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UFC 290 live stream: How to watch Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez online tonight, match card, start time. This weekend, we watch the UFC 290 live stream online to see a featherweight title unification plus a defense of the UFC Flyweight Championship. With a card like this, expectations are set high for next year's International Fight Week.
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At the top of the UFC 290 card, Alexander Volkanovski stands in search of history, trying to define himself as the greatest his division has ever seen. This leg of his road to immortality is all about unifying the interim featherweight championship held by Jair Rodríguez with Volkanovski's. Islam Makhachev stands in the shadows, ready for a rematch were Volkanovski to win.
Before that, though, Brandon Moreno and Alexandre Pantoja will fight for the former's flyweight strap. Pantoja's beaten Moreno twice before, with a submission win in an exhibition fight in 2016 and a unanimous decision in 2018.
In breaking news, Josiah Harrell was pulled from the prelim card, after a prefight MRI found a brain disease known as moyamoya. This scratches his match against Jack Della Maddalena.
DraftKings has Volkanovski (-380) favored for the main event, with Rodriguez (+290) as the underdog — odds that have stood still since the middle of this past week. You'd have to bet $80 on a winning Volkanovski to win $100, while a $100 wager on a winning Rodriguez would net you $290.
The site lists Moreno (-205) for the favorite in the co-main, with Oliveira (+175) as a slighter underdog. Those odds have widened.
Here's everything you need to know about UFC 290 live streams:
UFC 290 time and date
Date and Time: UFC 290 is today (Saturday, July 8)
UFC 290 main card: The main card starts at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT / 3 a.m. BST / 2 p.m. AEDT
Early prelims begin three hours earlier, at 6 p.m. ET, main prelims are at 8 p.m. ET.
UFC 290 main event time: Ring-walks are estimated for 12 a.m. ET / 9 p.m. PT / 5 a.m. BST / 4 p.m. AEDT
UFC 290 fight card
Early prelims (6 p.m. ET) on ESPN Plus and UFC FightPass
Tatsuro Taira vs. Edgar Cháirez - Catchweight (130 lb)
Vitor Petrino vs. Marcin Prachnio - Light Heavyweight
Cameron Saaiman vs. Terrence Mitchell - Bantamweight
Shannon Ross vs. Jesús Santos Aguilar - Flyweight
Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics - Lightweight
Prelims (8 p.m. ET) on ABC, ESPN Plus and ESPN
Robbie Lawler vs. Niko Price - Welterweight
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Denise Gomes - Women's Strawweight
Jimmy Crute vs. Alonzo Menifield - Light Heavyweight
Main Card (10 p.m. ET) on ESPN Plus
Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Yair Rodríguez (ic) - for the Undisputed UFC Featherweight Championship
Brandon Moreno (c) vs. Alexandre Pantoja - for the UFC Flyweight Championship
Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus du Plessis - a UFC Middleweight title eliminator
Jalin Turner vs. Dan Hooker - Lightweight
Bo Nickal vs. Val Woodburn - Middleweight
Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja completes the promotion's double-header at International Fight Week
International Fight Week has landed once again in Las Vegas. The annual event that began back in 2012 has delivered some iconic moments to the sport and has another loaded lineup set for Saturday with UFC 290 slated for the T-Mobile Arena. A pair of title fights tip the marquee as featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski looks to turn away interim titleholder Yair Rodriguez in the night's main event.
Volkanovski is building one of the best resumes in the division's history as he holds three wins over former champ Max Holloway and a big one over newly minted Hall of Famer Jose Aldo. Now, he looks to finish cleaning out the division with the last major test from his era in Rodriguez before he potentially looks to jump back up to lightweight for a rematch against Islam Makhachev. Rodriguez earned his shot at the title by stopping Josh Emmett for the interim strap.
The other title fight sees a rematch that was previously not at the title level. Flyweight champion Brandon Moreno will take on Alexandre Pantoja after Pantoja beat Moreno in their first official fight in 2018. The two also met during their season of "The Ultimate Fighter," which Pantoja also won by submission.
Moreno enters as a sizable favorite to get the job done this time after coming out on top of the four-fight series with Deiveson Figueiredo. Pantoja, meanwhile, has won three in a row to earn his shot at the crown.
As is customary with International Fight Week, the entire card is loaded with rising contenders and stalwart veterans looking to close out their careers on a high note. Rising middleweight contender Dricus du Plessis gets his chance in the spotlight when he battles former champion Robert Whittaker on the main card.
A win could slot "DDP" in line to face Israel Adesanya for the title later this year. Plus, former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler looks to close out his career on a high when he takes on veteran Niko Price in the preliminary main event.
Alexander Volkanovski defends his featherweight belt against interim titleholder Yair Rodriguez tonight at UFC 290 with a flyweight title fight also taking place in the co-main event.
Volkanovski looks to return to winning ways after he missed out on the chance to become a two-weight champion in February as he was beaten by Islam Makhachev. 'The Great' has never lost a featherweight fight in his MMA career and his latest challenger at the weight class is Rodriguez, a talented Mexican striker who is known for his taekwondo skills.
Brandon Moreno puts his flyweight belt on the line against familiar foe Alexander Pantoja as the rivals meet for the third time. Pantoja tapped out Moreno on the UFC's reality TV show The Ultimate Fighter seven years ago and beat him by decision in their professional rematch two years later. The Las Vegas event also features some big names such as Robert Whittaker and Robbie Lawler.