At UFC 271, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces Robert Whittaker in a rematch for the championship belt. In the co-main event, Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa battle for heavyweight ranking supremacy. The ESPN+ pay-per-view fight card also features a top middleweight contenders bout between Dererk Brunson and Jared Cannonier.

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