Champ Kamaru Usman (170 lbs.) vs. #1 Gilbert Burns (170 lbs.) – for welterweight title
#10 Maycee Barber (126 lbs.) vs. #15 Alexa Grasso (125.5 lbs.)
#9 Kelvin Gastelum (186 lbs.) vs. #15 Ian Heinisch (185.5 lbs.)
Brian Kelleher (145.5 lbs.) vs. Ricky Simon (145.5 lbs.)
Julian Marquez (185 lbs.) vs. Maki Pitolo (185 lbs.)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Anthony Hernandez (186 lbs.) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (186 lbs.)
Dhiego Lima (171 lbs.) vs. #13 Belal Muhammad (169.5 lbs.)
Mallory Martin (115.5 lbs.) vs. Polyana Viana (116 lbs.)
Andre Ewell (138.5 lbs.) vs. Chris Gutierrez (140 lbs.)
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)
Gabe Green (169.5 lbs.) vs. Phil Rowe (171 lbs.)
Miranda Maverick (125.5 lbs.) vs. Gillian Robertson (125.5 lbs.)
Hello there everyone and welcome to 411mania’s LIVE coverage of UFC 258. I’m Robert Winfree and I’ll be your host for the evening, relaying all of the action just as I see it. Tonight isn’t the deepest card, but the main event is excellent on paper. UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is trying for his third title defense against number one contender and former training partner Gilbert Burns. This fight was supposed to take place last year but fell through last minute when one of Burns’ corner men had a Covid issue and Jorge Masvidal stepped in on short notice back at UFC 251. The rest of this card isn’t great, in fact it lost the next two most compelling bouts when Jimmie Rivera vs. Pedro Munhoz as well as Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller fell through. There are still some fairly important fights, Maycee Barber is back from loss and injury against Alexa Grasso, and Kelvin Gastelum desperately tries to right his career when he battles Ian Heinisch.