Video: UFC 266 cold open released featuring the return of Nick Diaz
One more sleep separates American UFC fans from UFC 266, but UFC president Dana White is doing all he can to increase the fight week hype levels.
Friday, White released the pay-per-view’s cold open video, which features the long-awaited return of Nick Diaz (26-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) and a championship doubleheader.
The video, with actor and regular UFC voiceover narrator Ron Perlman, features promotion for Diaz’s rematch against Robbie Lawler (28-15 MMA, 13-9 UFC), the featherweight headliner between reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski (22-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and Brian Ortega (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC), and the co-main event between dominant champion Valentina Shevchenko (21-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and streaking challenger Lauren Murphy (15-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC).
Check out the UFC 266 cold open video above.
UFC 266 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
Champ Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega – for featherweight title
Champ Valentina Shevchenko vs. Lauren Murphy – for women’s flyweight title
Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler
Curtis Blaydes vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Jessica Andrade vs. Cynthia Calvillo
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Marlon Moraes vs. Merab Dvalishvili
Nasrat Haqparast vs. Dan Hooker
Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Chris Daukaus
Roxanne Modafferi vs. Taila Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Uros Medic vs. Jalin Turner
Cody Brundage vs. Nick Maximov
Martin Sano vs. Matthew Semelsberger
Omar Morales vs. Jonathan Pearce