UFC 268 poster released with Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington highlighting stacked card
The UFC returns to Madison Square Garden with one of the most stacked cards of the year.
UFC 268, headlined by a rematch between reigning welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (19-1 MMA, 14-0 UFC) and Colby Covington (16-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC), takes place Nov. 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Usman got the best of Covington in their first meeting at UFC 245, finishing him in Round 5 after an all-out war.
Also running things back will be strawweight champion Rose Namajunas (10-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) and Zhang Weili (21-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC), who square off in the co-main event. Namajunas dethroned Weili at UFC 261 with a first-round head kick knockout, snapping her 21-fight winning streak.
Lightweight contenders and former title challengers Justin Gaethje (22-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) and Michael Chandler (22-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will look to get another crack at the title when they battle it out in one of the most highly anticipated fights of the year.
Check out the official poster for UFC 268 below (via Twitter):
Big fights back in the Big Apple
Your OFFICIAL #UFC268 poster is HERE
[ #UFC268 | Saturday Nov 6th | LIVE on #ESPNPlus PPV ] pic.twitter.com/tMhYHRq0TI
— UFC (@ufc) October 1, 2021
The current UFC 268 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Champion Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington – for welterweight title
- Champion Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili – for women’s strawweight title
- Michael Chandler vs. Justin Gaethje
- Luke Rockhold vs. Sean Strickland
- Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
- Al Iaquinta vs. Bobby Green
- Ian Garry vs. Jordan Williams
- Andreas Michailidis vs. Alex Pereira
- Nassourdine Imavov vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
- John Allan vs. Aleksa Camur
- Melsik Baghdasaryan vs. TJ Laramie
- Shane Burgos vs. Billy Quarantillo
- Ode Osbourne vs. CJ Vergara
- Chris Barnett vs. Gian Villante
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