The fighters haven’t stepped on the scale yet to become official for UFC 252, but we’ve got the pay-per-view’s opening video package.
UFC president Dana White released the promo for the main card Friday and said the heavyweight title trilogy rematch between champion Stipe Miocic (19-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) and ex-champ Daniel Cormier (22-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC) will be – in all caps – “the GREATEST heavyweight championship fight ever!”
Narrated by Ron Perlman of “Sons of Anarchy” fame over a backdrop of the song “Redemption” by Zayde Wolf, the montage dives into the history between Miocic and Cormier from their first two meetings – one win for Cormier and one for Miocic. And it also touches on the co-main event bantamweight bout between Sean O’Malley (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) and Marlon Vera (17-6-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC).
UFC 252 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.
The full UFC 252 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier – for heavyweight title
Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera
Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Herbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda
John Dodson vs. Merab Dvalishvili
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Jim Miller vs. Vinc Pichel
TJ Brown vs. Danny Chavez
Livinha Souza vs. Ashley Yoder
Felice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN/ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Chris Daukaus vs. Parker Porter
Kai Kamaka III vs. Tony Kelley
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'Redemption': Dana White releases UFC 252 pay-per-view opening video