A light heavyweight title fight and an interim bantamweight title bout headline from Abu Dhabi
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Fight Night is upon us. UFC has landed on Fight Island once again with a loaded fight card on deck for UFC 267 in Abu Dhabi. A pair of title fights top the marquee while some of the promotion’s top rising contenders fill out the undercard. Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will look to defend the 205-pound title once more in the main event against veteran Glover Teixeira. Plus, former bantamweight champ Petr Yan and rising contender Cory Sandhagen meet for the interim 135-pound belt in the co-main event.
The main event sees the light heavyweight title up for grabs when champion Jan Blachowicz takes on veteran Glover Teixeira. Blachowicz, 38, enters on a five-fight win streak that has seen the native of Poland put together arguably the best stretch of his career with wins over Luke Rockhold, Ronaldo Souza, Corey Anderson, Dominick Reyes and Israel Adesanya. Teixeira, meanwhile, enters at 42 and amid a career rejuvenation with four wins in a row under his belt, including victories over former title challengers Thiago Santos and Anthony Smith.
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Elsewhere on the card, Islam Makhachev makes his return to the Octagon when he faces late replacement Dan Hooker. Makhachev, the teammate and training partner of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, enters on an eight-fight win streak as he looks to move up the rankings toward a title shot. Plus, 2020 breakout star Khamzat Chimaev is back from a lengthy battle with COVID-19 to take on Li Jingliang in a welterweight contest. Chimaev won three fights in a three-month span, including a 17-second knockout of Gerald Meerschaert in September 2020, to cement his status as a rising contender.
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UFC 267 fight card, odds
Odds via Caesars Sportsbook
- Jan Blachowicz (c) -300 vs. Glover Teixeira +240, light heavyweight championship
- Petr Yan -220 vs. Cory Sandhagen +180, interim bantamweight championship
- Islam Makhachev -625 vs. Dan Hooker +450, lightweight
- Alexander Volkov -300 vs. Marcin Tybura +240, heavyweight
- Khamzat Chimaev -550 vs. Li Jingliang +400, welterweight
- Magomed Ankalaev -310 vs. Volkan Oezdemir +250, light heavyweight
- Amanda Ribas -160 vs. Virna Jandiroba +135, women’s strawweight
- Zubaira Tukhugov -170 vs. Ricardo Ramos +145, featherweight
- Albert Duraev -360 vs. Roman Kopylov +280, middleweight
- Shamil Gamzatov -125 vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk +105, light heavyweight
- Lerone Murphy -310 vs. Makwan Amirkhani +250, featherweight
- Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos -230 vs. Benoit Saint-Denis +190, welterweight
- Andre Petroski -230 vs. Yaozong Hu +190, light heavyweight
- Tagir Ulanbekhov -370 vs. Allan Nascimento +290, flyweight
UFC 267 info
- Date: Oct. 30
- Location: Etihad Arena — Abu Dhabi
- Start time: 2 p.m. ET (Main card) | 10:30 a.m. (Prelims)
- How to watch: ESPN+ (Free with your subscription to the service)
UFC 267 countdown
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- Campbell: Five biggest storylines to watch in Abu Dhabi this week
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