UFC 278 COUNTDOWN, MEDIA DAY, PRESSER, BETTING ODDS & WEIGH-IN VIDEO
Main Card at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV
Prelims on ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET
Early Prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET Preceded by Two Early Prelims Bouts Exclusively on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET
Salt Lake City, Utah (August 20th, 2022)– In the main event, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman (20-1) goes for his sixth title defense against No. 2 ranked Leon Edwards (19-3). Usman looks to continue his dominant run at the top of the division by taking out another top contender and netting his 16th consecutive UFC win that could tie him with Anderson Silva for longest UFC win streak. Since meeting Usman in late 2015, Edwards has accumulated an impressive 10-fight unbeaten streak and looks to continue it by dethroning Usman and capturing his first UFC gold.
The co-main presents a middleweight battle as No. 6 ranked contender Paulo Costa (13-2) meets former champion Luke Rockhold (16-5). Costa aims to spoil Rockhold’s return to the Octagon after three years away.
Also on the PPV portion of the event, former UFC featherweight champion and current No 3 ranked bantamweight Jose Aldo (31-7) takes on surging No. 6 Merab Dvalishvili (14-4) as he looks for a big win that could propel him into another title shot.
Jon Anik will call the action, alongside former two-division Champion and UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan. Megan Olivi will handle reporting duties. All coverage in Spanish will be handled by Victor Davila and Santiago Ponzinibbio.
Main Card (ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET)
Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Leon Edwards (170)
Luke Rockhold (185.5) vs. Paulo Costa (185.5)
Jose Aldo (136) vs. Merab Dvalishvili (136)
Wu Yanan (136) vs. Lucie Pudilova (135.5)
Tyson Pedro (205.5) vs. Harry Hunsucker (204.5)
Preliminary Card (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET)
Marcin Tybura (252.5) vs. Alexandr Romanov (239.5)
Leonardo Santos (156) vs. Jared Gordon (155.5)
Sean Woodson (146) vs. Luis Saldana (145.5)
Early Prelims (ESPN, ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)
A.J. Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa (170.5)
Amir Albazi (126) vs. Francisco Figueiredo (125.5)
Aoriqileng (136) vs. Jay Perrin (136)
Victor Altamirano (125) vs. Daniel Da Silva (126)
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