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UFC is back for its final PPV of the 2021 calendar. UFC 269 will air on Saturday, December 11th with a 14-fight card. The early preliminary card starts at 6:15 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The preliminary card is next up at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPN+. The big show gets started at 10 p.m. on ESPN+ PPV and is topped by a pair of title fights. In the second to last fight of the night, Amanda Nunes defends her women’s bantamweight title against the challenger Julianna Peña. Headlining the PPV is a lightweight title fight between the champ Charles Oliveira and contender Dustin Poirier.
While the two title fights are the main events of the show, this is a solid card top to bottom. For the early prelims, Andre Muniz and Eryk Anders are fighting in a middleweight bout that likely will have an impact on rankings for the division as we get into 2022. The prelim card is highlighted by a huge bantamweight bout between Munhoz and Cruz that honestly is deserving of a spot on the main card. And finally, Josh Emmett and Dan Ige are competing in a featherweight matchup that could have one of them chasing gold in the new year.
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier main card, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Main event: Charles Oliveira vs. #1 Dustin Poirier, lightweight title fight
- Co-main event: Amanda Nunes vs. #3 Julianna Peña, women’s bantamweight title fight
- #12 Geoff Neal vs. #14 Santiago Ponzinibbio, welterweight
- #6 Kai Kara-France vs. Cody Garbrandt, flyweight
- Raulian Paiva vs. Sean O’Malley, bantamweight
Preliminary card, 8:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+/ESPN2
- #7 Josh Emmett vs. #9 Dan Ige, featherweight
- #8 Pedro Munhoz vs. #9 Dominick Cruz, bantamweight
- #11 Augusto Sakai vs. Tai Tuivasa, heavyweight
- Jordan Wright vs. Bruno Silva, middleweight
Early Preliminary card, 6:00 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Andre Muniz vs. Eryk Anders, middleweight
- Miranda Maverick vs. Erin Blanchfield, flyweight
- Ryan Hall vs. Darrick Minner, featherweight
- Randy Costa vs. Tony Kelley, bantamweight
- Gillian Robertson vs. Priscila Cachoeira, flyweight