Jon Jones will enter the octagon for the first time in 17 months on Saturday night in Los Angeles – despite testing positive for the same drug that earned him a 15-month suspension. Jones’ positive test led the UFC to move the event from Las Vegas to The Forum in Inglewood at the last minute, causing outrage among fans and fighters.
- The UFC 242 start time, TV schedule for the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier event at the The Arena in Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, on Saturday. The fight card is broken into three different.
- UFC 242 will start at 6pm Abu Dhabi time. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes.
- UFC 242, headlined by a lightweight unification bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Dustin Poirier, offers an exciting night of fights as the UFC makes its return back to Abu.
UFC 242 will have some stiff competition from college football because it will be broadcast during the afternoon in the United States. Instead of capping off a busy sports Saturday, fans will have.
Jones will have the chance to claim the UFC Light Heavyweight championship in a rematch against Alexander Gustafsson, after old rival Daniel Cormier was forced to give up the belt. The other co-main event, meanwhile, is a must watch fight between Cyborg and Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
The UFC 232 main card will begin on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET Saturday. You can order the show, which costs $64.99 for HD or $54.99 for standard definition, from UFC.tv, Amazon Prime PPV, or your cable or satellite provider (see a list here).
Ufc 242 Time Schedule
UFC 232 will begin at 10:00 p.m. ET on pay-per-view. The Jones vs. Gustafsson main event will likely start after midnight ET.
Ufc 242 Time Usa Right Now
: The 3rd fight on the card started after 11:20 p.m. ET.
: Amanda Nunes’ 51-second demolition of Cyborg sped up the process considerably. The main event will start around 12:15 ET. Get yourself to a TV.
There are a total of five fights on the main card. Here is the pay-per-view card for UFC 232:
Featherweight: Chad Mendes vs. Alexander VolkanovskiLight Heavyweight: Ilir Latifi vs. Corey AndersonWelterweight: Carlos Condit vs. Michael ChiesaWomen’s Featherweight Championship: Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda NunesLight Heavyweight Championship: Jon Jones vs. Alexander GustafssonPreliminary fights will begin on UFC Fight Pass at 6:15 p.m. ET. Coverage will continue on FS1 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
© Provided by FansidedThe UFC 254 air time won't be normal no matter where you are
The highly anticipated UFC 254, featuring the lightweight championship unification clash between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje, is just days away. But no matter where you reside when the card goes down, be prepared for the special start times it brings.
This will be the third title defense for Nurmagomedov, who is the No. 2 men's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC and holds the longest active undefeated streak in MMA at 28-0. He originally claimed the title by defeating Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 before going on to retain against Conor McGregor at UFC 229 and Dustin Poirier at UFC 242.
In his short time with the UFC so far, Gaethje has racked up five Fight of the Night bonuses and four performance bonuses. After a highly successful debut against Michael Johnson, Gaethje lost his undefeated MMA record in wars with Eddie Alvarez and Poirier, but he has since won four straight. This current streak has seen him score first-round finishes of James Vick, Edson Barboza and Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone en route to finishing Tony Ferguson in five rounds to claim the interim lightweight title at UFC 249 in May.
What time will UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje air?
Under normal circumstances, the UFC hasn't adjusted its broadcasting times from the norm while holding events on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi. Given, however, that one of the UFC's biggest international stars will be headlining the event, and the attention that this high-stakes fight presents, be prepared to adjust your usual Saturday schedules.
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The UFC 254 pay-per-view main card will begin at 10 p.m. local time in Abu Dhabi. This means that it will start in the United States at a special time of 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT/12 p.m. MT/11 a.m. PT.
For those in the other two Canadian time zones, the main card will begin a 3 p.m. Atlantic time and 3:30 p.m. Newfoundland time.
And for those in Europe, the main card begins at 6 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)/7 p.m. Western European Time (WET)/8 p.m. Central European Time (CET)/9 p.m. Eastern European Time (EET).
The televised preliminary card will begin at 8 p.m. local time in Abu Dhabi, which means 12 p.m. ET/11 a.m. CT/10 a.m. MT/9 a.m. PT.
This means 1 p.m. Atlantic time, 1:30 p.m. Newfoundland time and 4 p.m. GMT/5 p.m. WET/6 p.m. CET/7 p.m. EET.
Finally, the early prelims will begin at 6:15 p.m. in Abu Dhabi. For some of you in the Americas, it means an early morning: 10:15 a.m. ET/9:15 a.m. CT/8:15 a.m. MT/7:15 a.m. PT, and 11:15 a.m. Atlantic time and 11:45 a.m. Newfoundland time.
Over in Europe, that's a start of 2:15 p.m. GMT/3:15 p.m WET/4:15 p.m. CET/5:15 p.m. EET.
Hopefully, this helps clarify the unusual start times for a hyped card with a highly-anticipated main event.