UFC 271 to Return to Houston for Pay-Per-View Event on Feb. 12

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be heading to Houston for the third time in less than a year early in 2022.

UFC 271 will take place in Houston on Feb. 12, according to multiple outlets. MMAjunkie.com was first to bring word of the location for the pay-per-view event. UFC 262 on May 15 and UFC 265 on Aug. 7 both took place at the Toyota Center.

The UFC announced a multi-event partnership with the venue earlier this year,, which included a “prospective” pay-per-view card in 2022, so it’s likely that the Toyota Center will again be the destination of choice.

The Las Vegas-based promotion hasn’t officially announced UFC 271. A middleweight championship rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker is rumored to be the headliner for the event. A handful of bouts have been reported for the card, including Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O'Neill, Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant and Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov.