UFC 296 time: When does Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington start in UK and US this weekend?

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Leon Edwards and Colby Covington will sq. off in the principle occasion of UFC 296 this weekend, as Edwards places the welterweight title on the road.

The Jamaican-born Briton received the belt with a surprising knockout of Kamaru Usman in 2022, earlier than outpointing him in London this March to retain the title.

As such, Saturday’s major occasion marks Edwards’s second title defence, and Covington’s third title shot at undisputed gold. The American, former interim champion, twice did not dethrone Usman – shedding to the “Nigerian Nightmare” by way of TKO in 2019 and on factors in 2021.

Can Covington lastly recover from the road right here? Or will Edwards, Britain’s second UFC champion ever, prolong his reign?

Here’s all you have to know.

When is UFC 296?

UFC 296 takes place on Saturday 16 December on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The early prelims are set to start at 11pm GMT (4pm PT, 6pm CT, 7pm ET), with the common prelims following at 1am GMT on Sunday 17 December (6pm PT, 8pm CT, 9pm ET on Saturday).

The major card is then due at 3am GMT on Sunday (8pm PT, 10pm CT, 11pm ET on Saturday).

How can I watch it?

In the UK, the prelims will air stay on TNT Sports 1 for subscribers, who also can watch these early fights on discovery+. The major card will then air stay on TNT Sports Box Office, costing £19.99 and obtainable to subscribers and non-subscribers. In the US, ESPN+ will stream the motion stay, as will the UFC’s Fight Pass.

If you’re travelling overseas and need to watch the occasion, you may want a VPN to unblock your streaming app. Our VPN round-up is right here to assist and consists of offers on VPNs in the market. Viewers utilizing a VPN must ensure that they adjust to any native rules the place they’re and additionally with the phrases of their service supplier.

Odds

Edwards – 4/6

Covington – 6/5

Via Betway.

Full card (topic to alter)

Main card

Leon Edwards (C) vs Colby Covington (welterweight title)

Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs Brandon Royval 2 (flyweight title)

Shavkat Rahkmonov vs Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson (welterweight)

Tony Ferguson vs Paddy Pimblett (light-weight)

Vicente Luque vs Ian Machado Garry (welterweight)

Prelims

Josh Emmett vs Bryce Mitchell (featherweight)

Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa (ladies’s bantamweight)

Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher (bantamweight)

Casey O’Neill vs Ariane Lipski (ladies’s flyweight)

Early prelims

Alonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby (light-heavyweight)

Martin Buday vs Shamil Gaziev (heavyweight)

Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden (flyweight)

Andre Fili vs Lucas Almeida (featherweight)

Martin Buday vs Shamil Gaziev (heavyweight)

Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov (welterweight)