UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
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Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 16, 2023 (2023-12-16)
VenueT-Mobile Arena
CityParadise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2

UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 16, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1]

Background

A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Leon Edwards and former interim champion Colby Covington is expected to headline the event.[2]

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and Brandon Royval is expected to take place at the event.[2] The pair previously met at UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum in August 2021 which Pantoja won by second round submission.[3]

A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Josh Emmett and Giga Chikadze was expected to take place at this event.[4] However, Chikadze withdrew due to a torn groin. It is currently unknown if the promotion will seek a replacement opponent.[5]

Fight card

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Leon Edwards (c) vs. Colby Covington [lower-alpha 1]
Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja (c) vs. Brandon Royval [lower-alpha 2]
Welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson
Lightweight Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
Welterweight Vicente Luque vs. Ian Machado Garry
Preliminary card (ESPN2 / ESPN+)
Women's Bantamweight Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
Women's Flyweight Casey O'Neill vs. Ariane Lipski
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Alonzo Menifield vs. Dustin Jacoby
Flyweight Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
Featherweight Andre Fili vs. Lucas Almeida
Heavyweight Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev
Welterweight Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov
  1. ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.

[6]

Announced bouts

See also

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Richardson (2023-06-02). "Midnight Mania! UFC requests licenses for four more events in the UFC Apex". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  2. 1 2 Mike Bohn (2023-09-20). "Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington booked for UFC 296; Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval 2 also added". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  3. ↑ Jay Anderson (2021-08-21). "UFC Vegas 34 results: Alexandre Pantoja subs game Brandon Royval". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ↑ Tristen Critchfield (2023-10-18). "Josh Emmett vs. Giga Chikadze Announced for UFC 296". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  5. 1 2 Simon Samano and Farah Hannoun (2023-12-04). "Giga Chikadze injured, out of UFC 296 fight vs. Josh Emmett". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  6. ↑ "UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
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