In Las Vegas this week? Here are the pre-UFC 209 events that are open to fans

Heading to Las Vegas this week for UFC 209? Here are some pre-event activities that are open to fans.

UFC 209 takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the headliner, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley (16-3-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) meets Stephen Thompson (13-1-1 MMA, 8-1-1 UFC) in an immediate rematch after their first meeting, which came at UFC 205 in November, ended in a majority draw. And with lightweight champion Conor McGregor currently on the sidelines, Tony Ferguson (22-3 MMA, 12-1 UFC) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) co-headline and fight for an interim belt.

Prior to the championship doubleheader, fans can attend Wednesday’s open workouts at T-Mobile Arena. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT), and the first fighter works out at 4 p.m. ET. Woodley, Thompson, Ferguson and Nurmagomedov are all scheduled to attend.

Although Thursday’s media day and Francis Ngannou’s gym day are closed to fans, Friday’s ceremonial weigh-ins are free and open to the public. The ceremonial weigh-ins take place at T-Mobile Arena, and doors open a 6 p.m. ET with the fighters hitting the scale an hour later. (Early and official weigh-ins take place earlier in the day and are closed to fans, but MMAjunkie will have live coverage.)

The full UFC 209 card includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

• Champ Tyron Woodley vs. Stephen Thompson – for welterweight title
• Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov – for interim lightweight title
• Rashad Evans vs. Daniel Kelly
• David Teymur vs. Lando Vannata
• Mark Hunt vs. Alistair Overeem

PRELIMINARY CARD (FS1, 8 p.m. ET)

• Luis Henrique vs. Marcin Tybura
• Mirsad Bektic vs. Darren Elkins
• Iuri Alcantara vs. Luke Sanders
• Mark Godbeer vs. Daniel Spitz

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 p.m. ET)

• Paul Craig vs. Tyson Pedro
• Cynthia Calvillo vs. Amanda Cooper
• Albert Morales vs. Andre Soukhamthath

For more on UFC 209, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.