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Since we’ve missed out on a lot of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, it seems UFC is trying to flood us with events. This time, the headlining fight is between Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris. We’re going to watch UFC Fight Night online, so let’s go figure out how to do that.
The fight was supposed to take place in San Diego, California, but they’ve moved it to Jacksonville since Florida has looser rules on sports events during these trying times.
Alistair Overeem that currently ranks 8th in the UFC heavyweight list, while Walt Harris ranks 9th. Out of 64 MMA fights, Overeem won 45, with 23 by knockout. For his part, Harris fought 21 MMA bouts, winning 13 of them, all by knockout.
The two fighters aren’t the only ones facing off on UFC Fight Night. Here’s the full schedule for the night:
UFC Fight Night Overeem vs. Harris is going to take place on May 16th. The Prelims kick off at 6 PM ET, but the Main Card will start at 9 PM. All fights are getting streamed on ESPN+.
We’re already online most of the day, whether we’re working or staying entertained by binging our favorite shows. Now, however, we also have the opportunity of watching TV online, and ESPN+ is an easy platform to use. Since the fights are exclusively streamed on ESPN+ exclusively streams the fights, you need to subscribe to the service. There is also an ESPN+, Hulu, and Disney+ bundle available for $12.99 a month. You can start your ESPN+ subscription anytime!
When you subscribe to ESPN+, you can choose to pay $4.99 per month or $49.99 for the full year. In order to access all the unique ESPN+ content, you will need to download the regular ESPN app. You’ll find the content is marked separately for all ESPN+ originals and exclusives. ESPN apps are available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, Fire TV, Fire tablets, Roku, Chromecast, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Oculus Go, and you can also watch on your browser.
Here’s how you can start your ESPN+ 7-day free trial:
The only other way to watch UFC Fight Night Overeem vs. Harris is by getting a UFC Fight Pass from the official UFC website. This subscription gives you access to every Fight Night event, behind the scenes footage, original content, and loads of other cool stuff.
The Fight Pass subscription costs $9.99 per month. Depending on what plan you sign up for, you get to take advantage of a discount. You can enjoy a 7-day free trial of UFC Fight Pass, and you can try out watching MMA, box, kickboxing, and more. There are UFC Fight Pass apps for iOS, Android, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox One, Apple TV, Fire TV, and more.