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UFC 236 live stream: Watch Holloway vs. Poirier 2 ON TV

UFC 236 live stream: Watch Holloway vs. Poirier 2 online. UFC 236 is almost upon us and here is everything you need to know to watch.


UFC 236 boasts two interim title fights and this article has everything you need to know in one convenient place.

A featherweight rematch seven years in the making will be contested at lightweight when top-ranked contender Dustin Poirier welcomes reigning UFC lightweight champion Max Holloway to the 155-pound division. The co-main event fighters are oozing with confidence, as The Ultimate Fighter winner Kelvin Gastelum meets the uber-charismatic Israel Adesanya for the UFC interim middleweight belt.
Saturday’s event also marks Eryk Anders’ return to the light-heavyweight division opposite Khalil Roundtree Jr. and a rematch between Ovince Saint Preux and Nikita Krylov. Take a look below for information on when, where and how to watch all the action.
Two interim championship fights are set to headline UFC 236 on Saturday night from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Max Holloway (22-3 career record), the current UFC Featherweight (145 pounds) Champion, moves up to 155 to take on No. 1 contender Dustin Poirier (24-5) for the interim UFC Lightweight Championship, and undefeated Israel Adesanya (16-0) faces Kelvin Gastelum (16-3) for the interim UFC Middleweight Championship.

The main PPV card is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. ET and can be watched online through the ESPN+ PPV. You have two different options when ordering the PPV card, and those depend on whether or not you already have a subscription to ESPN+:
Holloway’s current active streak of 13 consecutive victories is the second-longest in UFC history behind the 16 wins of Anderson Silva. Eight of the 13 wins Holloway has accumulated since his last loss in August 2013 have ended in either knockout or TKO, the most in UFC during that span.

Holloway, 27, retained the featherweight title by defeating Brian Ortega via fourth-round TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at UFC 231 in Toronto, Canada on December 8. 2018. Prior to his victory against a battle-tested and game Ortega, Holloway defeated future Hall of Fame fighter José Aldo in consecutive bouts. The first, third-round TKO win (3:13) at UFC 212 in June 2017, unified the Featherweight Championship, and the second, the rematch, was a successful title defense by the same third-round TKO result (3:43) six months later at UFC 218 in December 2017.

Holloway enters Saturday as the -190 betting favorite against Poirier (+170).

Ironically enough, Holloway and Poirier have fought once before, way back when Poirier was still fighting at featherweight. One of Holloway’s three career losses, the other two against Dennis Bermudez and McGregor at later dates, came when Poirier won via first-round submission (arm bar; 3:23) during the preliminary card at UFC 143 in February 2012, now over seven years ago.

Poirier, better known to fans as “The Diamond,” enters Saturday having won four (Jim Miller, Anthony Pettis, Justin Gaethje and Eddie Alvarez) of his past five bouts. The 30-year old’s May 2017 fight against Alvarez was ruled a “no contest” after it was determined Alvarez landed illegal knees while Poirier, who later defeated him via second-round TKO (4:05) in July 2018, was down.

The 155-pound champion, or was, is Khabib Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov retained his Lightweight Championship against Conor McGregor via fourth-round submission (3:03) finish at UFC 229 in Las Vegas, Nevada, back in October. Holloway vs. Poirier is enticing, but mainly serving as a placeholder and de facto “true No.1 contender” place until Khabib is back from serving a nine-month suspension for his role (jumping the cage and going after one of McGregor’s coaches) following the conclusion of the fight.