UFC Vancouver: How to watch Reinier de Ridder vs. Brendan Allen, time, lineup, odds, more

Here’s what you need to know to watch UFC Fight Night 262 on ESPN+

The UFC is back in Canada with a surging middleweight contender at the top of the bill.

Here’s how to watch UFC Fight Night 262, where a former two-division ONE Championship titleholder headlines in Vancouver.

UFC Fight Night 262 has a main card that streams at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The prelims stream on ESPN+ at 4 p.m. ET.

Stay tuned to MMA Junkie for additional broadcast details later this week.

Record: 21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC
Opponent: Brendan Allen (25-7 MMA, 13-4 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Robert Whittaker, Bo Nickal, Kevin Holland, Gerald Meerschaert, Vitaly Bigdash
Misc.: Former two-division ONE Championship titleholder de Ridder has outperformed the expectations most had for him in the UFC – at least based on recent metrics of how stars from other promotions have struggled. Saturday will be his fifth fight in the UFC in just 11 months. Despite submission wins in his first two UFC fights, he was a big underdog for his highly satisfying bonus-winning knockout of Nickal in May and a ‘dog against ex-champ Whittaker in July.

Record: 25-7 MMA, 13-4 UFC
Opponent: Reinier de Ridder (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Key wins: Marvin Vettori, Chris Curtis, Paul Craig, Kevin Holland
Misc.: A seven-fight winning streak had him on the cusp of title contention in mid-2024, but a decision loss to Nassourdine Imavov a little more than a year ago was followed by a decision setback against Anthony Hernandez in February. Now Allen has to work off the first skid of his career – and against a betting favorite of more than 2-1. Allen hasn’t won a fight as an underdog in nearly six years.

Record: 28-14 MMA, 15-11 UFC
Opponent: Mike Malott (12-2-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Key wins: Vicente Luque, Gunnar Nelson, Michael Chiesa, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Ronaldo Souza, Darren Stewart, Joaquin Buckley, Anthony Hernandez
Misc.: Holland has gotten post-fight bonuses for his most recent four wins. The problem has been that in that same period, he’s also had five losses – including to current champ Jack Della Maddalena and Saturday headliner Reinier de Ridder. Remarkably, this will be his fifth fight this calendar year – he’s 2-2 – and sixth in a period of the past 54 weeks. Prior to his decision loss to Daniel Rodriguez in July, he had back-to-back wins over Gunnar Nelson and Vicente Luque, both for bonuses.

Record: 12-2-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC
Opponent: Kevin Holland (28-14 MMA, 15-11 UFC)
Division: Welterweight
Key wins: Charles Radtke, Trevin Giles
Misc.: Canada’s Malott has the biggest test of his career so far against Holland. He’s working off back-to-back wins over Trevin Giles and Charles Radtke, the latter of which came in May. He got to the UFC through DWCS in 2021 and came out of the gate 3-0 with two bonuses before a loss to Neil Magny nearly two years ago.

Record: 8-3
Opponent: Azamat Bekoev (20-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Division: Middleweight
Misc.: Belgaroui trains at former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira’s camp in Connecticut, where he also gets reps with current champ and pound-for-pound great Alex Pereira. He got into the show through DWCS 13 months ago, but his promotional debut earlier this year against Bekoev was delayed due to visa issues.

Record: 6-2
Opponent: Tainara Lisboa (7-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC)
Division: Women’s bantamweight
Misc.: Croden hasn’t been the most active fighter, but the Canadian will make her promotional debut at home on the back of a two-fight winning streak in LFA. Each time, in October 2023 and October 2024, it was against an opponent with twice the amount of experience as she had.