UFC Fight Night UK start time: Buckley vs Malott main event at 03:30 on Sunday

Joaquin Buckley meets Mike Malott at welterweight in Edmonton, with the main event expected at 03:30 early on Sunday for viewers in the UK and Ireland and the card opening at 22:00 BST on Saturday.

By Combat Sports UK Staff · Published Thu 8 Oct, 09:09 UK · AI-assisted reporting

Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott — Combat Sports UK

UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott comes from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday 17 October, and the timing makes it a late night for viewers in the UK and Ireland. The card opens at 22:00 BST on Saturday, the second block of bouts begins at 01:00, and the welterweight main event is expected at 03:30 early on Sunday, all UK and Irish time. TNT Sports has the UK broadcast, with the prelims shown on UFC Fight Pass, which is bought separately from the UFC.

Joaquin Buckley, a 32-year-old American, brings a 21-8 record into the headline bout. Mike Malott, from Cleveland, is 14-2-1 at 34. Malott stands 6ft 1in to Buckley's 5ft 10in, yet Buckley carries the longer reach, 76 inches against 73.

The women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Jasmine Jasudavicius pairs fighters ten years apart: Blanchfield is 14-2 at 27, while Jasudavicius, from St. Catharines in Canada, is 15-4 at 37. In the same 01:00 block, Gatineau's Marc-Andre Barriault, 17-11, meets Philadelphia's Kyle Daukaus, 17-4, at middleweight, and Nate Landwehr, 38 and 18-8, faces Mandel Nallo, 37 and 14-4, at lightweight.

Earlier in the night, heavyweight Tanner Boser takes a 22-11-1 record against Jhonata Diniz of Curitiba, who is 9-2 and holds a four-inch reach advantage at 79.5 inches. Katlyn Cerminara, 18-6, meets Vancouver's Jamey-Lyn Horth, 9-3, at women's flyweight, and South Korea's SuYoung You, 16-4, faces Cody Chovancek, who is 1-0.

Full card (UK and Irish times)