A pair of title fights take center stage in the fight capital of the world.
UFC Welterweight Champion Leon Edwards puts his title on the line against longtime brash contender, Colby Covington. In the evening's co-main event, Alexandre Pantoja defends the flyweight title against Brandon Royval.
Fightful has you covered on if the four men atop the marquee as well as the other 20 fighters on the card made weight.
Main Card (PPV, 10:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. PDT)
- Leon Edwards (C) (170) vs. (#3) Colby Covington (169.5) — UFC Welterweight Championship
- Alexandre Pantoja (C) (125) vs. (#3) Brandon Royval (124.5) — UFC Flyweight Championship
- (#5) Shavkat Rakhmonov (171) vs. (#6) Stephen Thompson (171)
- Tony Ferguson (155.5) vs. Paddy Pimblett (155.5)
- (#6) Josh Emmett (146) vs. (#10) Bryce Mitchell (145.5)
Prelims (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT)
- (#14) Alonzo Menifield (204.5) vs. (#15) Dustin Jacoby (204.5)
- (#5) Irene Aldana (136) vs. (#9) Karol Rosa (135.5)
- Cody Garbrandt (136) vs. Brian Kelleher (136)
- (#12) Casey O'Neill (125) vs. Ariane Lipski (126)
Early Prelims (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. EDT/3:30 p.m. PDT)
- (#12) Tagir Ulanbekov (126) vs. Cody Durden (126)
- Andre Fili (145.5) vs. Lucas Almeida (146)
- Martin Buday (264.5) vs. Shamil Gaziev (259.5)
Fightful will have complete coverage of UFC 296 beginning at 6:00 p.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, December 16.
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