EVENT | UFC 262
Date: Sept. 16 |May
Location: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Time: 6:30p ET/3:30p PT
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to the pay-per-view (PPV) market this Sat. night (May 15, 2021) with a lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler, two top-ranked combatants with the unenviable task of filling the void left by the recently-departed Khabib Nurmagomedov.
UFC 262, booked for Toyota Center in Houston, Texas with preliminary bouts on ESPN and ESPN+, will also feature a lightweight co-main event pitting Tony Ferguson against Beneil Dariush, a compelling clash of styles that could have serious title implications at 155 pounds.
Those folks hoping for Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz, as well as Jack Hermansson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan, it is with regret that I inform you those main card matchups have been packed up and shipped out to future cards. The good news is, we still have plenty of exciting fights to preview ahead of this weekend’s festivities in “The Lone Star State.”
UFC 260 FIGHT DATE, START TIME EVENT
- Date: Saturday, May 15
- Prelims: 5:15 p.m. ET
- Main card: 10 p.m. ET
- Main event: 12:15 a.m. ET
CHARLES OLIVEIRA RECORD AND BIO
- Born : Oct. 17, 1989
- Height : 5-10
- Reach : 74 inches
- Total fights : 39
- Record : 30-8 with one no-contest
MICHAEL CHANDLER RECORD AND BIO
- Born: April 24, 1986
- Height: 5-8
- Reach: 71 inches
- Total fights: 27
- Record: 22-5
UFC 262 FIGHT CARD IN FULL
Main Event:
- Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler – for vacant UFC Lightweight Championship
- Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush, Lightweight
- Katlyn Chookagian vs. Viviane Araujo, Women’s Flyweight
- Shane Burgos vs. Edson Barboza, Featherweight
- Matt Schnell vs. Rogerio Bontorin, Bantamweight
Preliminary card
- Ronaldo Souza vs. Andre Muniz, Middleweight
- Lando Vannata vs. Mike Grundy, Lightweight
- Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko, Women’s Flyweight
- Jordan Wright vs. Jamie Pickett, Middleweight
- Gina Mazany vs. Priscila Cachoeira, Women’s Flyweight
- Kevin Aguilar vs. Tucker Lutz Featherweight
- Sean Soriano vs. Christos Giagos, Lightweight
