UK start time, full fight card, TV channel, live stream and how to watch UFC Fight Night when bantamweight contenders clash

Bantamweight Championship contenders Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili meet tonight in the final UFC Fight Night event.

UFC 286 is upon us as Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman wrap up their thrilling trilogy in London.

But first we will be in Las Vegas for Yan against Dvalishvili.

The pair go into this match in opposite form, with Yan coming off two losses and Dvalishvili winning all of his last eight.

Former bantamweight champion ‘No Mercy’ will be hoping to put decision losses behind Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley when he takes on the in-form Georgian.

‘The Machine’ claimed eight straight wins, beating the legendary Jose Aldo last August last year to cement himself as one of the best in the business in his division.

Yan vs Dvalishvili: Date and start time in UK

This UFC Fight Night event will take place on Saturday, March 11th at The Theater in Las Vegas, USA.

The preliminary rounds are scheduled to start at 21:00 UK time, with the main card scheduled to start around 23:00 UK time.

The Main Event cagewalks are scheduled for 2am UK time.

Yan vs Dvalishvili: How to Watch

UFC Fight Night will be streamed live on BT Sport 2 on Saturday night.

The maps can be viewed free of charge from 9 p.m.

BT Sport customers can watch the broadcast on TV or through their app and website.

Yan vs Dvalishvili: Full Battle Map

Subject to change

main card

• MAIN EVENT: Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili
• Alexander Volkov vs. Alexander Romanov
• Nikita Krylov vs. Ryan Spann
• Said Nurmagomedov against Jonathan Martinez
• Mario Bautista versus Guido Cannetti
• Vitor Petrino against Anton Turkalj

Provisional Map

• Karl Williams versus Lukasz Brzeski
• Raphael Assuncao vs Davey Grant
• Sedriques Dumas vs. Josh Fremd
• Victor Henry vs Tony Gravely
• Ariane Lipski vs. JJ Aldrich
• Tyson Nam vs Bruno Gustavo da Silva
• Carlston Harris versus Jared Gooden

Yan vs Dvalishvili: what was said

Yan was beaten by O’Malley at UFC 280, but a chance encounter earlier put him on a collision course with Dvalishvili.

“When I saw him in Abu Dhabi, he was getting ready to fight [Sean] O’Malley – it was like three days before the fight and I was respectful,” Dvalishvili told MMA Fighting.

“I was standing alone on the other side, but he was talking to Aljo and I don’t want to get too close to him. He had a fight, he reduced his weight. He was just doing his own thing and I was respectful.

“He pointed at me and said, ‘He’s small.’ I go and get up [near him] Like it was funny, I tried to size him up and then he pointed back at me and said I was a ninny.”

“If he didn’t argue then of course I would hit him,” added Dvalishvili. “Especially he said just before that, when he came to Aljo, Petr said – I’ll just repeat his words – ‘If I see Aljo and Aljo’s team, we will kill and crush his team.’ He mentioned that. Like what the hell? I’m his team, I’m Aljo’s team. He wants to smash me.”