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UFC 269 Trailer Hypes The Three Title Fights For March 6th

UFC 259 on March 6th is going to be one of the bigger events of the year in MMA. Featuring three title fights, the event will take place at the APEX in Las Vegas that Saturday night. On top of the three title fights, some interesting match-ups will also take place all over the main card and prelims, making the first of the UFC's March PPV's one to add to the calendar for sure. The card was first announced at this past Saturday's UFC 258, where Kamaru Usman continued his domination over the Welterweight division with a TKO victory over Gilbert Burns, retaining his title. Check out the trailer for the March 6th card below.

UFC 259 Will Be A Big Night

In the main event, undefeated middleweight champion Isreal Adesanya moves up to Light Heavyweight to become a two-division champ when he takes on Jan Blachowicz in his first title defense. Blachowicz won that title back at UFC 253 last fall with a decisive victory over Dominick Reyes. On that same card, "The Last Stylebender" headlined and soundly defeated Paulo Costa with strikes in the second round, cementing himself as one of the sport's biggest rising stars.

In the co-main event, two-division champ and the greatest women's MMA fighter in history, Amanda Nunes returns to the octagon to face Megan Anderson, who has three first-round finishes in her last four fights. A dangerous striker herself, who knows if she has what it takes to stop one of the greatest runs of any fighter the UFC has ever seen, but she seems up to the challenge. Nunes looks to further her legacy before possibly taking on Julianna Pena, who has been very vocal in demanding the next shot at her.

In the last title fight on the card, Bantamweight champ Petr Yan will put his belt on the line against Aljamain Sterling in a highly anticipated match-up. This fight was set to have happened back in December, but Yan had to pull out. Yan is 7-0 in the UFC, while Sterling is riding a five-fight win streak into the title shot. Both are game fighters who leave it all in the cage, so expect a finish.

Some undercard highlights including a 205 lbs tilt between Thiago Santos and Aleksander Rakic, Dominick Cruz returning against Casey Kenney, and Joseph Benavidez taking on the unbeaten Askar Askarov. Here is the full fight card for UFC 259:

Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Jan Blachowicz vs. Israel Adesanya — light heavyweight title fight

Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson — featherweight title fight

Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling — bantamweight title fight

Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober

Thiago Santos vs. Aleksandar Rakic

Preliminary card (ESPN at 8 p.m. ET)

Dominick Cruz vs. Casey Kenney

Song Yadong vs. Kyler Phillips

Joseph Benavidez vs. Askar Askarov

Livinha Souza vs. Amanda Lemos

Early prelims (ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET)

Sean Brady vs. Jake Matthews

Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa

Kai Kara-France vs. Rogerio Bontorin

Carlos Ulberg vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu

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