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Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero start time: UFC 225 full card, schedule, date, venue, broadcast information

Robert Whittaker will fight Israel Adesanya at UFC 243. (AP Photo/John Locher)
9th June, 2018
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Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero will face off for the middleweight title, headlining a stacked card at UFC 225. The main event is scheduled to start at around 2pm (AEST) on Sunday, June 10, with the bout being held at the United Center in Chicago.

The card, while featuring Australia’s first ever UFC champion will also have names like CM Punk and Holy Holm on it, with the woman famous for beating Ronda Rousey taking on Aussie Megan Anderson in her debut.

The second to final fight will see Rafael dos Anjos take on Colby Covington for the interim welterweight title.

Key fight information: UFC 225

Date: Sunday, June 10
Preliminary card start time: 8:30am (AEST)
Main Card start time: 12pm (AEST)
Venue: United Center, Chicago
TV: Fox Sports 501 (preliminary), Main Event TV (main card)
Online: Foxtel app, Foxtel now (preliminary), UFC TV

Full card

Preliminary card
Mike Santiago vs Dan Ige – featherweight
Clay Guida vs Charles Oliveira – lightweight
Joseph Benavidez vs Sergio Pettis – flyweight
Rashad Coulter vs Chris De La Rocha – heavyweight
Ricardo Lamas vs Mirsad Bektic – featherweight
Claudia Gadelha vs Carla Esparza – strawweight
Alistair Overeem vs Curtis Blaydes – heavyweight

Main card
CM Punk vs Mike Jackson – welterweight
Tai Tuivasa vs Andrei Arlovski – heavyweight
Holly Holm vs Megan Anderson – featherweight
Rafael dos Anjos vs Colby Covington – welterweight interim title fight
Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero – middleweight title fight

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Broadcast information

The preliminary card, will be broadcast on Fox Sports 501 with the action running from 9am (AEST) to 12pm (AEST).

From there on, the main card will be exclusive to Main Event TV, which can be purchased for $54.95 and is exclusively available to Foxtel customers.

The streaming option will be through either Foxtel Now or the Foxtel app for the prelimniary card, with UFC TV taking over for the main card. Again, this will cost $54.95.

The entire card will be live blogged, right here on The Roar.

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