Former Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s bantamweight titleholder Holly Holm, on the sidelines since October 2020, will return to active competition when she meets Ketlen Vieira in the UFC Fight Night 206 headliner. Meanwhile, welterweight action heroes Santiago Ponzinibbio and Michel Pereira collide in the three-round co-main event at 170 pounds.
Date, Time, Location for UFC Fight Night 206
UFC Fight Night 206 goes down on Saturday, May 21 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.
UFC Fight Night ‘Holm vs. Vieira’ Tickets
Those in the Las Vegas area on May 21 can visit VividSeats.com and purchase tickets to see UFC Fight Night “Holm vs. Vieira” in person. The site, which offers a Buyers’ Guarantee to ensure authenticity and delivery—either digitally or by mail—prior to the event, shows limited seating available at $903.
How to Watch UFC Fight Night 206 Online
Anyone wishing to live stream UFC Fight Night “Holm vs. Vieira” online will need to buy 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 206 online or on television in the United States. Meanwhile, BT Sport is the lone broadcaster showing UFC Fight Night “Holm vs. Vieira” live in the United Kingdom. Coverage for preliminary fights begins at 10 p.m. BST, with the main card scheduled to start at 12 a.m. BST. Finally, Foxtel TV customers in Australia can stream UFC Fight Night 206 online by using the Foxtel Go app and may also sign up for Kayo to watch ESPN online.
UFC Fight Night 206 Card, Odds
BetUS.com lists Holm as the -260 favorite for the main event, with Vieira as a +200 underdog. In the co-headliner, Pereira is favored at -140, with Ponzinibbio coming back at +110.
Holm, now 40, enters the Octagon on the heels of back-to-back victories over Raquel Pennington and Irene Aldana. However, she has not set foot inside the cage since she took a unanimous decision from Aldana in the UFC on ESPN 16 marquee attraction on Oct. 3, 2020—595 days ago. All five of Holm’s losses have come to current or former champions: Amanda Nunes, Cristiane Justino, Germaine de Randamie, Valentina Shevchenko and Miesha Tate.
Viera has alternated wins and losses in each of her past four outings after starting her pro career with 10 straight wins. The 30-year-old Nova Uniao rep last competed at UFC Fight Night 198, where she took a five-round unanimous decision from the aforementioned Tate in the main event.
The rest of the main draw features a women’s strawweight clash pitting former Jungle Fight titleholder Polyana Viana against Tabatha Ricci and a pair of middleweight tilts, as Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Chidi Njokuani faces Dusko Todorovic and onetime Legacy Fighting Alliance titlist Eryk Anders meets Jun Yong Park.
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