Completed MMA Event

UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega

UFC 266
  • Saturday 09.25.2021 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: T-Mobile Arena
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Paul Felder, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Daniel Cormier
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $5,609,906
  • Attendance: 19,029
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Marlon Moraes vs. Merab Dvalishvili   |   $50,000 bonus to Dvalishvili
  • Performance of the Night
    Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Chris Daukaus   |   $50,000 bonus to Daukaus

Referees

  • Herb Dean
    Volkanovski vs. Ortega (13)Andrade vs. Calvillo (9)
  • Keith Peterson
    Shevchenko vs. Murphy (12)Moraes vs. Dvalishvili (8)
  • Jason Herzog
    Lawler vs. Diaz II (11)Hooker vs. Haqparast (7)Medic vs. Turner (4)
  • Mark Smith
    Blaydes vs. Rozenstruik (10)Abdurakhimov vs. Daukaus (6)Semelsberger vs. Sano (2)
  • Chris Tognoni
    Modafferi vs. Santos (5)Maximov vs. Brundage (3)Morales vs. Pearce (1)

Event Discussion

ThaFilthiestCasual
ThaFilthiestCasual

08.04.2022 | 2:02 PM ET

Very funny to look at this comment now lol
Rigno
Rigno

08.23.2022 | 8:14 AM ET

I mean, at the time I was right.
TWJake
TWJake

09.22.2022 | 3:18 PM ET

Islam vs Dan hooker is gonna be fire !!!

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