Israel Adesanya and Zhang Weili will make the first defenses of their UFC championships on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Adesanya will face middleweight Yoel Romero in the UFC 248 main event, and Zhang will take on a former strawweight champ, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, in the co-main. The main card begins at 10 p.m. ET on pay-per-view, which fans can purchase here. The prelims are on ESPN at 8 p.m., with the early prelims on ESPN+ at 6:30.
Adesanya (18-0) is one of only two undefeated UFC champs (along with lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov). He won his belt in October with a second-round knockout of Robert Whittaker.
Zhang (20-1) became champ last August with a 42-second TKO of Jessica Andrade.
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UFC 248 schedule
PPV (via ESPN+), 10 p.m. ET
Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Yoel Romero | Middleweight
Zhang Weili (c) vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk | Strawweight
Beneil Dariush vs. Drakkar Klose | Lightweight
Neil Magny vs. Li Jingliang | Welterweight
Alex Oliveira vs. Max Griffin | Welterweight
ESPN, 8 p.m.
Sean O'Malley vs. Jose Quinonez | Men's bantamweight
Mark O. Madsen vs. Austin Hubbard | Lightweight
Rodolfo Vieira vs. Saparbek Safarov | Middleweight
Gerald Meerschaert vs. Deron Winn | Middleweight
ESPN+, 6:30 p.m.
Emily Whitmire vs. Polyana Viana | Strawweight
Jamall Emmers vs. Giga Chikadze | Women's featherweight
Danaa Batgerel vs. Guido Cannetti | Men's bantamweight
(c) = defending champion
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