Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., on Sat., Nov. 12, 2022, with a blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event that features two championship clashes. In UFC 281's main event, Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, will look to settle the score with former kickboxing rival and No. 5-ranked division contender, Alex Pereira. In the co-feature, women’s Strawweight queenpin, Carla Esparza, will attempt to defend her newly-won title for the first time against former champion and No. 2-seeded contender, Zhang Weili. Top-ranked Lightweight contenders, Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler, will also throw down during UFC 281's PPV main card, an electric 155-pound showdown that has "Fight of the Night" written all over it. We'll stockpile all the real-time UFC 281 updates, odds, start time, tickets, weigh ins, predictions, previews, video highlights, press conferences, winners, losers and much more from "The Big Apple" right here before, during and well after the ESPN+-streamed live PPV show concludes.
Poirier Headed Home From Hospital Today
After nearly one week in the hospital, doctors have successfully treated Dustin Poirier’s MRSA infection. He’ll be home by this afternoon.
KhamSquat Getting Yoked
Khamzat Chimaev return to middleweight seems like a foregone conclusion after buff-looking "Borz" uploaded photos of his training regimen.
