UFC 276 LIVE results: Adesanya vs Cannonier stream and latest updates tonight
Re-live round-by-round updates from the main card and prelims, including Max Holloway vs Alexander Volkanovski in the co-main event
Israel Adesanya and teammate Alexander Volkanovski shone at UFC 276 on Saturday night, with both men retaining their titles at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In the main event, Adesanya was largely untroubled by Jared Cannonier in easing to a decision win, remaining middleweight champion and unbeaten in the division with the victory. Some had predicted that Adesanya’s versatile striking game and ring IQ would prove too much for the powerful but perhaps one-dimensional Cannonier, and that proved to be the case as the “Last Stylebender” filled out 49-46, 49-46 and 50-45 scorecards.
In the co-main event, Volkanovski – who trains with Adesanya at City Kickboxing – made it a clean sweep in his trilogy with Max Holloway. Volkanovski outpointed Holloway in 2019 to win the featherweight title before replicating the feat in 2020 to retain the gold. Many fans disputed the Australian’s second victory over Hawaiian Holloway, but the champion left no doubt on Saturday, winning all five rounds on all three judges’ scorecards. The numbers reflected a masterful showing of striking offence and defence from Volkanovski, who made Holloway look like a UFC newcomer rather than a fighter seen by some as the greatest featherweight of all time. Re-live updates and see all results from UFC 276, below.
UFC 276 LIVE
Odds for tonight...
Adesanya – 1/5; Cannonier – 3/1.
Volkanovski – 1/2; Holloway – 6/4.
UFC 276 live stream: How to watch Adesanya vs Cannonier online and on TV tonight
Everything you need to know about the headline bout, the co-main event between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, and all the prelims
UFC 276 LIVE
When Israel Adesanya defends the UFC middleweight title against Jared Cannonier tonight, it could well be a matter of dynamism versus dynamite.
During Adesanya’s three-year reign, almost every defence has been defined by a display of deft striking, the former kickboxing champion utilising his height, range, slickness of movement and precise timing to create angles and openings. Ultimately, he dismantles his opponents.
In stark contrast, Cannonier does not specialise in deconstruction but rather outright destruction. A former heavyweight and light heavyweight, the American has carried his brutalist barrages down to 185lbs, where he has gone 5-1 with four stoppage wins.
Read our full main-event preview here:
Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier is a case of dynamism vs dynamite at UFC 276
Cannonier is one of the UFC’s most powerful punchers, but power is nothing without contact – and touching the middleweight champion will not be easy
UFC 276 LIVE
The card will air live on BT Sport in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also streaming the fights.
In the US, ESPN+ will stream the action live, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.
UFC 276 live stream: How to watch Adesanya vs Cannonier online and on TV tonight
Everything you need to know about the headline bout, the co-main event between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, and all the prelims
UFC 276 LIVE
Main card
Israel Adesanya (C) vs Jared Cannonier (middleweight title)
Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Max Holloway 3 (featherweight title)
Sean Strickland vs Alex Pereira (middleweight)
Pedro Munhoz vs Sean O’Malley (bantamweight)
Prelims
Brad Riddell vs Jalin Turner (lightweight)
Robbie Lawler vs Bryan Barberena (welterweight)
Ian Garry vs Gabe Green (welterweight)
Jim Miller vs Donald Cerrone (lightweight)
Brad Tavares vs Dricus Du Plessis (middleweight)
Early prelims
Uriah Hall vs Andre Muniz (middleweight)
Jessica Eye vs Maycee Barber (women’s flyweight)
Jessica Rose-Clark vs Julija Stoliarenko (women’s bantamweight)
UFC 276 card: Adesanya vs Cannonier and all fights tonight
Everything you need to know about the headline bout, the co-main event between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway, and all the prelims
UFC 276 LIVE
The UFC will present another championship double-header this evening, as the middleweight and featherweight titles are contested at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In the main event of UFC 276, which caps off International Fight Week, Israel Adesanya defends the middleweight belt against Jared Cannonier, wiith the champion a heavy favourite to retain the gold and continue his dominant run atop the division. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkanovski puts the featherweight title on the line against Max Holloway, in what is the third in-ring meeting between the pair.
Volkanovski outpointed Holloway in 2019 to take the belt from the Hawaiian, before retaining it in their rematch in 2020 with another decision victory. The controversial nature of that latter result has led the rivals to square off again tonight in one of numerous highly-anticipated bouts. Elsewhere on the card, rising bantamweight star “Suga” Sean O’Malley faces Pedro Munhoz, while Sean Strickland and Alex Pereira go head to head in a middleweight contest that could determine the next contender for a title shot. Strickland traded barbs with Adesanya at this week’s press conference, while Pereira beat the champion twice during the pair’s kickboxing days, knocking out Adesanya in the second of those clashes.
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