UFC 262 May 15th - Oliveira vs Chandler

[Necro]

Event: UFC 262: “Oliveira vs. Chandler”
Date: Sat., May 15, 2021
Location: Toyota Center in Houston, Texas
Broadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+

UFC 262 PPV Main Event:
155 lbs.: Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler for vacant lightweight title

UFC 262 PPV Main Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET):
170 lbs.: Nate Diaz vs. Leon Edwards
155 lbs.: Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush
125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs. Katlyn Chookagian
145 lbs.: Edson Barboza vs. Shane Burgos

UFC 262 ‘Prelims’ Card On ESPN/ESPN+ (8 p.m. ET):
185 lbs.: Andre Muniz vs. Ronaldo Souza
185 lbs.: Jack Hermansson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
125 lbs.: Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell
125 lbs.: Andrea Lee vs. Antonina Shevchenko

UFC 262 Early ‘Prelims’ Card On Fight Pass/ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET):
155 lbs.: Mike Grundy vs. Lando Vannata
185 lbs.: Jamie Pickett vs. Jordan Wright
155 lbs.: Rafael Alves vs. Damir Ismagulov
125 lbs.: Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gina Mazany
145 lbs.: Kevin Aguilar vs. Tucker Lutz
155 lbs.: Joel Alvarez vs. Christos Giagos

*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change due to COVID-19.*

 

[Chris]

Oh I didn't even realize this show hadn't happened yet when I made the thread for 263 just bc Adesayna was fighting :

 

[Necro]

Oh I didn't even realize this show hadn't happened yet when I made the thread for 263 just bc Adesayna was fighting :

Never too early to post a thread lol.

 

[Chris]

The highly-anticipated return of Nate Diaz is being pushed back a month.

Due to an undisclosed minor injury, the Diaz vs. Leon Edwards co-main event for this Saturday's UFC 262 has been pushed back to June 12th's UFC 263. The fight was to be a five round affair, but it's unknown if that will still be the case next month.

UFC 263, set for Glendale, Arizona, is headlined by middleweight Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori II and flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno II.

This was to be Diaz's first fight since losing to Jorge Masvidal for the ceremonial BMF title at November 2019's UFC 244. He has two fights remaining on his contract. Edwards returned after nearly 18 months of inactivity and had a short no contest with Belal Muhammad in March after he accidentally eye-poked Muhammad.

This Saturday's main event is Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler for the vacant lightweight title. It's assumed Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush will be the new co-main event.

source: f4wonline.com

 

[Chris]

I'm watching the early prelims for these before Impact's show starts. First round of this first fight was going so well until the eye poke smh

 

[Chris]

Damn first fight was awesome, ref probably could have stopped that a little earlier. The dude looked out way earlier, but I've seen worse

 

[Chris]

This dude was a Texas high school football standout? Let's go boy

 

[Chris]

OH SHIT this dude is from like right beside me LET'S GO

 

[Chris]

If Aguilar loses I'm gonna be devasted

 

[Chris]

Not looking good for my boy

 

[Chris]

At one judge gave him one round

 

[Chris]

Damn last early prelim was another fun one. Will finish the rest of this show tomorrow though bc it's time for Impact

 

[Chris]

Fuck Jacare

 

[Chris]

Christ that Barboza KO was wild

 

[Chris]

According to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal, last Saturday's UFC 262 did more than 300,000 pay-per-view buys on ESPN+, their sole PPV provider in the U.S.

Ourand didn't provide international numbers as he sometimes has in the past.

The show was headlined by Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler for the vacant lightweight title which Oliveira (seen above) won via second round TKO. It was also supposed to feature fan favorite Nate Diaz vs. Leon Edwards in a five round co-main event, but that fight was postponed nearly two weeks prior due to a Diaz injury.


The show was held in front of a sold out crowd in Houston, Texas -- their second sellout since going back on the road with PPVs last month.

Considering a lack of name value that would attract casual sports fans, the number has to be considered a success for ESPN who has had a great run this year with PPV buys. January's UFC 257 (Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier) did a reported 1.6 million buys worldwide (1.2 million domestic) while UFC 259 (Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya) did a reported 800,000 buys worldwide (600,000 domestic). Numbers for UFC 258 or UFC 260 were not released.

That hot streak is likely to continue with the next two PPVs as well.

UFC 263 on June 12th in Phoenix, AZ, will feature the aforementioned Adesanya against Martin Vettori in a rematch, flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno in a rematch, and the rescheduled Diaz vs. Edwards fight.

UFC 264 on July 10th in Las Vegas is headlined by Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier III.