This morning in Jacksonville, Florida, the Ultimate Fighting Championship held the official weigh-ins for their 13-fight UFC 261 mega card. The event offers a championship triple header. Featuring welterweight champion Kamaru Usman once again taking on the challenge of “BMF” champion Jorge Masvidal. Reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili defending her thrown against former division champion Rose Namajunas. And a women’s flyweight title scrap between second-ranked pound-for-pound talent, and champion, Valentina Shevchenko and one-time 115-pound titleholder Jessica Andrade.
The event kicks off at 5:45 pm ET on UFC Fight Pass, with a quartet of early prelim matchups. The action then switches over to ESPN and ESPN+ for the core preliminary bouts. And lastly, the main card and pay-per-view, starts at 10 pm ET only on ESPN+.