Competing in his first occasion since dropping his strap to Belal Muhammad final summer season, former welterweight champion Leon Edwards appears to be like to stem the rise of grappling phenom Sean Brady at UFC London. Additionally, earlier gentle heavyweight apex Jan Blachowicz returns from a virtually two-year layoff to battle the hard-hitting New Zealand sensation Carlos Ulberg.
UFC London Predominant Occasion
In his final journey to the Octagon, Leon Edwards tried to make the third consecutive protection of his title in his personal yard of England, nevertheless, an intensive trouncing from Muhammad noticed him drop his 170-lb gold by unanimous choice. Initially scheduled to scrap with Jack Della Maddalena, “Rocky” now finds himself in an important matchup reverse the high-level grappler that’s Brady at UFC London, with probably title implications on the road for each.Â
Barring a single knockout defeat to present champion Muhammad in late 2022, Brady has appeared nothing wanting stupendous within the UFC, racking up wins over robust opposition like Jake Matthews, Michael Chiesa, Kelvin Gastelum and Gilbert Burns.
Ought to the Philadelphia native flip away one other divisional nice at UFC London, then he could very effectively be knocking on the door to a future championship tilt someday later in 2025.
UFC London Co-Predominant Occasion
Giving Alex Pereira the sternest problem of his gentle heavyweight profession on the time, Blachowicz was in the end sidelined for almost all of 2023 and 2024 resulting from ongoing shoulder accidents. Now all healed up, the Pole can fairly probably earn himself a rematch with reigning title holder Magomed Ankalaev with an announcement triumph within the UK.Â
Shedding his final battle to Kennedy Nzechukwu in early 2021, Ulberg has recorded a dominant tear by way of the 205-lb division, blitzing his approach by way of the likes of Jung Da-un, Alonzo Menifield and Volkan Oezdemir. Going toe-to-toe with one of many hardest punchers within the weight class, “Black Jag”’s putting can be put to a agency check reverse a as soon as UFC champion.           Â
Right here’s How To Watch UFC London
On-line Streaming: You possibly can catch the complete card on ESPN+, however you have to to subscribe so as to take action. Proper now, the corporate is providing a month-to-month or yearly subscription of $11.99 and $119.99 respectively. For individuals who wish to get extra bang out of their buck, there’s additionally the month-to-month Disney Bundle Deal, which affords ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+ for $16.99 with included commercials, or $26.99 for no commercials in any respect.Â
Begin Time and Date: The Preliminaries will start at 1 pm ET, adopted by the primary card at 4 pm ET on March twenty second.Â
Bout Order For UFC London
 Predominant Card:Leon Edwards vs. Sean Brady (Welterweight Predominant Occasion) Jan Blachowicz vs. Carlos Ulberg (Gentle Heavyweight Co-Predominant Occasion)Gunnar Nelson vs. Kevin Holland (Welterweight)Molly McCann vs. Alexia Thainara (Girls’s Strawweight) Jordan Vucenic vs. Chris Duncan (Light-weight)Nathaniel Wooden vs. Morgan Charrière (Featherweight)
Preliminaries:Jai Herbert vs. Chris Padilla (Light-weight Featured Bout)Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Felipe dos Santos (Flyweight)Marcin Tybura vs. Mick Parkin (Heavyweight) Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Andrey Pulyaev (Middleweight)Shauna Bannon vs. Puja Tomar (Girls’s Strawweight) Nathan Fletcher vs. Caolán Loughran (Bantamweight)Guram Kutateladze vs. Kaue Fernandes (Light-weight)
