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MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
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.)
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
Friends become foes as Champion Kamaru Usman battles former teammate Gilbert Burns in a showdown for welterweight supremacy. Behold their friendship, their fallout, and their lives in this episode of UFC 258 Countdown.
Usman puts his welterweight belt on the line opposite Burns in the UFC 258 main event on Saturday, Feb. 13, in Las Vegas.
(Video courtesy of UFC)