UFC 281 fight card and weigh-in results
Israel Adesanya prepares to fight Jared Cannonier in a middleweight title bout during UFC 276 on July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. Credit: AP/John Locher
Event: UFC 281
Date: Nov. 12, 2022
Location: New York City
Venue: Madison Square Garden
Where to watch: ESPN+ PPV, ESPNews, ESPN+, UFC Fight Pass
UFC 281 main card, 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV
Middleweight title: Champion Israel Adesanya (185) vs. Alex Pereira (184.6)
Women's strawweight title: Champion Carla Esparza (114.8) vs. Zhang Weili (114.8)
Lightweight: Dustin Poirier (156) vs. Michael Chandler (155.8)
Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar (135.6) vs. Chris Gutierrez (136)
Lightweight: Dan Hooker (155.8) vs. Claudio Puelles (155.2)
UFC 281 prelims, 8 p.m. on ESPNews, ESPN+
Lightweight: Brad Riddell (155.6) vs. Renato Moicano (155.8)
Light heavyweight: Dominick Reyes (205.4) vs. Ryan Spann (206.6)*
Women's flyweight: Erin Blachfield (125) vs. Molly McCann (125.4)
Middleweight: Andre Petroski (185.8) vs. Wellington Turman (185.2)
UFC 281 early prelims, 6 p.m. on UFC Fight Pass
Lightweight: Matt Frevola (154.8) vs. Ottman Azaitar (155.6)
Women's strawweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz (115.6) vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez (115.6)
Featherweight: Michael Trizano (147.6)* vs. SeungWoo Choi (145.6)
Bantamweight: Julio Arce (135.8) vs. Montel Jackson (135.8)
Light heavyweight: Carlos Ulberg (205.2) vs. Nicolae Negumereanu (206)
* Spann and Trizano missed weight and will be fined 20% of their purse, payable to their opponent who made the contracted weight.
Mark La Monica is a deputy sports editor at Newsday. He also covers mixed martial arts.
