The UFC’s international stronghold is on display in the locally based mixed martial arts’ promotion’s third pay-per-view card of the year tonight at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC 248 features a pair of title fights that collectively represent four different nationalities — none of which are American. Fighters from three more countries round out the five-fight main card, which begins momentarily through ESPN+.
There’s so much diversity that UFC 248 feels more like the annual International Fight Week, which takes place in July in Las Vegas. The two champions, middleweight Israel Adesanya and women’s strawweight Weili Zhang, hail from New Zealand and China, respectively, but have strong ties elsewhere.