UFC 258: ‘Usman vs Burns’ Fight Card
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 13, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to pay-per-view next weekend as Kamaru Usman prepares to defend his Welterweight Championship against rising contender and former teammate Gilbert Burns.
Event: UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns
Date: Saturday, 13th February 2021
Location: UFC APEX, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcast: ESPN+ – 8pm/10pm EST
Usman has set the standard at 170 pounds over the course of the last few years with big wins over Tyron Woodley, Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal to firmly establish himself as the world’s best welterweight. However, the aforementioned Burns has slowly but surely been coming up through the ranks as an intriguing challenger.
UFC 258 – Main Card (10pm EST)
Welterweight Championship – Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Gilbert Burns
Women’s Flyweight – Maycee Barber vs. Alexa Grasso
Middleweight – Kelvin Gastelum vs. Ian Heinisch
Bantamweight – Pedro Munhoz vs. Jimmie Rivera
Middleweight – Maki Pitolo vs. Julian Marquez
UFC 258 – Prelims (8pm EST)
Lightweight – Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
Middleweight – Rodolfo Vieira vs. Anthony Hernandez
Welterweight – Belal Muhammad vs. Dhiego Lima
Women’s Strawweight – Polyana Viana vs. Mallory Martin
UFC 258 – Early Prelims (8pm EST)
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on February 13, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Featherweight – Ricky Simon vs. Brian Kelleher
Welterweight – Gabriel Green vs. Philip Rowe
Women’s Flyweight – Gillian Robertson vs. Miranda Maverick
While many believe Usman is starting to be recognized as one of the greatest welterweights of all time prior to this bout, the man himself isn’t interested in any of that.
“Honestly, I don’t look at that. I don’t think about that,” Usman told MMA Fighting ahead of UFC 258. “I don’t think about stuff like that. I remember when Tyron Woodley was saying those things, he’s the greatest welterweight of all time and this and that. Of course he’s in that conversation but that’s not something you bestow upon yourself. That’s not something I want to think about and say I’m this, I’m that.
“No, I go out there and I do my job,” the UFC 258 headliner added. “I take it one fight at a time and then when I am done over time people look at your body of work and say ‘wow, look what he did, look who he got through, he fought everyone and he made them look like this and he fought them and did them this way.’ I’m not the one who’s going to go out there and put that label on myself but if you actually look at my resume and when I’m said and done and you’re like ‘he 50-43’d this guy, 50-44’d this guy, he did this to that guy, man, that’s the greatest of all time.’”
UFC 258 takes place on Feb. 13 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a welterweight title clash between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns. The main card airs on pay-per-view via ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, while prelims air on ESPN+ beginning at 6:15 p.m. ET/3:15 PT and on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Miller will make his 37th promotional appearance at UFC 258. The New Jersey native went 1-2 in 2020 and is coming off a unanimous decision loss against Vinc Pichel at UFC 252 this past August.
Green was productive during the pandemic, as he rattled off successive decision triumphs over Clay Guida, Lando Vannata and Alan Patrick to begin his 2020 campaign. Most recently, however, “King” was outpointed by Thiago Moises at UFC Fight Night 181 on Oct. 31.
