UFC 294 takes place this Saturday, with Manchester’s Muhammad Mokaev featuring on the bill in Abu Dhabi as Alexander Volkanovski challenges Islam Makhachev for his lightweight title.
The main event sees Volkanovski aiming to add Makhachev’s lightweight title to his existing featherweight championship belt. Should he prove successful, The Australia would become just the fourth man in UFC history to simultaneously hold titles in two weight divisions, but he will have to beat a man he lost to by unanimous decision in their last meeting at UFC 280, almost exactly a year ago.
They will be joined by another big-name fighter at the event, with Kamaru Usman featuring on the card as he seeks to battle back from defeat to Leon Edwards earlier this year. He faces a middleweight title eliminator against Khamzat Chimaev, stepping up to middleweight in a bid to return to winning ways and take the penultimate step towards becoming a two-weight world champion.
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On an exciting card in the middle east, there is also the chance to watch Muhammad Mokaev once again, he faces Tim Elliott in a flyweight contest as the 23-year-old continues his efforts to become a world champion. This tops the preliminary card and the hope will be that he can make a statement victory in order to achieve greater prominence heading into 2024.
Here is how you can follow the event:
When is UFC 294?
The event in Saudi Arabia takes place on Saturday, 21 October, with the preliminary card beginning at 5 pm UK time before the main card gets underway at 7pm.
How to watch UFC 294:
Live coverage of both cards begins at 5pm on TNT Sports 1 and on Discovery+. You can sign up to TNT sports by subscribing to Discovery+ premium for £29.99 per month here.
If you are an existing BT broadband customer, you can add Discovery+ to your monthly package here. Meanwhile, you can also add Discovery+ to your existing Amazon Prime Video subscription here.
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TNT SportsWho is fighting at UFC 294:
Main card (from 7pm):
Islam Makhachev v Alexander Volkanovski
Kamaru Usman v Khamzat Chimaev
Mogomed Ankalaev v Johnny Walker
Ikram Aliskerov v Warlley Alves
Said Nurmagomedov v Muin Gafurov
Preliminary card (from 5pm)
Tim Elliott v Muhammad Mokaev
Mohammad Yahya v Trevor Peek
Javid Basharat v Victor Henry
Abu Azaitar v Sedriques Dumas
Mike Breeden v Anshul Jubli
Nathaniel Wood v Muhammad Naimov
Viktoriia Dudakova v Jinh Yu Frey
Shara Magomedov v Bruno Silva
