UFC 296 is set to get going this weekend from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, December 16th. There is a five-bout main card highlighted by a welterweight title bout between Leon Edwards and No.3 Colby Covington. The event will air across the ESPN network, with the main card broadcast via ESPN+ PPV.
UFC 296: Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington main card, 10:00 p.m ET, ESPN+
- Main Event: C Leon Edwards vs. No. 3 Colby Covington, welterweight title bout
- Co-main: C Alexandre Pantoja vs. No. 4 Brandon Royval, Flyweight title bout
- No. 5 Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. No.6 Stephen Thompson, Welterweight bout
- Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblet, Lightweight bout
- No. 8 Vicente Luque vs. No. 10 Ian Machado Garry
Preliminary Card, 8:00 p.m ET, ESPN 2
- No.6 Josh Emmett vs. No. 8 Giga Chikadze, featherweight bout
- No.5 Irene Aldana vs. No. 9 Karol Rosa, Women Bantamweight bout
- Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kellerher, Bantanweight Bout
- No. 12 Casey O’neill vs. Ariane Lipski, Women’s flyweight bout
Early Preliminary Card, 6:00 p.m ET, UFF Fight Pass
- No. 14 Alonzo Menifield vs. No. 15 Dustin Jacoby, Lightweight bout
- No. 14 Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden, Flyweight bout
- Andre Fili vs. Lucas Almeida, Featherweight bout
- No. 15 Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev, Heavyweight bout
- Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov, Welterweight bout
The early prelims will start at 6:00 p.m. ET with the prelims at 8:00 p.m. ET. The main card is expected to begin at 10:00 p.m. ET with the Edwards -Covington fight to close it out.
So how do you watch it?
The main card for UFC 296 will be live-streamed on ESPN+ PPV, which will cost $79.99 for the full card. The link provides an option for simply buying the card or buying the Disney Plus bundle that includes Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN+.
The early prelims for UFC 296 will be live-streamed on UFC Fight Pass, and are free for those that pay monthly for the channel. The preliminary card for UFC 296 will air on ESPN and ESPN+, and is free to all subscribers. But everyone will need to pay for the last five fights on the main card, and that will be $79.99 added to your credit card by ESPN. You can click on the buy portion of the app to get the show in full.