UFC 282 live results: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev, Paddy Pimblett's PPV debut

Welcome to F4WOnline.com's live coverage of UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev, emanating from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

It is the final UFC pay-per-view event of 2022, and the Octagon is back inside the T-Mobile Arena where, following a major shuffling of the main event, a brand new champion will be crowned in one of the premier divisions in the sport.

The vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship is on the line in the main event as former champion Jan Blachowicz looks to become a two-time champion against Magomed Ankalaev. The title became vacant after Jiri Prochazka opted to vacate it following suffering a major shoulder surgery a couple of weeks ago, which forced him out of the original main event of this card, a defense against Glover Teixeira. Teixeira was offered to stay in the title fight against Ankalaev, but turned it down due to the short notice. Blachowicz and Ankalaev were already scheduled to fight in the co-main event, so they get the bump up.

In the new co-main event, Paddy Pimblett looks to become the big breakout star they hope as he fights on pay-per-view for the first time when he takes on Jared Gordon. Also on the main card is a catchweight bout between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Alex Morono, a middleweight bout pitting Darren Till against Dricus Du Plessis, and a battle of undefeated rising featherweight contenders as Bryce Mitchell battles Ilia Topuria.

The prelims are stacked for this show, capped off by a battle of top-eleven heavyweights as Jairzinho Rozenstruik takes on Chris Daukaus, plus the debut of Raul Rosas Jr., the youngest fighter on the UFC roster who earned a contract as a 17-year-old on this past season of Dana White's Contender Series.

Follow along with our live coverage of the event beginning at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time with preliminary action all the way through the main card.

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ESPN+ PRELIMS | 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT

> Bantamweights- Cameron Saaiman (6-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Steven Koslow (6-0, 0-0 UFC)

ESPN2 PRELIMS | 7 PM ET/4 PM PT

> Featherweights- TJ Brown (16-9, 2-3 UFC) vs. Erik Silva (9-1, 0-0 UFC)

> Featherweights- Billy Quarantillo (16-4, 4-2 UFC) vs. Alexander Hernandez (13-5, 5-4 UFC)

> Middleweights- #15 Chris Curtis (29-9, 3-1 UFC) vs. Joaquin Buckley (15-5, 5-3 UFC)

> Middleweights- Edmen Shahbazyan (11-3, 4-3 UFC) vs. Dalcha Lungiambula (11-5, 2-4 UFC)

> Heavyweights- #9 Jairzinho Rozenstruik (12-4, 6-4 UFC) vs. #11 Chris Daukaus (12-5, 4-2 UFC)

> Bantamweights- Raul Rosas Jr. (6-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jay Perrin (10-6, 0-2 UFC)

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD | 10 PM ET/7 PM PT

> Featherweights- #9 Bryce Mitchell (15-0, 6-0 UFC) vs. #14 Ilia Topuria (12-0, 4-0 UFC)

> Middleweights- #10 Darren Till (18-4-1, 6-4-1 UFC) vs. #14 Dricus Du Plessis (17-2, 3-0 UFC)

> Welterweights- Santiago Ponzinibbio (28-6, 10-5 UFC) vs. Alex Morono (22-7 1 NC, 11-4 1 NC UFC)

> Lightweights- Paddy Pimblett (19-3, 3-0 UFC) vs. Jared Gordon (19-5, 7-4 UFC)

> UFC Light Heavyweight Championship- #3 Jan Blachowicz (29-9, 12-6 UFC) vs. #4 Magomed Ankalaev (18-1, 9-1 UFC)