UFC 248 full fight card: Adesanya vs Romero full undercard, preliminaries and early fights

7th March, 2020

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7th March, 2020

UFC 248 will see Israel Adesanya look to defend his UFC middleweight title when he takes on veteran Yoel Romero in Las Vegas.

Here is The Roar‘s list of the full undercard of the event, with scheduled fight for Sunday, March 8.

Key fight information: UFC 248

Date: Sunday, March 8
Early card start time: 10:30am (AEDT)
Preliminary card start time: 12pm (AEDT)
Main Card start time: 2pm (AEDT)
Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
TV: Main Event TV (main card), ESPN (early/preliminary card only)
Online: UFC TV (main card), Kayo Sports, Foxtel App, Foxtel Now (all preliminary card only)

Main card

Nigerian-born New Zealander Adesanya became the undisputed middleweight champion in October last year, a second-round knockout on an underwhelming Robert Whittaker earning him the title.

He’s the heavy favourite to retain his title against 42-year old Cuban Yoel Romero, who is gunning to become the second-oldest UFC title-winner in history, behind Randy Couture.

Sharing the spotlight will be the women’s strawweight fight between champion Weili Zhang and challenger Joanna Jedrzejczyk.

UFC 243 Full card

Early card – 10:30am (AEDT)
Fight	Class
Emily Whitmire vs Polyana Viana	Women’s strawweight
Giga Chikadze vs Jamall Emmers	Featherweight
Danaa Batgerel vs Guido Cannetti	Bantamweight
Preliminary card – 12pm (AEDT)
Fight	Class
Sean O’Malley vs Jose Alberto Quinonez	Bantamweight
Mark Madsen vs Austin Hubbard	Lightweight
Rodolfo Vieira vs Saparbek Safarov	Middleweight
Main card – 2pm (AEDT)
Match	Class
~~Derek Brunson vs Edmen Shahbazyan~~	~~Middleweight – Cancelled~~
Alex Oliveira vs Max Griffin	Welterweight
Neil Magny vs Li Jingliang	Welterweight
Beneil Dariush vs Drakkar Klose	Lightweight
Weili Zhang vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Women’s strawweight
Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero	Middleweight

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