Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero for the world middleweight title will be held at UFC 248 in Las Vegas this weekend.
The 30-year-old “Last Stylebender” will make the headlines on a stacked card that will also see Joanna Jedrzejczyk challenge Zhang Weili for the women’s strawweight title.
Getty Images – Getty
Israel Adesanya takes on Yoel Romero at UFC 248 in Las Vegas this weekend
Undefeated, Adesanya will strive for her 19th straight UFC victory on Saturday and will get into the fight after destroying Robert Whittaker last October.
He faces Romero, a 42-year-old veteran, who has lost three of his last four clashes, including a decisive defeat against Whittaker in June 2018.
UFC 248: Date and time
The main UFC event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday March 7.
Preliminaries begin at 11:30 p.m. UK time, with foreplay starting at 1 a.m.
The main card starts from 3 a.m. UK time, Sunday – it is 7 pm in Las Vegas.
UFC 248: TV channel and live broadcast
British combat fans can watch all the action on BT Sport 2 on television for subscribers.
The show will be broadcast live or on the BT Sport website and app.
The first preliminaries (from 11:30 p.m.) will be posted on the UFC Fight Pass for subscribers.
Getty Images – Getty
Veteran Yoel Romero to face champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 248
UFC 248: full combat card
Main card
- Israel Adesanya (champion) vs Yoel Romero (UFC middleweight title)
- Zhang Weili (c) against Joanna Jedrzejczyk (UFC straw weight women’s title)
- Beneil Dariush vs Drakkar Klose (light)
- Neil Magny vs Li Jingliang (welterweight)
- Alex Oliveira vs Max Griffin (welterweight)
Preliminary map
- Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez (bantamweight)
- Mark Madsen vs Austin Hubbard (light)
- Rodolfo Vieira vs Saparbek Safarov (middleweight)
- Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn (middleweight)
- Emily Whitmire vs. Polyana Viana (female straw weight)
- Danaa Batgerel vs Guido cannetti (bantamweight)
Joanna Jedrzejczyk on the fight card for UFC 248
UFC 248: What did they say?
Israel Adesanya: “I saw this guy quit. It tells me what kind of person he is.
“You see him cheating, grabbing the inside of the gloves, grabbing the fence, and they call these” veteran moves “.
“I played against one of the best and most cunning veterans of Anderson Silva and all of his fugazi and it didn’t work for me. I’m too aware of this … I’ve seen it before. “
Yoel Romero: “I have to finish. I don’t want to go too crazy, but I have to finish the fight.
“My team and I have a plan to knock him out. When he makes the little mistake – boom. “
