UFC Fight Night 271 Predictions (28-03-2026)

UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer (also known as UFC Fight Night 271) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on March 28, 2026, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, United States.

The event will mark the promotion’s fifth visit to Seattle and first since UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Song in February 2025. A middleweight bout between former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and Joe Pyfer is scheduled to headline the event.

One of the most chaotic fighters of the whole roster Terrance McKinney makes his 2026 debut this Saturday. The American did not see the second round in his past 6 fights and is 4-3 in this time frame.

T.Wrecks had a decent 2025 as he started it with a win over Damir Hadzovic in 2 minutes of the fight after getting on mount and finishing the opponent with punches from the back. Later he was matched with Viacheslav Borshchev and left him no chance as this time it took Terrance only 55 seconds to finish the opponent with a guillotine.

At the end of the year he got himself a better opponent in Chris Duncan who got him with Anaconda in the first round forcing Terrance to tap. Now McKinney is unranked and probably needs a few wins to break into the rankings.

Kyle Nelson also shows instability and at the moment is 5-5 in the UFC. The Canadian UFC fighter fought only once in 2025 and beat veteran Matt Frevola via decision.

But his latest loss was at the end of 2024 as Steve Garcia got him on the feet with punches and elbows combination. Unsurprisingly, this makes Kyle the underdog in this bout.

3 out of 5 Nelson’s losses in the UFC were TKO’s/KO’s giving McKinney a chance to finish the business as usual early. Terrance has 7 first round finishes, so do not blink during this fight.

The odds for Terrance to win and the fight to finish in the first round are very similar, so it might be just better to put the chips on the American as his wild style will give some openings for the opponent too.

One of the longest serving fighters of the UFC, Michael Chiesa is in for his 14th year with the company. At one point he was on 3 fights losing streak and there were some speculations about his retirement.

However, from 2024 the Maverick fought three times, winning all of his bouts and now is on track to return to the rankings. Chiesa beat legendary Tony Ferguson with a first round submission and decided to extend his career after agreeing to fight Max Griffin.

The American again looked great and got another submission win, this time in the 3rd round. This once again proved that the veteran had still gas in the tank and in 2025 took on Court McGee. The Maverick completed a three fight winning streak beating the opponent via unanimous decision.

Niko Price might be in for his last shot at redemption as he now is on 3 fight losing skid. The Hybrid already fought once this year versus N.Veretennikov and got caught in the first round with elbows and punches making the referee stop the fight just under two minutes into the bout.

Price did not look better before as he was finished in the 2nd round by Jacobe Smith and lost to Themba Gorimbo via decision. This made him 1-5 in the past 4 years so don’t be surprised if this is the last time you are seeing The Hybrid in the UFC octagon.

Obviously, Michael Chiesa is a huge favorite coming into this one, yet we should not necessarily expect a quick finish. Chiesa’s latest 1rd wins were by submissions only Niko was never submitted in the first round plus he participates in the grappling/jiu jitsu events in between the UFC fights.

Michael does not have the best style to beat his opponent in the first round, though he should still win this bout, so we pick an MMA bet that the rounds will go over.

Former UFC champion Israel Adesanya returns to the octagon after more than a year lay off. From 2018 to 2022 the fighter looked almost invincible and at the time was one of the biggest superstars of the company.

Yet, at the end of 2022 he lost to Alex Pereira and despite getting a win in a rematch, this was the start of his current downfall. Izzy lost his belt for the second time in a fight against Sean Strickland who outworked and outstrucked him.

Despite it, he got another shot at the title, but this time against Dricus Du Plessis who defeated the New Zealander in the 4th round. However, his latest bout was in February, 2025 as he took on a hot prospect Nassourdine Imavov.

The Frenchman started the second round with a lot of aggression and landed overhand right and finished his opponent on the ground. This was the third straight loss for Israel and it will be very interesting to see if he is able to come back.

14 ranked Joe Pyfer quickly climbed through ranks and just recently was relatively unknown. Back in 2024 he lost to Jack Hermasson via decision, but this was a start of the great things.

After the loss Pyfer fought two more times in 2024 and earned two wins over respected fighters in Andre Barriault and Nicholas Willey. Later the matchmakers scheduled him with former number #1 ranked fighter Kevin Gastelum and Joe passed the test with another victory.

His latest win was even more impressive as Pyfer submitted Abus Magomedov in the 2nd round and finally broke through into the rankings. A win here would likely shuttle him close to the top 5.

Joe Pyfer’s first round KO’s in the UFC were mainly against the grapplers while he went to the decision against some respected strikers. This fight will be a 5 rounder and we should expect both men to save up their gas tanks and fight a smart tactical fight.

This might not necessarily go to the decision, but we expect to see rounds and think it should be a way to bet at top sports bookmakers.