” Diamond, welterweight

Preliminary Card

  • Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa, heavyweight
  • #12 Roxanne Modafferi vs. #15 Casey O’Neill, women’s flyweight
  • #4 Alex Perez vs. #9 Matt Schnell, flyweight
  • William Knight vs. Maxim Grishin, light heavyweight

Main card

  • Israel Adesanya vs. #1 Robert Whittaker for middleweight title
  • #3 Derrick Lewis vs. #11 Tai Tuivasa, heavyweight
  • #3 Jared Cannonier vs. #4 Derek Brunson, middleweight
  • Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo, bantamweight
  • Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast, lightweight

Betting odds

Irsrael Adesanya 1/3

Robert Whittaker 9/4

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