UFC 261 live stream: Results updates, highlights, fight videos
SYNDICATED 5 hours ago UFC 261 results live stream: Full coverage, real-time play-by-play updates for Usman vs. Masvidal 2 -led pay-per-view (PPV) event online tonight (Sat., April 24, 2021) inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., with Prelims undercard real-time streaming online updates from ESPN+/ESPN2 and ESPN.
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Though the UFC had already been the first significant sports entity to return with recurring shows at its Apex facility in Las Vegas and Fight Island in the United Arab Emirates, something was clearly missing.
That s not the case anymore.
The octagonal mixed martial arts conglomerate welcomed about 15,000 ready-to-burst fans into Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday night, confirming the WE ARE BACK! claim that czar Dana White had tweeted upon announcing the show in early March.
Indeed, UFC 261 went off as a 13-bout show featuring three title fights atop a crowded bill, including a welterweight championship rematch between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal that was a runback of a match on Fight Island last summer that Masvidal famously took on less than a week s notice.
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[BREAKING] UFC 261: Kamaru Usman knocks out Masvidal to retain title
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Kamaru ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ Usman has today knocked out his challenger, the American mixed martial artist, Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal in their hugely anticipated sold-out 170-rematch face-off for the UFC 261 Welterweight championship title scheduled at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
The UFC 261 title fight which sold out 15,000 tickets in fifteen minutes after the announcement was made, longtime contender, Masvidal was looking for vengeance after being defeated during their first bout in July 2020 and reigning champion Kamaru is simply looking for another solid clear-cut win.
Here’s everything that happened at UFC 261 last night
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Last night (Sat., April 24, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ventured to Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., for UFC 261, and there was much to be excited about. Three title fights, the return of a full crowd of fans, lots of action throughout the card UFC 261 was a must-watch event that gives us plenty to discuss and analyze.
Let’s take a closer look at the best performances and techniques:
Usman Leaves No Doubt
It’s time to wake up and realize that Kamaru Usman is one of the greatest fighters of all time.
Welterweight champ Usman knocks out Masvidal as US fans return to UFC events
Valentina Shevchenko kept her flyweight belt and Rose Namajunas regained the strawweight strap at UFC 261. By AFP Sunday 25 Apr 2021, 9:58 AM 2 hours ago 1,955 Views 1 Comment Kamaru Usman stops Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261. Source: Gary McCullough
THE UFC WELCOMED back American fans for their first live event in over a year overnight and three of its greatest fighters Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas and Valentina Shevchenko rose to the occasion with stunning knockouts at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Nigerian-American welterweight champion Usman knocked American challenger Jorge Masvidal out cold with a thunderous straight right to the chin at 1.02 of the second round in the main event, and warned those gathered –- and other fighters