The UFC will celebrate Black History Month with a campaign to honor the athletes.
Personal stories of African American and Black UFC athletes will be highlighted. This includes both current and former fighters and key people who helped grow mixed martial arts.
UFC 271 will feature several African American and Black athletes, as Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title vs. Robert Whittaker.
UFC will also commemorate Black History Month across its digital and social platforms with exclusive content such as an interactive timeline, features, and vignettes published weekly to UFC.com/black-history. UFC will also include special content during its broadcasts via watermark inclusion, athlete features, and vignettes throughout the month.
In addition, UFC will produce a two-part special as part of ESPN’s Black History Month-themed programming that will feature some of the biggest names in UFC.
The first episode, UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Black History Month – Incredible Knockouts will air on Friday, February 11 at 12 a.m. ET on ESPN2. The second episode, UFC Ultimate Knockouts: Black History Month – Heavyweight Knockouts will air on Saturday, February 26 at 8 a.m. ET on ESPN 2.
Each episode features the greatest knockouts by African American and Black athletes in UFC history, including Kamaru Usman, Francis Ngannou, Derrick Lewis, Ciryl Gane, Curtis Blaydes, Walt Harris, and more.
