Special Early Start Time – 4 p.m. ET: Main Card (ESPN+ & SiriusXM Fight Nation)
1:30 p.m. ET: Prelims (ESPN+ & SiriusXM Fight Nation)
UFC action continues this weekend with UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev live from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 2. The main card begins at a special early start time of 4 p.m. ET with the prelims starting at 1:30 p.m., both available on ESPN+ and SiriusXM Fight Nation.
Main Event:
- The main event sees No. 12 ranked UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik take on undefeated Shamil Gaziev. Rozenstruik (13-5) looks to climb the rankings and add to his 12 KO wins and nine first round finishes, while Gaziev (12-0), a Dana White’s Contender Series veteran, looks to remain undefeated.
Co-Main Event:
- Light heavyweights Vitor Petrino and Tyson Pedro meet in a thrilling co-main event. Petrino (10-0), also a Dana White’s Contender Series veteran, looks to remain undefeated against the formidable Pedro (10-4), who intends to keep his 100% finish rate intact and add to his 10 first round finishes.
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On the call:
- Jon Anik will call the action alongside former two-division champion Daniel Cormier and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Charly Arnolt will handle reporting duties.
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Programming (All times ET):
| Fri. 3/1 | 5 p.m. | UFC Live Presented by Cuervo: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev | ESPN2 |
| 5:35 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Pre-Show Presented by Cuervo: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev | ESPN+ | |
| Sat. 3/2 | 1:30 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev (Prelims) | ESPN+, SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156 |
| 4 p.m. | UFC Fight Night Presented by Bud Light: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev (Main Card) | ESPN+, SiriusXM Fight Nation Channel #156 | |
| 7 p.m.* | UFC Fight Night Post-Fight Show presented by Cuervo: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev | ESPN+ |
*Immediately following Main Event.
Main Card and Prelims (All times ET):
| 4 p.m. | Main | Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Shamil Gaziev |
| Co-Main | Vitor Petrino vs. Tyson Pedro | |
| Undercard | Alex Perez vs. Muhammad Mokaev | |
| Undercard | Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Bekzat Almakhan | |
| Undercard | Matt Schnell vs. Steve Erceg | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Feature | Eryk Anders vs. Jamie Pickett |
| Undercard | Vinicius Oliveira vs. Bernardo Sopaj | |
| Undercard | Aiemann Zahabi vs. Javid Basharat | |
| Undercard | Christian Leroy Duncan vs. Claudio Ribeiro | |
| Undercard | Ludovit Klein vs. AJ Cunningham | |
| Undercard | Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady vs. Loik Radzhabov |
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