How to Watch UFC Shanghai ‘Walker vs. Zhang’

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship will travel more than 6,500 miles and call upon light heavyweight action heroes when it pays a visit to Shanghai Indoor Stadium on Saturday in Shanghai, China. Here’s how you can watch the show:

Where to Watch UFC Shanghai TODAY (Aug. 23) in the United States

The broadcast of UFC Fight Night 257">UFC Fight Night 257 will stream live to ESPN+. You can watch it here: Watch UFC Fight Night 257

Top 15 light heavyweights on Saturday step into the spotlight, as Johnny Walker puts Mingyang Zhang to the test in the five-round UFC Fight Night 257 main event. Meanwhile, former Resurrection Fighting Alliance champion Brian Ortega toes the line against Serra-Longo Fight Team export Aljamain Sterling in the five-round featherweight co-headliner at 145 pounds.

Walker returns to action on the heels of back-to-back losses. The 33-year-old Dana White’s Contender Series graduate last suited up at UFC on ABC 6, where he was victimized by a one-punch Volkan Oezdemir knockout on June 22, 2024. Walker boasts 19 finishes among his 21 professional victories. On the other side of the ledger, Zhang finds himself on a 12-fight winning streak. He last competed on April 26, when he put away Anthony Smith with a burst of elbows in the first round of their UFC on ESPN 66 pairing. Zhang, 27, has delivered all 19 of his wins by knockout, technical knockout or submission.

The rest of the UFC Fight Night 257 main card—which kicks off on ESPN+ at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT—features a heavyweight showcase matching Sergei Pavlovich with Waldo Cortes-Acosta, a flyweight scrap pitting Su Mudaerji against Kevin Borjas and a welterweight affair pairing Nueraji Taiyilake with Kiefer Crosbie. A lightweight confrontation between Maheshate Hayisaer and Gauge Young anchors the prelims, which stream to ESPN+ at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.

Where to Watch UFC Shanghai TODAY (Aug. 23) in the United Kingdom

TNT Sports is the lone broadcaster showing UFC Fight Night 257 live in the United Kingdom. Coverage begins at 8 a.m. BST.

Here’s the UFC Fight Night 257 card as of Aug. 22, 2025:

• Johnny Walker vs. Mingyang Zhang – light heavyweight main event
• Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling – featherweight co-main event
• Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta – heavyweight bout
• Su Mudaerji vs. Kevin Borjas – flyweight bout
• Nueraji Taiyilake vs. Kiefer Crosbie – welterweight bout
• Maheshate Hayisaer vs. Gauge Young – lightweight bout
• Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Charles Johnson – flyweight bout
• Zhu Rong vs. Austin Hubbard – lightweight bout
• Michel Pereira vs. Kyle Daukaus – middleweight bout
• Zha Yi vs. Westin Wilson – featherweight bout
• Long Xiao vs. Su Young You – bantamweight bout
• Uran Satybaldiev vs. Diyar Nurgozhay – light heavyweight bout