UFC 249 Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje: how to watch in Australia

UFC 249 Tony vs Gaethje When and where is UFC 249, fight card, how to watch in Australia . Mixed martial arts is set to return this weekend, with UFC 249 scheduled to be held in Jacksonville, Florida on May 9 (May 10 in Australia).  

The pay-per-view event will headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, while Henry Cejudo will defend his bantamweight title against Dominic Cruz. 

Here's everything we know about the event so far. 

WHEN IS UFC 249? 

UFC 249 is scheduled for May 9, which is Sunday, May 10 in Australia. 

WHAT TIME IS UFC 249 IN AUSTRALIA? 

Expect the undercard to get underway at around 9am, with the main card beginning at 12pm.

WHERE IS UFC 249? 

UFC 249 is scheduled to be held at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. 

The venue normally hosts concerts, basketball, ice hockey and arena football. It has a capacity of 15,000 but it will be completely empty when UFC 249 goes down. 

HOW TO WATCH UFC 249 IN AUSTRALIA

You can watch UFC 249 on Main Event, with the paid portion of the card starting at 12pm on Sunday. 

Expect it to cost around the $50 mark. 

If you're a Fight Pass subscriber, you can also stream the entire card there. 

UFC 249 CARD

Here's the full UFC 249 fight card

Main Card
Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje - interim lightweight title 
Henry Cejudo vs Dominic Cruz - bantamweight title
Francis Ngannou vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik - heavyweight
Jeremy Stephens vs Calvin Kattar - featherweight
Greg Hardy vs Yorgan de Castro - heavyweight

Prelim Card
Donald Cerrone vs Anthony Pettis - welterweight
Alexei Oleinik vs Fabricio Werdum - heavyweight 
Carla Esparza vs Michelle Waterson - strawweight
Uriah Hall vs Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza - middleweight

Early Prelim Card
Vicente Luque vs Niko Price - welterweight
Bryce Mitchell vs Charles Rosa - featherweight
Ryan Spann vs Sam Alvey - Light heavyweight

Smith vs Teixeira ufc fight night on May 13

the UFC will return to competition with a light heavyweight headliner featuring two title contenders. No. 3 Anthony Smith (31-14-0) will take on No. 9 Brazilian Glover Teixeira (30-7-0) in a contest that was supposed to happen at the cancelled UFC on ESPN+ 25 on April 25. “Lionheart,”31, looked lacklustre in a decision loss to champion Jon Jones at UFC 235, yet pulled off an impressive submission win over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC on ESPN+ 11 last June.

Teixeira, 40, continues to be the renaissance man. He has a three-fight win streak over some good opponents like Nikita Krylov and Ion Cutelaba. Smith is another younger and technical challenge, but Glover always has legendary trainer John Hackleman and The Pit in his corner.

The UFC May 13 event is scheduled for May 13 at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Current bouts include:

ANTHONY SMITH (31-14-0) VS. GLOVER TEIXEIRA (30-7-0)

BEN ROTHWELL (37-12-0) VS. OVINCE ST. PREUX (24-13-0)

ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ (11-2-0) VS. DREW DOBER (22-9-0, 1NC)

RICKY SIMON (15-3-0) VS. RAY BORG (13-4-0)

KARL ROBERSON (9-2-0) VS. MARVIN VETTORI (13-4-1)

ANDREI ARLOVSKI (28-18-0, 2NC) VS. PHILIPPE LINS (14-3-0)

MICHAEL JOHNSON (20-15-0) VS. THIAGO MOISES (12-4-0)

SIJARA EUANKS (5-4-0) VS. SARAH MORAS (5-6-0)

HUNTER AZURE (8-0-0) VS. BRIAN KELLEHER (20-10-0)