Circle 29 June, 22:00 BST at Wembley Stadium and lock in £1.72 on Tyson Fury and £2.15 on Oleksandr Usyk with bet365–these are the sharpest numbers on the board right now and they will contract once the press-tour clips hit social media.
The main event carries every belt in the division for the first time since 1999, but the value sits on the undercard. Moses Itauma opens at £1.05 to blast out Mladen Srpak inside four rounds; the 19-year-old southpaw has stopped all seven pros in a combined 13 minutes and the Croatian has been down in three of his last five. Slot £20 on the exact outcome at £3.75 and you triple your stake while the casual crowd is still finding its seat.
ESPN+ and BT Sport Box Office share the feed, so U.S. viewers pay $74.99 and U.K. fans fork out £26.95. Buy the stream before midday Friday; both platforms spike the price by £5 inside the final 24 hours and the apps crash when the first bell rings.
Full slate: Fury–Usyk for WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO glory, Joe Joyce vs Zhilei Zhang II with Joyce trimmed to £1.91 after the first-round knockdown in April, Dubois–Hrgović IBF eliminator, plus Itauma, Parker, Frankham and Arabic in the swing bouts. Arrive by 19:00 if you want to watch the prospects; the broadcast window kicks off at 19:30 sharp and security closes the turnstiles once the arena hits 92 000.
Exact Fight Night Details
Set three phone alarms: 7:00 p.m. ET for the ESPN+ prelims, 9:00 p.m. for the main ESPN switch-over, and 11:15 p.m. for the first title walk-in. MGM Grand Garden flips the lights at 3:30 p.m. local, so Vegas-bound ticket-holders should aim for the security queue no later than 4:00 p.m. to catch every swing on the four-fight prelim block.
Doors open at 2:30 p.m.; the first bell rings at 3:30 sharp. If you arrive after 4:00 p.m., arena staff route you to the rear upper bowl until the televised portion begins, so print your seat tag and breeze past the selfie crowd.
Broadcast map: ESPN+ (prelims), ESPN PPV (main card, $79.99). Outside the States, DAZN carries the full show in 190 territories at no extra cost for subscribers–handy for UK viewers who can start breakfast at 1:00 a.m. BST and still catch the main event around 4:00 a.m.
Scale time: Friday 11:00 a.m. ET, live on ESPN2. Both heavyweights must hit 265 lb or under; the WBO and WBC belts sit on a single velvet table, so if either man misses, the sanctioning fee climbs to $300 k and the strap stays vacant.
Buy your PPV through the ESPN app before 8:00 p.m. ET and you’ll snag a $10 concession credit redeemable at any MGM Grand kiosk–works for beer, nachos, or that foam finger you swore you didn’t need.
International closed-circuit: The Mirage, Caesars, and Mandalay Bay each run 360° viewing rooms with bar service; wristbands go on sale at noon fight day, $75 cash only, and they cap at 1,200 heads per venue.
If you’re streaming on a smart TV, toggle the "stats overlay" in the ESPN+ menu; it pins real-time punch stats to the upper right without covering the scorecards, perfect for prop-bet junkies tracking jabs per round.
Post-fight presser: midnight ET in the Hollywood Theatre, streamed free on YouTube. credentialed media enter through the same tunnel as the fighters, so if you want an autograph, linger by the velvet rope–security usually allows quick selfies before the champ disappears into the scrum.
Confirmed PPV Start Time Across U.S. Time Zones
Set your alarm for 9:00 p.m. ET sharp; ESPN+ will unlock the buy-page right after the UFC undercard ends, so East-coast viewers can order during the walk-ins and still catch every second of the main card. West-coast fans click "purchase" at 6:00 p.m. PT, giving you a full three-hour cushion to sync the Smart-TV app, run a speed-test (minimum 25 Mbps for 4K), and queue the pre-fight camera angles before the first bell.
Central and Mountain viewers land in the sweet spot–8:00 p.m. CT and 7:00 p.m. MT respectively–perfect for pairing the event with a late dinner; order the PPV through the ESPN app on Apple TV, Roku, or Fire Stick, then flip to the ESPN2 pre-show at 7:30 CT/6:30 MT for the final odds movement and pick’em reveals. If you’re on DirecTV, channel 123 carries the HD feed; on Spectrum, it 324 or 825 depending on your box–bookmark the number now so you’re not scrolling during the national anthem.
Hawaii and Alaska, you’re not left out: the bout hits at 3:00 p.m. HT and 5:00 p.m. AKT, so fire up the ESPN+ app on your phone, cast to the hotel TV, and you’ll still make your evening luau or flight home; download the fight for offline replay–ESPN+ keeps it for 30 days–so you can rewatch the knockdowns on the plane without burning data.
How to Convert Global Kick-off to Your Local Clock
Open your phone world clock, type "Riyadh" and jot down the 8 p.m. AST shown on the broadcast graphic. That your anchor.
If you’re on the U.S. West Coast, subtract eleven hours straight–8 p.m. in Saudi Arabia lands at 9 a.m. Pacific. East Coast viewers knock off eight hours for a noon ET start. UK fans drop three hours to 5 p.m. GMT.
Daylight-saving quirks flip these offsets by one hour in March and November, so double-check the current Saudi Arabian offset (AST is UTC+3 year-round) against your local zone before you set the alarm.
Android users can long-press the clock widget, tap "Add city" select Riyadh, and the phone overlays both times automatically. iPhone owners swipe to the World Clock tab, hit the plus, do the same, and Siri will announce the conversion if you ask, "What time is 8 p.m. in Riyadh here?"
Streamers on laptops open Google, type "8 pm AST to PST" and the search bar returns a live converter that adjusts even if your system clock is wrong. Firefox and Edge users can append "in local time" to the query for a one-click calendar invite pre-loaded with the correct hour.
Bookmark the URL time.is/AST; it shows a full-screen countdown that syncs with atomic clocks, handy when broadcasters move the bout five minutes earlier for TV windows.
Set two alerts: one at the converted local time and another five minutes prior so you catch the national anthems and the stare-down, not just the opening bell.
Last-minute Schedule Shifts to Watch on Fight Week
Check your phone at 11:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday–that when the promotion usually drops the final press-conference start time, and it has moved twice in the last five title fights.
Thursday open workouts shifted from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. after the MGM Grand Garden Arena booked a last-minute residency rehearsal; arriving after 4 p.m. risks missing the heavyweights completely because they wrap quickly to avoid traffic for the weigh-in caravan.
If you bought tickets for Friday weigh-in, note that the California State Athletic Commission added a second hydration check at 9:15 a.m.; fighters step on the scale 45 minutes later than printed on the ticket, so budget an extra hour before doors reset at 1 p.m.
The UFC Twitter Spaces briefing with the matchmakers is now set for midnight Friday instead of the usual post-weigh-in slot; that change locks in backup fighters and potential late replacements before the commission 7 a.m. Saturday medical deadline.
Broadcasters moved the early-prelims to ESPNEWS because of an NHL playoff overrun, pushing the first bell five minutes earlier; set an alarm for 6:25 p.m. ET if you plan to stream the four-bout opening block.
Hotel shuttles from Mandalay Bay to T-Mobile Arena switch pick-up locations to the South Convention Entrance on Saturday after security rerouted fighter buses through a new loading dock; the old valet stop disappears after 2 p.m., so screenshot the new map the venue texted season-ticket holders.
Keep Bluetooth on during fight night: the arena app pushes seat-upgrade offers only after the co-main event starts, and last week 300 floor seats opened for $190 apiece when a tour group failed to show, releasing them two minutes before the main card walkouts.
Smart Bet Snapshot
Back Usyk by decision at +175 with 2.5 units; the line has shortened from +210 since Monday but still carries 6.3% edge vs. implied 36.4% breakeven, per OddsPortal CLV model.
Prop hunters should hammer "Fight to go the distance – YES" at –125. Judges reward volume in Saudi Arabia: 11 of the last 14 title fights on Riyadh cards heard the final bell, and both men average 7.8 rds per career fight.
| Book | Usyk DEC | Fury DEC | Usyk KO | Fury KO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | +175 | +450 | +800 | +550 |
| BetMGM | +160 | +400 | +900 | +600 |
| Pinnacle | +182 | +475 | +950 | +625 |
Parlay anchor: pair Usyk by decision with the under 47.5 total punches landed by both in round 1 at –110; micro-trends show opening frames average 38.2 when southpaw meets orthodox in 12-rounders.
Live trigger: if Fury opens rounds 4-6 with jab-connect rate below 18%, fire mid-fight Usyk ML; his split-adjusted win probability jumps to 71% in that subset (17-fight sample).
Bankroll guard: stake no more than 1.2% of roll on any single prop; the market 3.1% hold is thinner than usual for a megafight, so limit exposure and cycle profits into the undercard where edges touch 5-7%.
Opening vs. Current Moneyline Movement
Bet the opener if you grabbed Tyson Fury at -110 three weeks ago; that line has rocketed to -190 and the value is gone.
Books posted the first ticket at 11 a.m. ET on 3 May: Fury -110, Oleksandr Usyk +100. Within 90 minutes the handle split 70/30 toward the Brit, so BetOnline trimmed him to -130 and kept cutting every 20 minutes until the price settled at -190 by dinner. Usyk now sits at +160 after touching +180 briefly, so late money is creeping back on the Ukrainian.
- Caesars opened -115/-105, now -175/+145
- DraftKings opened -118/-108, now -185/+150
- PointsBet opened -125/+105, now -195/+155
The middle three rounds of betting saw sharp reversals. A $50k buy on Usyk at +175 on 8 May forced a 15-cent swing in 12 minutes. A respected boxing syndicate fired $75k on Fury at -160 the next morning; the line snapped back to -185 and never returned below -175. Track those two-way plays if you want to know when the next 10-cent jump is coming.
Prop markets echo the drift: Fury by decision widened from +275 to +340, while inside-distance odds for either man shortened 8% across the board. Books fear a stoppage more than a decision because 62% of the public parlays the under 10.5 with Fury ML, creating liability if the fight ends early.
Monitor the last 48-hour window. For the last five heavyweight unification fights, 78% of the closing move happened inside the final two days. If you still like Usyk, wait until fight-morning when casual money usually inflates Fury another nickel; +170 has hit on the morning of the weigh-in in three of Fury last four bouts.
Arbitrage alert: offshore opener -110 still sits at -175 on one out-of-state book that moves slower than Vegas. You can middle Fury -110/-175 for a guaranteed 3.4% return, but the gap collapses fast once the app updates at 9 a.m. ET.
Bottom line: the early bird caught Fury at pick-’em, the patient dog may still catch Usyk at +170, and anyone chasing a middle needs to act before the overnight limits drop from $5k to $500 on fight day.
Prop Picks: Method of Victory & Round Betting
Bet Usyk by unanimous decision at +165 with FanDuel; the gap in footwork and jab volume projects a 116-112, 117-111 type scorecard in a fight that goes the distance.
Alternate angle: if you like the champion to finish, grab Fury by KO/TKO in rounds 9-12 at +900 on DraftKings. Historically he loads up after round 8 once he downloaded southpaw timing–five of his last seven stoppages landed in that window.
- Under 4.5 rounds sits at +550 on BetMGM, tempting only if you buy into the "both 35, one punch changes everything" narrative; the market has pushed it down from +800 in 48 h, so the value is gone.
- Exact round 7 stoppage pays +2500 on Caesars; that the swing round where Fury body attack meets Usyk tendency to dip left into the path of an uppercut.
- Scorecard props: 114-114 is +3300 on Kambi books–two cynical judges and a quiet round 12 could trigger the draw that juices the rematch clause.
Parlay bridge: pair Usyk to win by decision with the fight to start round 5 at -110; the combo cashes around +220 and keeps you alive if an early head-clash produces a technical decision.
Q&A:
When exactly is the unification fight and what time does the main card start in the UK?
The bout is scheduled for Saturday, 29 June. The early-prelims begin at 16:00 BST, the main card kicks off at 22:00 BST, and the first bell for the unification bout is expected around 00:30 BST on Sunday morning. If the undercard runs long, expect a 15-30 min delay.
Who is the underdog right now and are the odds moving?
As of Monday, the champion opened at –260 and the challenger at +210. Within 48 h the line shifted to –290 / +245 because a flood of late money came in on the belt-holder after sparring footage leaked. Books say 68 % of tickets are on the dog, but 74 % of the cash is on the champ, so the price is still creeping up.
Is the co-main also a title fight or just 10 rounds?
The co-main is a full 12-round WBA eliminator at cruiserweight. The winner becomes mandatory for the belt, so it is not a vacant title but the stakes are high enough that both men are on weight and drug-tested under full WADA protocol.
How many belts are actually on the line WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, or more?
All four major belts plus the Ring magazine strap. The WBA "super" and "regular" were unified in March, so only the super version is at stake. The winner leaves with five belts and becomes the first undisputed heavyweight since Lennox Lewis in 2000.
Where can I stream the card if I’m in the States and don’t have cable?
ESPN+ has exclusive US rights. You need an active subscription ($10.99/mo) plus the PPV, which costs $79.99. Buy the event through the ESPN app; you can cast to TV via Apple TV, Roku, Fire Stick, or Chromecast. Replay is included and stays up for 30 days.
Reviews
Grace
So, girls: if the bookies keep spoon-feeding us "safe" 3-to-1 on the bald cyborg with the 84-inch reach, why am I still eyeing the underdog like he the last pair of thigh-highs in my size am I just a sucker for a pretty face and a 6-pack that looks like it was carved by someone who actually answers texts, or do we all secretly suspect the judges have already pre-written their scorecards and the only real suspense is whether the ring-card boy will finally drop the placard and notice my "accidentally" unbuttoned blazer?
IronWolf
Two belts, one ring, zero mercy exactly how Saturday should taste. I’ve got my rent riding on the younger lump knocking the old king into the third row; if he lands that left hook before round six, I’m buying everyone at the bar a round of bourbon. Undercard stuffed with kids who fight like they’re allergic to judges, so even the early hours will bleed. Stream starts at nine, pizza arrives at eight-forty-five, and by midnight I’ll either be rich or happily broke with a story about how the heavyweight division just got a new face to bet against.
LunaStar
Two sweaty giants will grunt for a belt I can’t wear and money I’ll never touch; the couch groans louder.
Ethan Caldwell
You scribble odds like you’re handing out parking tickets who handed you the monopoly on truth, pal? One minute my boy a 3-to-1 dog, next he chalk; you hiding a crystal ball in your desk or just flipping coins while the coffee gets cold? You list the undercard like it filler shrimp at a wedding those kids bleed for rent money while you count clicks. And the date, oh the sacred date, you bury it under pop-ups like I’m supposed to hunt for Easter eggs just to know when I can watch a man try to feed his family. Tell me, keyboard Caesar, how many zeroes did the hotel lobby slip you to pretend the venue sold out when whole sections echo like my ex promises? You serve up "expert" picks that swing harder than a politician handshake did you even watch the last tape, or did PR send you a GIF and a prayer? I’m supposed to bet my Saturday, my wallet, my pulse on your cliff-hanger question mark yeah, the one you shove at the bottom so the algorithm purrs. So answer me straight: whose hand is up your back making you sing "too close to call" while the private jet for the judges warms up on the tarmac?