UFC 284: Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski – Timings, Fight Card, Live Stream and Venue

It’s hard for the UFC community to keep calm as UFC 284 is around the corner. It’s been quite a while since the UFC octagon witnessed a super fight between the toughest powers. The current UFC lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev, and the current UFC featherweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski, will square off at the headline event. Makhachev, with a record of 23 victories and a single loss, and Volkanovski, with a record of 25-1, are undoubtedly going to take the audience to the edge of their seats. The fight is indeed worth waiting for for a number of reasons, the major one being that UFC 284 is going to be the eighth fight in the history of the promotion where champions from different divisions engage in a bout to win the same title.

UFC 284: Complete fight card details

If “The Great” emerged victorious in the bout, he would be the fourth fighter to hold two titles in two different weight classes. The fight for the interim UFC featherweight championship will take place between TUF: Latin America featherweight winner Yair Rodriguez and Josh Emmett. It was earlier announced  that the former UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker will square off against Paulo Costa. However, the possibility of the middleweight bout was totally scrapped when Costa declared he never signed a contract with the promotion.

It was expected that the former UFC Flyweight Championship challengers Kai Kara-France and Alex Perez would come face to face. Nonetheless, the matchup didn’t come to fruition. Instead, the American fighter is going to face Manel Kape on March 25. For UFC 284, the fans will witness the battle between Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed in the strawweight division. Previously, the two were scheduled to square off for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak, but for some unknown reasons, the bout was scrapped. Due to some unfortunate circumstances, the scheduled matchup for the lightweight bout between Jamie Mullarkey and Nasrat Haqparast was tossed out. Instead, Francisco Prado will face Mullarkey for the event.

The promotional newcomer Elves Brenner replaced Joel Alvarez to fight against Zubaira Tukhugov for the event’s lightweight division. UFC 284 will witness Junior Tafa and Waldo Cortes Acosta fighting against each other in the heavyweight category. Tyson Pedro and Zhang Mingyang were scheduled to fight at light heavyweight. However, Zhang decided to quit, and Modestas Bukauskas took his position.

Main Card

• Alexander Volkanovski (Featherweight Champion) vs. Islam Makhachev (Lightweight Champion)– Lightweight title bout
• Yair Rodriguez vs. Josh Emmett – Featherweight bout
• Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown – Welterweight bout
• Justin Tafa vs. Parker Porter – Heavyweight bout
• Jimmy crute vs. Alonzo Menifield – Light Heavyweight bout

Preliminary Card

• Tyson Pedo vs. Modestas Bukauskas – Light Heavyweight bout
• Joshua Culibao vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan – Featherweight bout
• Shannon Ross vs. Kleydson Rodrigues – Flyweight bout
• Jamie Mullarkey vs. Franscisco Prado – Lightweight bout

Early Preliminary card 

• Jack Jenkins vs. Don Shainis – Featherweight bout
• Loma Lookboonmee vs. Elise Reed – Women’s strawweight
• Shane Young vs. Blade Bilder- Featherweight bout 
• Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Elves Brenner- Lightweight bout 

UFC 284: Know the complete location, tickets, VIP arrangements, and more

UFC 284 will be held at Perth’s Rac Arena in Australia on February 12th. The event paved the way for the promotion’s 16th trip to Australia. It is the first UFC main event to take place after UFC 243, which was held in Melbourne in 2019.

 The price of UFC 284 tickets will depend on the fight card, location, and seats you choose. A seat closer to the octagon means more money for the ticket. Since it’s about the title, the price of the ticket will be higher than standard tickets. According to ticketmaster the price of the tickets can fall between $40 to $2500.

 UFC 284: Timings, Channels, and More

USA: The live streaming of the event will be done on February 11. The preliminary UFC fight pass will start at 6:15 p.m. ET. ESPN and ESPN+ will also broadcast the main card. For current ESPN+ subscribers, the PPV will cost $79.99, and for new subscribers, it will cost $124.98.

 UK: The UFC community of the UK can watch the main card on BT Sport. The prelims will be at 1 a.m. UK time, and the main event will stream at 3 a.m.

 Canada: The main event will stream live on BELL, Rogers, Shaw, SaskTel, Videotron, Telus, and Eastlink, and on UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass.

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 India: In India, UFC 284 will stream on Sony. The prelims will be streamed at 5:30 AM, and the main card will begin at 8:30 AM. Fans can watch on Sony Ten, Sony Ten 2, or Sony Liv.

 Australia: In Australia, the event will take place on Sunday, February 12th. The fans who watch live fights from Perth can tune into Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, and UFC PPV on UFC Fight Pass.

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