How to watch Usyk vs Verhoeven: UK time, US time, price and live stream

It is, on paper, the strangest heavyweight title fight in years. Oleksandr Usyk, undefeated and arguably the most complete heavyweight of the modern era, walking into a ring at the foot of the Great Pyramid to defend his WBC belt against a kickboxer making the second pro boxing appearance of his life. That is the pitch. That is also the fight.

Here is everything you need to know about watching Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven this Saturday — UK and US start times, the PPV price in both regions, the cheaper bundle routes if you are not paying retail, and whether there is any legitimate way to stream it free (short answer: there isn't).

Usyk vs Verhoeven: quick details

• Date: Saturday, 23 May 2026
• Venue: Great Pyramid Complex, Giza, Egypt
• Main card start: 6:00pm BST / 1:00pm ET
• Main event ringwalks: approximately 10:48pm BST / 5:48pm ET
• Where to watch: DAZN PPV
• Price: £24.99 (UK) / $59.99 (US)
• Title at stake: WBC Heavyweight

What time is Usyk vs Verhoeven?

The main card opens at 6:00pm BST in the UK, which is 1:00pm ET on the East Coast and 10:00am PT on the West Coast. That is unusually early for a DAZN PPV, and it is the Egypt time zone driving it — the event has to wrap on local prime time at the Pyramids.

Ringwalks for Usyk and Verhoeven are projected for around 10:48pm BST, give or take however long the co-feature takes. That puts the main event at roughly 5:48pm ET Saturday afternoon for US viewers, with the fight likely done before 7pm Eastern. If you have plans Saturday night in the States, you are fine. If you are in the UK, clear the evening.

How to watch Usyk vs Verhoeven in the UK

One option. DAZN PPV, £24.99. You can buy it as a standalone pay-per-view without committing to a DAZN subscription, or you can layer it on top of an existing DAZN account. The PPV runs through whichever app you already have — TV, mobile, console, web — there is no separate "PPV-only" platform to figure out on fight night.

If you are already paying for DAZN Ultimate, check your account first. The Ultimate tier bundles select PPVs in with the base subscription, and DAZN have been pushing this fight as part of that package.

How to watch Usyk vs Verhoeven in the US

Same answer. DAZN PPV at $59.99. DAZN has the global rights, so US viewers go through the same app as everyone else — there is no ESPN+ or Showtime fallback this time.

The one thing US buyers should sanity-check before paying: the main event lands in the middle of Saturday afternoon, not Saturday night. Set a reminder.

Bundle options and how to save money

DAZN have rolled out a few discounted routes around this fight that are worth a look if you are not committed to one-off PPV pricing:

• Multi-fight bundles. The £24.99 / $59.99 number is the one-night PPV. There are bundled packages that pair Usyk vs Verhoeven with upcoming DAZN PPVs at a unit cost below buying each one separately. If you were already planning to buy the next two or three big fights, the bundle math usually beats à la carte.
• DAZN Ultimate. The top subscription tier includes this PPV plus other major fight nights coming up. If you are a regular fight-night buyer, Ultimate is often cheaper across a year than buying every PPV individually.
• Single-event PPV. Default. If you only care about this one fight, pay the one-off and walk away.

Pricing and bundle availability is regional — UK and US accounts see slightly different mixes — so the cleanest way to compare is to open DAZN's PPV page and let it show you the local options. Two minutes, no commitment.

Can I watch Usyk vs Verhoeven for free?

No. There is no legitimate free stream. Usyk's defences have not aired on terrestrial TV in years, and Verhoeven's kickboxing background does not change the rights picture — this is a DAZN-exclusive PPV worldwide.

Pirate streams will, as ever, exist. They are also, as ever, a bad idea: 480p video, dropouts during the rounds that matter, and a non-trivial volume of malware floating around the sites that host them. £24.99 is not nothing, but the experience gap is real.

Who is on the undercard?

The card is built around the main event — DAZN have leaned into the Pyramids spectacle rather than stacking three or four world-title fights underneath. Expect a tight undercard with a mix of regional Middle Eastern talent and DAZN-stable prospects to fill the broadcast window before ringwalks.

Why this fight is on at all

This is the part most people are still trying to make sense of. Usyk is the lineal heavyweight champion of the world and, by most reasonable accounts, one of the three most technically gifted fighters in the sport's modern history. Verhoeven is a generational kickboxer with one pro boxing fight on his record. The styles do not match. The experience gap is laughable. The betting markets reflect that.

What DAZN and the WBC have packaged is something closer to a spectacle than a sporting contest — a once-in-a-generation venue, a crossover storyline, and a heavyweight champion who has nothing left to prove agreeing to a fight nobody asked him to take. Whether you find that compelling or cynical probably depends on how long you have been watching boxing.

Either way, the bell rings Saturday. Watch live on DAZN PPV here.