UFC 269 will take place on the night of December 12 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA). In the main bout of the lightweight fight evening, the American Dustin Poirier will fight for the belt with the Brazilian Charles Oliveira ,
But this is not the only title fight this evening in the framework of the tournament. The ultra-lightweight belt will be defended by the Brazilian Amanda Nunez against the American Julianne Peña.
Where to watch the Oliveira-Poirier fight?
The start of the tournament is scheduled for 1:15 Kiev time, and the main card starts at approximately 5:00.
Domestic fans of mixed martial arts will be able to watch the fight live on the Setanta Sports. In reruns, Fight Night of UFC 269 can be watched on Monday, December 13 at 14:25 on the same TV channel or at 2:30 on Setanta Sports + also on Monday.
The broadcast of the entire tournament will be available on UFC Fight Pass.
Oliveira – Poirier and Nunez – Peña fight forecast
According to bookmakers, the favorite of the fight Oliveira – Poirier is the American.
Bets on Porier's victory are accepted with odds 1.66 . While the success of the Brazilian Oliveira is estimated at 2.30 .
31-year-old Oliveira won the UFC lightweight belt in May this year. The last three fights have proven that Oliveira really deserves the belt as big names have been added to his transfer roster: Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee. Charles will play his first defense with a record of 31-8-1.
Dustin Poirier defeated the Irishman Conor McGregor twice. So far, the American's record has 28 wins and six defeats. Poirier defeated Eddie Alvarez, Justin Getjee, Anthony Pettis, Dan Hooker, Jim Miller, Carlos Diego Ferreira, Max Holloway, and also knocked out the aforementioned McGregor twice.
As for the women's fight Nunez – Peña , the bookmakers have almost no chance of success for the American woman. Her odds are only 9.00 versus 1.08 Brazilian Nunez, who is likely to defend the title from encroachment.
Amanda Nunez has not lost since 2015. She has 12 wins, which is the second most active series in the UFC after Kamar Usman (15). In 2018, Amanda became the author of one of the toughest knockouts in MMA history. Then went to Chris Cyborg, who at the time of the fight had a streak of 20 victories in a row and had not lost for 13 years.
Her rival is Venezuelan American Juliana Peña. Since 2016, she has fought only five fights against ten in the same period at Nunez. Peña has three wins and two losses.
UFC 269 Promo
The promotion for UFC 269 was presented by the promotion back in early November.
The Irishman did not like the video very much Conor McGregor due to the moment when he broke his leg in the third fight with Poirier. However, the promo for the fight night turned out to be fiery.
Full maps of the UFC 269 tournament
In the main card five fights will take place, of which two championship fights:
- Charles Oliveira (Brazil) – Dustin Poirier (USA);
- Amanda Nunez (Brazil) – Julianna Peña (Brazil);
- Jeff Neal (USA) – Santiago Ponzinibbio (Argentina);
- Cai Cara-France (New Zealand) – Cody Garbrandt (USA);
- Raulian Paiva (Brazil) – Sean O & # 8217; Mellie (USA).
Previous card:
- Josh Emmett (USA) – Dan Ige (USA);
- Pedro Munhos (Brazil) – Dominique Cruz (USA);
- Augusto Sakai (Brazil) – Tai Tuivasa (Australia);
< li> Jordan Wright (USA) – Bruno Silva (Brazil).
Early Previous Card:
- André Muniz (Brazil ) – Drikus Du Plessis (South Africa);
- Macy Barber (USA) – Erin Blanchfield (USA);
- Alex Perez (USA) – Matt Schnell (USA);
- Ryan Goll (USA) & # 8212; Derrick Minner (USA);
- Randy Costa (USA) – Tony Kelly (USA);
- Gillian Robertson (Canada) – Priscila Cachoyer (Brazil).
