Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett clash as UFC 324 takes centre stage in Las Vegas tonight.
Liverpool’s ‘Paddy the Baddy’ is out to follow up on his brutal beatdown of Michael Chandler last year as he takes on another UFC household name in a bid to become the new interim lightweight champion.
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Pimblett hopes to defeat former UFC ‘BMF’ title-holder Gaethje and then be first in line for a crack at rival Ilia Topuria, the undefeated two-weight king who is currently away from the octagon dealing with personal issues.
Former bantamweight champion ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley also returns at the T-Mobile Arena, taking on China’s Song Yadong in the co-main event as he looks to recover from his successive title defeats by Merab Dvalishvili.
A huge night for the UFC would have been even bigger still, only for the legendary Amanda Nunes’ eagerly-anticipated comeback from retirement to be postponed earlier in January after women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison required neck surgery.
Pimblett is not the only Englishman on the bill in Vegas, with Ipswich’s Arnold Allen also getting a main card spot as the sixth-ranked featherweight battles Brazilian Jean Silva.
There’s also Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Derrick Lewis at heavyweight and former two-time UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas fights Natalia Silva after an injury to Alexa Grasso.
How to watch UFC 324
TV channel: Saturday night’s event is the first in the UFC’s new mammoth seven-year broadcasting deal with Paramount+ announced last summer that is said to be worth a total of £5.7billion.
It can be watched in the UK through discovery+, Sky, EE TV, Prime Video and Virgin Media TV.
The main card is available to purchase via TNT Sports Box Office at a cost of £19.99. The main prelim bill is being shown live from 12am GMT on TNT Sports 1.
The early prelim fights are being screened on UFC Fight Pass, the UFC’s in-house subscription-based streaming service that currently costs from £6.99 a month in the UK.
Live stream: Those with a TNT Sports subscription can watch the main prelims through the discovery+ app and website, plus the main card once purchased.
Live blog: Follow all the action as it happens from UFC 324 with Standard Sport’s live blog.
