Paddy Pimblett will make his pay-per-view debut on the UFC’s final big show of the year.
On Friday, the UFC released the UFC 282 cold open video, which features a vacant light heavyweight title fight between former champ Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev in the main event on Saturday. In the co-headliner, one of the biggest stars on the roster, Pimblett, meets arguably his sternest test to date in Jared Gordon.
The video, with actor and regular UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman, features promotion for the headliner between Blachowicz (29-9 MMA, 12-6 UFC) and Ankalaev (18-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), and the co-main event between Pimblett (19-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Gordon (19-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC).
Check out the UFC 282 cold open video above.
UFC 282 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 282.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev – for vacant light heavyweight title
- Jared Gordon vs. Paddy Pimblett
- Alex Morono vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
- Dricus Du Plessis vs. Darren Till
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Ilia Topuria
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Chris Daukaus vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- Jay Perrin vs. Raul Rosas Jr.
- Dalcha Lungiambula vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
- Joaquin Buckley vs. Chris Curtis
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. ET)
- Alexander Hernandez vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Ovince Saint Preux vs. Antonio Trocoli
- TJ Brown vs. Erik Silva
- Daniel da Silva vs. Vinicius Salvador
- Steven Koslow vs. Cameron Saaiman
