After three main pay-per-view card UFC Fight 200, UFC 270 and UFC Fight Night 201, UFC confirmed their next ppv event (UFC 271). The fight card of UFC 271 feature fight between the middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. The co-main event reported take place Kyler Phillips and Marcelo Rojo. Complete UFC 271 fight card will be released a week before the main pay-per-view.
The Middleweight Championship Title Fight (Adasenya vs Whittaker 2)
Content Summary
In 2021, Israel Adasenya made two appearance, his winning streak in UFC ended by Jan Błachowicz, where he got a chance to become the new light heavyweight champion but he lost fight from Blachowicz. In 2019, he defeated Robert Whittaker and become the new Middleweight champion, it’s 2nd fight between these two after Whittaker stands for number one contenders position.
UFC 271 Co-Main Event
Kyler Phillips and Marcelo Rojo will come head to head in the co-main event, their fight schedule for UFC 271 fight card.
Main Card Fights & Fighters Confirmed:
| Fights | Division |
|---|---|
| Alex Perez vs Matt Schnell | Flyweight |
| Vinc Pichel vs Mark Madsen | Lightweight |
| Modafferi vs O’Neill | Women’s Flyweight |
Alex Perez will be seen in action against Matt Schnell, Vinc Pichel from lightweight division will be seen in action against Mark Madsen. The women’s number one contender for flyweight title Roxanne Modafferi fight take place Casey O’Neill.
Preliminary Card Fights & Fighters
| Fights | Division |
|---|---|
| Ulberg vs Fabio Cherant | Light Heavyweight |
| Ed Herman vs Grishin | Light Heavyweight |
| Martinez vs Ronnie Lawrence | Bantamweight |
| Hernandez vs Renato Moicano | Lightweight |
| Dobson vs Malkoun | Middleweight |
Ed Herman, Leomana Martinez (debu), Renato Moicano, and Ronnie Lawrence (debut) will be part of the preliminary card. There will be changes to the fights a week before UFC 271.
No details reported about early preliminary fights but it’s expected that Orion Cosce made debut against Mike Mathetha at UFC 271 fight card. Douglas Silva de Andrade will face Sergey Morozov in the early preliminary card. If any of the fighter removed from the card due to covid-19 or any injury details updated later. Before this main pay-per-view UFC feature (UFC 270 Ngannou vs Gane).