UFC’s relatively new home on ESPN+ today welcomes the latest Fight Night 149 event. The Russian octagon will be home to a huge main event when heavyweight Alistair Overeem (44-17-0, 1 NC) and Aleksei Oleinik (57-11-1) go head-to-head – and you can live stream UFC Fight Night 149 from absolutely anywhere you are.
UFC Fight Niggt – where and when
Today’s Fight Night comes from Yubileyny Sports Palace, St Petersburg in Russia.
The action started at 5pm local time, so that’s 10am ET, 7am PT, 3pm BST. The main event should start at around 1pm ET, 10am PT, 6pm BST.
On top of that exciting main event, between two of the most well trained UFC veterans, there’s lots more to keep the card filled including lightweights Islam Makhachev (16-1-0) and Arman Tsarukyan (13-1-0) as the co-main event. The women’s flyweight sees US mixed martial art expert Roxanne Modafferi (22-15-0) take Kyrgyzstan’s Muay Thai fighter Antonina Shevchenko (7-0-0).
UFC Fight Night 149 is set to be a real stunner and you can watch it in its entirety. All the fights can be watched in the US online via the ESPN+ subscription service. So keep reading to see your viewing options get a UFC live stream, whether or not you’re in the US this weekend.
How to watch UFC online in the US for FREE
Subscription service ESPN+ has snagged the coverage of UFC Fight Night 149 (and, indeed, all of the UFC Fight Nights and PPVs). The broadcasting giant’s online subscription platform only launched in 2018, but has already made waves by hosting big-ticket tennis, soccer and boxing events.
It costs $4.99 per month – so not huge sums, and less than streaming services like Netflix (and a lot less than cable). That lets you watch online, but also via its mobile app and TV streamer apps on the likes of Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, PS4 and Xbox.
But the best news is that you can grab a seven-day FREE trial. So if you haven’t used ESPN+ before, you can sign up for that and get a taster of its UFC Fight Night events without paying a thing.
Live stream UFC from outside your country
Worry not if you’re a huge UFC fan but aren’t in the US to watch that ESPN+ coverage this weekend. If you’ve got your subscription (or free trial) sorted but then find the coverage is geo-blocked, you can try using a VPN to change your IP address to a US server and watch as if you were back at home.
Virtual Private Networks are also handy if you’re concerned about streaming safely on the web, thanks to the encryption they use to hide your details. And the best won’t log your personal information, either. We’ve tested hundreds of VPNs and can recommend these as the best VPN options currently available:
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Live stream UFC Fight Night 149 in the UK
Subscription channel BT Sport has the rights to show the latest UFC event in the UK. Coverage starts at 4pm BST, but we wouldn’t expect the main event to start until around 6pm.
If you’re looking to stream the action, the BT Sport app or BTSport.com is where you need to go, enabling mobile, tablet and PC viewing.
If you’re a BT Sport subscriber but find yourself outside the UK and want to tune in, it’s simple to do with a handy tool – simply grab a VPN and follow the instructions above to live stream the action.