All you need to know ahead of UFC 268
The Ultimate Fighting Championships will return to Madison Square Garden in November, with the main event set to be the climax of Usman vs. Covington’s blood feud.
Colby Covington is one of the most vocal competitors in MMA history, and Usman will be trying to dispel doubts about his mechanical and systematic approach to combat sports once more.
The following is all you need to know about UFC 268:
UFC 268 will be held on Saturday, November 6th, 2021, and will be broadcast live on PPV. UFC betting fans can get the bet365 bonuskoodi before the November fight, which can be applicable for the different fights on the card.
Location
The event will be broadcast live from New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
Card
The following is the current UFC 268 bout card:
- Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Colby Covington for the UFC Welterweight Title
- Rose Namajunas (c) vs. Weili Zhang for the Women’s UFC Strawweight Title
- Michael Chandler vs. Justin Gaethje
- Marlon Vera vs. Frankie Edgar
- TBA vs. Sean Strickland
- Unknown Fighter vs. Irene Aldana
- Nassourdine Imavov vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
- Billy Quarantillo vs. Shane Burgos
- Bobby Green vs. Al Iaquinta
- John Allan vs. Aleksa Camur
- Andreas Michailidis vs. Alexsandro Pereira
- T.J. Laramie vs. Melsik Baghdasaryan
- Jordan Williams vs. Ian Garry
Start Time in the UK
The main card of UFC 268 will kick off at 03:00 BST on either BT Sport 1 or BT Sport Box Office on Sunday, November 7th.
BT has not announced whether the match will be shown on BT Sport PPV at this time, although it is likely to be broadcast on BT Sport 1 as part of their regular schedule. In 2021, only cards featuring Conor McGregor were available on PPV.
The card will be accessible on PPV in the United States. The Preliminaries and Main Card will be aired exclusively on ESPN+.
UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman is the current UFC champion with the most title defenses, therefore he went all in to disprove Colby Covington’s accusations of being stripped by the organization. This is in reaction to one of Covington’s allegations in an ESPN-MMA interview, in which he said that Usman was hesitant to do the rematch with him and that the UFC warned him that if he didn’t take the fight, Usman’s championship status would be removed.
Before their battle at UFC 268 on November 6, 2021, in Madison Square Garden, New York, USA, both Usman and Colby have been engaged in a verbal war. Usman beat Covington via TKO in the fifth round in their first fight over two years ago in 2019. Usman is coming off a brilliant second-round KO victory against Jorge Masvidal earlier this year. Covington last fought in September of last year, defeating Tyron Woodley by TKO in the fourth round.
First, Kamaru Usman responded to Colby Covington’s claims of being stripped in an interview with UFC Legend Daniel Cormier. “How are they gonna take the belt? I think I’m the only champ who fought two times already this year. I’m not sure,” said Usman. “But I believe I’m the only champ. It’s gonna be three in a calendar year. What champ’s really doing that?”
Usman also explains why he wants to fight Covington again, despite winning the first fight. “I chose to take this fight because… there’s something you feel when you get into a certain fight to where you lose yourself in the fight, that you’re just having fun. And it was something in that fight to where I was having fun. I’m smiling. I was never tired at all. I’m smiling. I’m laughing at him. I’m talking to him. I’m calling him— ‘Quit tryin’ to be a bitch. Quit crying’’. I’m talking to him in there the whole time.”
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