UFC 271 Gets a Venue – Will Take Place a Day Before the Super Bowl

UFC will return to Houston once again in February 2022 with UFC 271.

For the third time in less than a year, Houston will host a UFC pay-per-view event. Ever since the promotion started hosting the PPVs in front of live crowds, it has held two at the Toyota Center in Houston. The previous two events that took place in Houston were UFC 262 in May 2021 and UFC 265 in August 2021. The news was first reported by MMA Junkie.

The main event is yet to be decided. However, there are talks about a potential rematch for the UFC middleweight title between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. ‘The Last Stylebender‘ defeated Whittaker in spectacular fashion back at UFC 243 in October 2019 to claim the title.

A few of the announced bouts for the event include a women’s flyweight fight between MMA pioneer Roxanne Modafferi and Casey O’Neill. This will be Modafferi’s retirement bout. There is an exciting lightweight fight between Renato Moicano and Alexander Hernandez. However, the UFC will look to finalize a main event for the card soon, to create a buzz about it.

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Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker rematch to headline UFC 271?

Ever since Adesanya beat Whittaker for the title at UFC 243, the fans have been wanting a rematch. There have been talks about the fight in the past, but nothing as of now has materialized. However, ‘The Reaper‘ teased the rematch with the champion in one of his recent posts. He put up a few pictures with the caption saying, “11 weeks #AndNew @ufc @ufcanz.” This got the fans buzzing, and everyone was expecting the fight to be announced soon, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Eugene Bareman, the coach of Israel Adesanya recently talked about whether the fight was happening or not. In an interview with Submission Radio, he said, “Rob and his people, his wonderful manager, can’t secure this fight. And they’re panicking, so they put out these stupid tweets. Relax boys, just train. That’s all we’re doing, that’s all we do. We just put our heads down and train. You guys do the same. Let us handle the business because you guys are incapable. That management team is incapable.”

“We’ll handle the business side of things and if this is the direction that the fight’s gonna go, towards Robert, then we’ll secure it for you. We’ll do your job for you. But stop with the social media stuff,” he added.

This is a fight that fans have been waiting for, but there are other contenders waiting as well. If UFC doesn’t put this fight together, who do you want to see challenge for the title? Let us know in the comments!

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