Top 10 contenders in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight division will square off when Ciryl Gane battles Sergey Spivak in the UFC Fight Night 226 headliner. Meanwhile, Manon Fiorot welcomes former women’s strawweight titleholder Rose Namajunas to a new weight class in the three-round co-main event at 125 pounds.
Date, Time, Location for UFC Fight Night 226
UFC Fight Night “Gane vs. Spivak” goes down on Saturday, Sept. 2 at Accor Arena in Paris. The main card kicks off at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT. The prelims start at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT.
UFC Fight Night ‘Gane vs. Spivak’ Tickets
Those in the Paris area on Sept. 2 can purchase tickets through Billetterie to see UFC Fight Night 226 in person. The site offers seating options in a variety of price ranges, starting at $314.
How to View UFC Fight Night 226 Online
Anyone wishing to live stream UFC Fight Night 226 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 “Gane vs. Spivak” online in the United States. The main card can be viewed on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT, while the prelims can be seen on ESPN+ at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT. Meanwhile, TNT Sports is the lone broadcaster showing UFC Fight Night 226 live in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Coverage begins at 8 p.m. BST. Finally, Foxtel TV customers in Australia can stream UFC Fight Night “Gane vs. Spivak” online by using the Foxtel Go app and may also sign up for Kayo to watch ESPN online.
UFC Fight Night 226 Card, Odds
BetUS.com list Gane as a moderate -190 favorite in the main event, with Spivak as a +160 underdog. In the co-headliner, Fiorot is favored at -185, with Namajunas coming back at +155.
Gane enters the cage having lost two of his past three bouts. The MMA Factory rep last appeared at UFC 285, where he submitted to a first-round guillotine choke from Jon Jones in a failed bid to unify the undisputed heavyweight championship on March 4. Gane, 33, owns an 8-2 record in the UFC. Spivak, meanwhile, coasts in on a three-fight winning streak. The 28-year-old Moldovan last competed on Feb. 4, when he dispatched Derrick Lewis with an arm-triangle choke at UFC Fight Night 218. Spivak has compiled a 7-3 mark across 10 assignments inside the Octagon.
UFC Fight Night “Gane vs. Spivak” also features a lightweight showcase pitting Benoit St. Denis (-170) against Thiago Moises (+140), a light heavyweight affair matching Volkan Oezdemir (-180) with Bogdan Guskov (+150) and two featherweight tilts, as William Gomis (-210) meets Yanis Ghemmouri (+170) and Morgan Charriere (-345) faces Manolo Zecchini (+255). Bantamweights anchor the undercard, where former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship titleholder Taylor Lapilus (-175) toes the line against undefeated Team Kaobon product Caolan Loughran (+145).
The rest of the UFC Fight Night 226 lineup: Ange Loosa (-160) vs. Rhys McKee (+130) at welterweight, Joselyne Edwards (-116) vs. Nora Cornolle (-114) at 135 pounds, Farid Basharat (-400) vs. Kleydson Rodrigues (+300) at bantamweight and Jacqueline Cavalcanti (-350) vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos (+250) at a 140-pound catchweight.
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• Preview: The Main Card
• Preview: The Prelims
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• Rivalries: Sergei Spivak
• By The Numbers: Fiorot vs. Namajunas
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