UFC 259 LIVE: Blachowicz vs Adesanya - Amanda Nunes, Petr Yan defend titles

Welcome to Sportstar's live coverage of the UFC 259 event which is happening at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday (in India).

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Rakic dominated Santos a bit in the second. The No. 4 Light Heavyweight contender pushed the No. 2-ranked star to a corner and held him there for a brief period.

A very close first round comes to an end. Both fighters are initially taking it easy throwing only the occasional punches and kicks.

8:50 PM IST: Light Heavyweights Thiago Santos and Aleksandar Rakic are out. The first fight of the main card is almost underway.

8:30 PM IST: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier will be our commentators today.

8:00 PM IST: This will be Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz's first title defence in the promotion. Ahead of his encounter against Middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya at UFC 259, we caught up with Blachowicz for a chat.

7:45 PM IST: The UFC 259 main card will begin in less than an hour.

PREVIEW:

Three title fights will headline UFC 259 at the Apex in Las Vegas, United States. The main event will feature Light Heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz defending his belt against Middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya, who will be looking to become a two-division champion in Nevada.

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Talking about multi-division champs, Amanda Nunes, the Women's Bantamweight and Featherweight titleholder, will face Megan Anderson in a Women's Featherweight championship bout. Last but not the least, Petr Yan will put his Bantamweight belt on the line against Aljamain Sterling.

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The main card of the marquee MMA event will open with another Light Heavyweight affair pitting No. 2 contender Thiago Santos against No. 4-ranked Aleksandar Rakic. The only other bout on the card includes a Lightweight fight between No. 14 Islam Makhachev and Drew Dober.

UFC 259 MAIN CARD:

***** C - Champion *****

Where can you watch/stream UFC 259 live in India?

Sony Ten 2 (English) and Sony Ten 3 (Hindi) will telecast UFC 259 live in the Indian subcontinent. Meanwhile, SONY LIV will provide live streaming online for the event from 8:30 am IST onwards.