UFC 280 live stream: How to watch Oliveira-Makhachev, Sterling-Dillashaw, rest of PPV card via live stream
UFC 280 will begin this weekend on Saturday, October 22nd in Abu Dhabi. There is a five fight main card highlighted by a slight showdown between #1 Charles Oliveira and #4 Islam Makhachev. The event will be broadcast over the ESPN network, with the main card broadcast over ESPN+ PPV.
Oliveira and Makhachev will fight for the vacant lightweight title. Oliveira missed the weight before his last fight and vacated the belt. He went on to subdue Justin Gaethje in the first round of their fight to remain the No. 1 contender for the title. Makhachev goes into this matchup with a 22-1 record and has won 10 fights in a row. His last four fights ended before a decision, including his first-round knockout of Bobby Green in February of this year.
In the penultimate fight of the evening, Aljamain Sterling defended his bantamweight belt against #2 TJ Dillashaw. Sterling picked up a split decision win over Petr Yan in April 2022 to retain his title. Dillashaw comes in with an 18-4 record and returns to the octagon for the first time since 2021. He had a split decision win over Cory Sandhagen and finds himself in the cover photo.
The main card begins with a huge women’s flyweight bout. #1 Katlyn Chookagian takes on #6 Manon Fiorot, with the winner likely going up against Valentine Shevchenko in her next fight. In the second fight of the main map, #6 Beneil Dariush will face off against #9 Mateusz Gamrot in an easy fight. You know the winner of that fight will be eyeing the title fight later tonight. The bantamweight division will feature in the third fight of the main card when #1 Petr Yan takes on #11 Sean O’Malley. Could we see Sterling/Yan 3 with a win?
Prelims begin at 10:30am ET. The main map is expected to start at 14:00 ET with the Oliveira-Makhachev fight to end it.
So how do you see it?
The main map for UFC 280 will stream live on ESPN+ PPV, which costs $74.99 (plus tax) for the full map. The link provides an option to just purchase the card or to purchase the Disney Plus Bundle, which includes Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN+.
The preliminary eight-fight UFC 280 map will air on ESPNEWS and ESPN+ and is free to all subscribers. But everyone has to pay for the last five fights on the main card, and that gets $74.99 credited to your credit card by ESPN. You can click on the buy part of the app to get the show in full.