The co-main event also includes the cancelled Petr Yan bout, with bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling pulling out of the fight due to injury, leaving Yan opponentless until rising star Corey Sandhagen stepped in to fight for the interim title. Blachowicz is coming off the back of a groundbreaking victory against the previously-undefeated Israel Adesanya, who was aiming to beat the Pole and become a two-weight world champion. UFC 267, live from Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena, hosts Polish light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz defending his title against Brazilian-American light heavyweight legend Glover Teixeira, who is looking to get his hands on a title for the first time, after losing to Jon Jones back in 2014. The three main events in the run-up to the end of the year sees six huge title fights. Now we’re into the final three months of the year, and Dana White has got some incredible nights planned for MMA fans around the world, including three events on at primetime for European fans. Francis Ngannou, Brandon Moreno and Charles Oliveira were among Americans Aljamain Sterling and Rose Namajunas to hear Bruce Buffer exclaim his famous ‘AND NEW…’ The return of fans in Jacksonville to see Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas and Valentina Shevchenko get their hands raised as champions was incredible, as well as many of the belts around the weight divisions moving around. It’s been quite the year for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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