UFC 292 will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023 from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The card is headlined by a fight for the UFC Bantamweight Championship between defending champion Aljamain Sterling and No. 2 title contender Sean O’Malley. The co-main event is for the women’s strawweight title between champion Zhang Weili and No. 5 title contender Amanda Lemos.
The early preliminary card starts at 6:30 p.m. on UFC Fight Pass. The preliminary card is next up at 8 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN+. The big show gets started at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
Sterling (23-3) is looking to add to his record by making a fourth successful title defense against the popular and polarizing O’Malley (16-1-1). The fight could come down to grappling, where Sterling is one of the best in the world. He is a -255 favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook. Weili (23-2) is looking to make her second successful title defense in her second run with the women’s strawweight title. Lemos (13-2-1) provides a different challenge in the division with her one-punch knockout power. Weili is a -210 betting favorite.
UFC 292: Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley main card, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Main event: (C) Aljamain Sterling vs. #2 Sean O’Malley, for Sterling’s bantamweight championship
- (C) Zhang Weili vs. #5 Amanda Lemos, for Weili’s strawweight championship
- #11 Neil Magny vs. #13 Ian Machado Garry, welterweight
- Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Mario Bautista, bantamweight
- #6 Marlon Vera vs. #10 Pedro Munhoz, bantamweight
Preliminary card, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN+
- Chris Weidman vs. Brad Taveras, middleweight
- Gregory Rodrigues vs. Denis Tiuliulin, middleweight
- Austin Hubbard vs. Kurt Holobaugh, lightweight
Early preliminary card, 6 p.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass
- Andre Petroski vs. Gerald Meerschaert, middleweight
- #13 Andrea Lee vs. Natalia Silva, women’s flyweight
- Karine Silva vs. Maryna Moroz, women’s flyweight