A light heavyweight title fight and an interim bantamweight title bout headline from Abu Dhabi
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It’s Fight Week on Fight Island. UFC 267 is upon us with a loaded fight card set to go down from Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will take on veteran Glover Teixeira in the main event while Petr Yan and Cory Sandhagen battle for the interim bantamweight strap in the co-main event. The card serves as a numbered PPV event while being free on ESPN+.
At 41 years old and more than seven years removed from his previous shot at UFC gold, Teixeira is an unlikely title challenger. Still, a five-fight winning streak that includes two wins over former title challengers has made him as strong a contender at 205 pounds as is available in the division’s post-Jon Jones era.
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Blachowicz has proven himself a legitimate champion, first winning the vacant title against Dominick Reyes and then defending the title against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. In both of those title fights, Blachowicz entered the Octagon as the underdog. That will not be the case against Teixeira.
Meanwhile, the co-main event features a pair of fighters coming off losses battling for the interim title at 135 pounds. It’s the rare occurrence where it can be considered an OK decision by the matchmakers as Yan, the former champion, held the title in his showdown with Aljaimain Sterling and was winning the fight until he committed a blatant foul that led to a disqualification. He hoped to get his rematch in this spot, but Sterling was deemed medically unfit to compete. Sandhagen, meanwhile, lost a close decision to former champion TJ Dillashaw where many believed he had done enough to win.
The action goes down on Oct. 30 from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. It is a rare UFC “numbered” event that will air as a non-pay-per-view event. Below is the most recent announced fight card with bout order still to be determined. Latest odds via Caesars Sportsbook.
UFC 267 fight card, odds
- Jan Blachowicz (c) -300 vs. Glover Teixeira +240, light heavyweight championship
- Petr Yan -230 vs. Cory Sandhagen +190, interim bantamweight championship
- Islam Makhachev -625 vs. Dan Hooker +450, lightweight
- Alexander Volkov -300 vs. Marcin Tybura +240, heavyweight
- Khamzat Chimaev -575 vs. Li Jingliang +425, welterweight
- Magomed Ankalaev -310 vs. Volkan Oezdemir +250, light heavyweight
- Amanda Ribas -160 vs. Virna Jandiroba +135, women’s strawweight
- Zubaira Tukhugov -170 vs. Ricardo Ramos +145, featherweight
- Albert Duraev -360 vs. Roman Kopylov +280, middleweight
- Shamil Gamzatov -150 vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk +125, light heavyweight
- Lerone Murphy -310 vs. Makwan Amirkhani +250, featherweight
- Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos -220 vs. Benoit Saint-Denis +180,
- Andre Petroski -230 vs. Yaozong Hu +190, light heavyweight
- Damir Ismagulov -280 vs. Magomed Mustafaev +230, lightweight
- Tagir Ulanbekhov -360 vs. Allan Nascimento +280, flyweight
UFC 267 info
- Date: Oct. 30
- Location: Eithad Arena — Abu Dhabi
- Start time: 2 p.m. ET (Main card)
- How to watch: ESPN+
UFC 267 countdown
- Brookhouse: Three best bets to consider for a loaded card in Abu Dhabi
- Campbell: Teixeira working smarter, not harder, at 42 ahead of second title shot
- Brookhouse: Things to know about each bout on the main card
- Campbell: Five biggest storylines to watch in Abu Dhabi this week
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