The UFC 296: Edwards vs Covington is one of the most anticipated events in MMA in recent times. The reason is that not one but two title fights will be happening in the T-Mobile Arena. one for the UFC flyweight championship between Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon. Whereas, the second title fight for the UFC Welterweight Championship is between Leon Edwards and Colby Covington. Well, we got to know about the title fights, but what about other fights? So let’s not wait any longer and take a look at the UFC 296 fight card.
UFC 296 Fight Card
As of now, 14 fights will be happening in the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada, United States.
Main Card
- Leon Edwards (champion) vs Colby Covington (for the welterweight championship)
- Alexandre Pantoja (champion) vs Brandon Royval (for the flyweight championship)
- Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Stephen Thompson (welterweight division)
- Tony Ferguson vs Paddy Pimblett (lightweight division)
- Vicente Luque vs Ian Machado Garry (welterweight division)
Five fights are set in the UFC 296 main card.
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Preliminary Card
- Josh Emmett vs Giga Chikadze (featherweight division)
- Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa (women’s bantamweight division)
- Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher (bantamweight division)
- Casey O’Neill vs Ariane Lipski (women’s flyweight division)
Four fights are set in the UFC 296 preliminary card.
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Early Preliminary Card
- Alonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby (light heavyweight division)
- Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden (flyweight division)
- Andre Fili vs Lucas Almeida (featherweight division)
- Martin Buday vs Shamil Gaziev (heavyweight division)
- Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov (welterweight division)
Fight fights are set in the UFC 296 early preliminary card.
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