UFC 296 Live Stream: How to watch Edwards vs Covington online and on TV Channel. UFC 296 — Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington: Fight card, date, odds, rumors, location, complete guide
The year is coming to an end and UFC has one pay-per-view left on its 2023 calendar. Welterweight champion Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington headlines the Dec. 16 card in Las Vegas with support from Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval for the flyweight crown.
UFC 296 info
Date: Dec. 16
Location: T-Mobile Arena — Las Vegas
Start time: 10 p.m. ET (Main card)
How to watch: ESPN+ PPV
It’s been a long, long time since Edwards has tasted defeat. England’s second UFC champion is unbeaten dating back to a 2015 setback against Kamaru Usman that he has since avenged twice. The trilogy is behind him and Edwards looks ahead to new challenges. It feels like Covington has curried favor with UFC matchmakers, being granted a third undisputed title shot despite his flimsy case. Covington is 3-2 with wins over three fighters who have since retired. Covington’s most impressive performances were arguably close, losing efforts to Usman in title fights.
Pantoja vs. Royval should be an action-packed co-main event. Pantoja captured the flyweight championship from Brandon Moreno in a grueling five-round split decision at UFC 290 that earned Fight of the Night honors. Royval is on a three-fight winning streak since losing to Pantoja with back-to-back bonuses. Aiding the two title fights in star power is the “Twilight Zone” pairing of Paddy Pimblett vs. Tony Ferguson. Pimblett returns one year after injury and a questionable win over Jared Gordon. Ferguson is in the midst of a violent freefall, going from a 12-fight winning streak to a six-fight losing stretch.
Below is the complete fight card for UFC 296 along with the latest odds. Check back all week long for the latest news, features and other content around this massive event.
UFC 296 fight card, odds
Leon Edwards (c) -130 vs. Colby Covington +110, welterweight title
Alexandre Pantoja (c) -240 vs. Brandon Royval +195, flyweight title
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson, welterweights
Paddy Pimblett vs. Tony Ferguson, lightweights
Ian Machado Garry vs. Vicente Luque, welterweights
Giga Chikadze vs Josh Emmett, featherweights
Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa, women’s bantamweights
Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher, bantamweights
Casey O’Neill vs. Ariane Lipski, women’s flyweights
Dustin Jacoby vs. Alonzo Menifield, light heavyweights
Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev, heavyweights
Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden, flyweights
Randy Brown vs. Muslim Salikhov, welterweights
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