UFC 262 corpulent fight card unveiled, alongside with Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz

Las Vegas – For the principle time in three years, a recent UFC lightweight champion will seemingly be topped as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Additionally, for the principle time in UFC historical past, a non-title co-major event will seemingly be 5 rounds as No. 3 ranked welterweight contender Leon Edwards faces off with Nate Diaz.

UFC 262: OLIVEIRA vs. CHANDLER will happen Saturday, Could perchance well perchance 15 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. All bouts will seemingly be streamed on ESPN+ in English and Spanish. The early prelims open up at 6: 15 p.m. ET/3: 15 p.m. PT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass. The prelims will seemingly be dispensed on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ starting set aside at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The UFC 262 major card will dawdle completely on ESPN+ Pay-Per-Notice starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

UFC submission king Oliveira (30-8, 1 NC, combating out of Sao Paulo, Brazil) intends to provide the most of his first shot on the title by delivering one other file surroundings efficiency. Owner of the most UFC Performance of the Night awards, most submissions and most finishes, he established himself as an elite contender with worthy victories over Tony Ferguson, Kevin Lee and Jim Miller. He now appears to be like to lengthen his spectacular take care of hasten with his absolute best showing but in the absolute best fight of his lifestyles. 

Chandler (22-5, combating out of Deerfield Beach, Fla.) snappily won the attention and hearts of followers with his debut first-spherical arrangement over top contender Dan Hooker earlier this year. Prolonged seen as one of many tip opponents open air of UFC, he secured wins over dilapidated champions Benson Henderson (twice) and Eddie Alvarez to provide his space on this planet’s premier MMA organization. Chandler now makes an are attempting to originate his major function of strapping UFC gold around his waist by taking away Oliveira in an announcement victory.

Perennial top contender Edwards (18-3, 1 NC, combating out of Birmingham, England) makes a rapid return to the Octagon taking a witness to restart his momentum after a no contest with Belal Muhammad earlier this month. The proprietor of the second-longest active unbeaten hasten in the stacked welterweight division, Edwards secured his space in the tip 5 with victories over Albert Tumenov, Vicente Luque, Gunnar Nelson and dilapidated champion Rafael Dos Anjos. He now appears to be like to bring his absolute best efficiency but in the absolute best replacement of his profession against Diaz.

Fan popular Diaz (21-12, combating out of Stockton, Calif.) is role to provide his first look in the Octagon in nearly two years. A member of the UFC roster since winning the fifth season of The Final Fighter in 2007, Diaz rocketed to superstardom following his huge upset victory over Conor McGregor in 2016. He has moreover secured spectacular wins over Anthony Pettis, Grey Maynard and Donald Cerrone. Diaz now appears to be like to remind followers that he’s gentle one of many perfect on this planet and right this moment inject himself into the welterweight title dialog.

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Extra UFC 262 bouts on the cardboard consist of:

• Ragged UFC meantime lightweight champion and No. 5 ranked contender Tony Ferguson (26-6, combating out of Orange County, Calif.) takes on rising No. 9 Beneil Dariush (20-4-1, combating out of Yorba Linda, Calif.)
• An intelligent featherweight bout sees No. 12 Shane Burgos (13-2, combating out of Monroe, N.Y.) lock horns with No. 14 Edson Barboza (21-9, combating out of Parkland, Fla. by formula of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• No. 7 ranked middleweight Jack Hermansson (21-6, combating out of Oslo, Norway) appears to be like to come again to the winner’s circle when he meets No. 12 Edmen Shahbazyan (11-1, combating out of Glendale, Calif.)
• Lando Vannata (11-5-2, combating out of Albuquerque, N.M.) battles Mike Grundy (12-2, combating out of Wigan, Elevated Manchester, England) in a featherweight bout all nonetheless assured to bring compelling action
• Dana White’s Contender Sequence signee Rafael Alves (19-9, combating out of Miami, Fla. by formula of Para, Brazil ) targets to provoke in his UFC debut against the pretty Damir Ismagulov (19-2, combating out of Udarnyi, Orenburgskaia, Russia)
• Middleweight star Jacare Souza (26-9, 1 NC, combating out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) intends handy Andre Muniz (20-4, combating out of Montes Claros, Dispute of Minas Gerais, Brazil) his first UFC loss
• No. 2 ranked girls’s flyweight Katlyn Chookagian (15-4, combating out of Kenilworth, N.J.) plans to quit No. 7 Viviane Araujo (10-2, combating out of Brasilia, Brazil) from breaking into the tip 5
• Top 10 flyweights conflict as No. 4 Alex Perez (24-6, combating out of Lemoore, Calif.) takes on No. 8 Matt Schnell (15-5, combating out of Shreveport, La.)
• In a matchup of ranked girls’s flyweights, No. 11 Andrea Lee (11-5, combating out of Shreveport, La.) meets No. 12 Antonina Shevchenko (9-2, combating out of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
• Extremely touted lightweight prospect Joel Alvarez (18-2, combating out of Asturias, Spain) seeks to continue his 100 p.c ending rate when he faces off with Christos Giagos (18-8, combating out of Hawthorne, Calif.)
• Jordan Wright (11-1, 1 NC, combating out of Los Angeles, Calif.) squares off with Jamie Pickett(11-5, combating out of Wilmington, N.C.) in a matchup of middleweight Dana White Contender Sequence alums
• Kevin Aguilar (17-4, combating out of Longview, Texas) appears to be like to break the UFC debut of Tucker Lutz (11-1, combating out of Reisterstown, Md.) at featherweight
• Gina Mazany (7-4, combating out of Las Vegas, Nev.) and Priscila Cachoeira (9-3, combating out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) war in a girls’s flyweight bout