How to Watch UFC Fight Night 222

Hard-hitting heavyweight contenders will fly the Ultimate Fighting Championship flag when Sergei Pavlovich confronts Curtis Blaydes in the UFC Fight Night 222 headliner. Meanwhile, “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 11 graduate Brad Tavares squares off with former M-1 Global champion Bruno Silva in the three-round middleweight co-main event at 185 pounds.

A closer look at some of the UFC Fight Night 222 “Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” particulars:

Date, Time, Location for UFC Fight Night 222

UFC Fight Night “Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” goes down on Saturday, April 22 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card kicks off at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The prelims start at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT.

How to View UFC Fight Night ‘Pavlovich vs. Blaydes’ Online

Anyone wishing to live stream UFC Fight Night 222 online will need to purchase an ESPN+ membership. The ESPN-owned streaming service has exclusive rights to UFC live streams, making ESPN+ the only way to view UFC Fight Night “Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” online in the United States. The main card can be viewed on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, while the prelims can be seen on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. Meanwhile, BT Sport is the lone broadcaster showing UFC Fight Night 222 live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Coverage begins at 9 p.m. GMT. Finally, Foxtel TV customers in Australia can stream UFC Fight Night “Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” online by using the Foxtel Go app and may also sign up for Kayo to watch ESPN online.

UFC Fight Night 222 Card, Odds

BetUS.com tabs Blaydes as a -175 favorite in the main event, with Pavlovich as a +145 underdog. In the co-headliner, Tavares is favored at -160, with Silva coming back at +130.

Pavlovich, 30, climbs into the cage on the strength of a five-fight winning streak. The former Fight Nights Global titleholder last competed at UFC on ESPN 42, where he punched out Tai Tuivasa a mere 54 seconds into their Dec. 3 encounter. Pavlovich has delivered 14 of his 17 career victories by knockout or technical knockout, five of them inside one minute. Blaydes has rattled off three straight wins. The 32-year-old Elevation Fight Team export last appeared on July 23, when he was awarded a technical knockout after Tom Aspinall suffered a knee injury just 15 seconds into their UFC Fight Night 208 showdown. Only two men—Francis Ngannou (twice) and Derrick Lewis—have beaten Blaydes to this point.

UFC Fight Night 222 “Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” also features a lightweight scrap pairing Bobby Green (-255) with Jared Gordon (+205), a women’s strawweight clash pitting Iasmin Lucindo (-350) against Brogan Walker (+250) and a welterweight tilt matching Jeremiah Wells (-115) with Matthew Semelsberger (-115). Lightweights anchor the seven-fight undercard, where onetime World Series of Fighting champion Ricky Glenn (-150) toes the line against Kill Cliff Fight Club export Christos Giagos (+120) at 155 pounds. The rest of the lineup: Montel Jackson (-550) vs. Rani Yahya (+375), Norma Dumont (-120) vs. Karol Rosa (-110), Junior Tafa (-120) vs. Mohammed Usman (-110), Francis Marshall (-220) vs. William Gomis (+175), Karine Silva (-190) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (+155) and Batgerel Danaa (-155) vs. Brady Hiestand (+125).

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• Preview: The Main Card
• Preview: The Prelims
• Beforemath: Can Blaydes Avoid the Early Knockout?
• Bruno Silva’s Reversal of Fortune
• Iasmin Lucindo: Beyond Her Years