UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns will be held on February 13, 2021 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It’s generally impossible to predict how compelling a UFC card will be, but this one is short of notable fights, as evidenced by the co-main. The second-to-last fight of the evening is #10 women’s strawweight Maycee Barber vs. #15 Alexa Grasso. In her last fight, Barber saw her perfect 8-0 record broken by Roxanne Modafferi. Grasso is 3-3 her last six. The main card also features Julian Marquez, who is coming off a loss and doesn’t have a Wikipedia page, vs. Maki Pitolo, who is on a two-fight losing streak to unranked fighters, and is 4-5 his last nine fights. These are not the kind of fights the UFC should be asking its fans to pay $70 for.
However, the main event is awesome. Kamaru “The Nigerian Nightmare” Usman is undefeated in eight years, and in his third title defense is coming off wins over a murder’s row of Demian Maia, Rafael dos Anjos, Tyron Woodley, Colby Covington, and Jorge Masvidal. Brazil’s Gilbert Burns is on a six-fight streak, has won performance bonuses in each of his last wins, over Maia and Woodley
UFC 259 weigh-ins video
UFC 258 weigh-ins results
Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10:00 p.m. ET)
Champion Kamaru Usman (170) vs. Gilbert Burns (170) – for welterweight title
Maycee Barber (126) vs. Alexa Grasso (125.5)
Kelvin Gastelum (186) vs. Ian Heinisch (185.5)
Bobby Green () vs. Jim Miller () CANCELED after Green collapsed backstage
Brian Kelleher (145.5) vs. Ricky Simon (145.5) moved up from late prelims
Julian Marquez (185) vs. Maki Pitolo (185)
Late Prelims (ESPN, ESPN+, 8:00 p.m. ET)
Anthony Hernandez (186) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (186)
Dhiego Lima (171) vs. Belal Muhammad (169.5)
Mallory Martin (115.5) vs. Polyana Viana (116)
Andre Ewell (138.5) vs. Chris Gutierrez (140)
Early Prelims (ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)
Gabe Green (169.5) vs. Phil Rowe (171)
Miranda Maverick (125.5) vs. Gillian Robertson (125.5)
