UFC 224: Who is fighting on Nunes vs Pennington card and how to watch live in UK
UFC 224 - EXPRESS SPORT brings you everything you need to know about Nunes vs Pennington.
Amanda Nunes (left) defends her title against Raquel Pennington (right) at UFC 224
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the UFC will hold its fifth pay-per-view card of the year.
Headlining the promotion’s latest event - which takes place at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - is a women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington.
The co-main event of the evenings features a pivotal match-up in the middleweight division, which comes in the form of a barnburner between Ronaldo Souza and Kelvin Gastelum.
Former UFC light-heavyweight champions Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida clash in the first fight of the main card, which is expected to be the former’s swan song.
The pair, 41 and 39 respectively, both enter the bout in their home country on the back of decision victories over Nate Marquardt and Eryk Anders respectively.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom Mackenzie Dern will also be in action in Rio, locking horns with Amanda ‘ABC’ Cooper.
UFC 224 may not be the most stacked card of the year, but there are plenty of entertaining fights on the card worth watching.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming card:
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UFC 224 - When and where is it taking place?
UFC 224 takes place at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the early hours of Sunday morning.
UFC 224 - What channel is it on?
The main card and the preliminary fights will be shown live on BT Sport 2.
Alternatively, if you don't have BT Sport, you can watch the prelims on the UFC's Fight Pass service.
Kelvin Gastelum (pictured) takes on Ronaldo Souza in UFC 224's co-main event
UFC 224 - What time does it start?
The preliminary fights will get underway at 11:30pm BST on Saturday night.
UFC 224 - What time will the main card get underway?
The main card, which kicks off with a light-heavyweight bout between Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida, commences at 3:00am BST.
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort (pictured) will also be in action at UFC 224
UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington Fight Card
Main card
Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington (women’s bantamweight title fight)
Kelvin Gastelum vs Ronaldo Souza (middleweight bout)
Amanda Cooper vs Mackenzie Dern (women’s strawweight bout)
Brian Kelleher vs John Lineker (men’s bantamweight bout)
Vitor Belfort vs. Lyoto Machida (middleweight bout)
Mackenzie Dern will also be in actionat the Jeunesse Arena
Prelims
Cezar Ferreira vs Karl Roberson (middleweight bout)
Junior Albini vs Aleksei Oleinik (heavyweight bout)
Nick Hein vs Davi Ramos (lightweight bout)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Sean Strickland (welterweight bout)
Sultan Aliev vs. Warlley Alves (welterweight bout)
Fight Pass Prelims
Jack Hermansson vs. Thales Leites (middleweight bout)
Ramazan Emeev vs. Alberto Mina (welterweight bout)
James Bochnovic vs Markus Perez (middleweight bout)