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[Official] UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington - Live Discussion Thread [Fights Start at 6:30PM ET] (kbin.social)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ugmug@kbin.social to c/mma@kbin.social
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Airing on ESPN+ PPV - Main Card 10PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Welterweight - Leon Edwards (C) vs. Colby Covington
  • Flyweight - Alexandre Pantoja (C) vs. Brandon Royval
  • Welterweight - Stephen Thompson vs Shavkat Rakhmonov
  • Lightweight - Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
  • Featherweight - Josh Emmett vs. Bryce Mitchell

Airing on ESPN2 and ESPN+ - Prelims 8PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Light Heavyweight - Dustin Jacoby vs. Alonzo Menifield
  • Women's Bantamweight - Irene Aldana vs. Karol Rosa
  • Bantamweight - Cody Garbrandt vs. Brian Kelleher
  • Women's Flyweight - Ariane Lipski vs. Casey O’Neill

Airing on ESPN+ - Early Prelims 6:30PM ET

  • Division - Fighters
  • Flyweight - Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Cody Durden
  • Featherweight - Lucas Almeida vs. Andre Fili
  • Heavyweight - Martin Buday vs. Shamil Gaziev

^(Fight card order and start times may be inaccurate.)

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[–] The_Terrible_Humbaba@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Colby is 35, last fight was over a year ago, against a 38 yo Masvidal. His last win before that one was against a 38 yo Woodley in 2020.

If Colby wins this I won't just be sad, I'll be absolutely shocked.

[–] westingham@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Talk about undeserving of a title shot.

[–] toastus@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

After round one it looks like you just might be right about that.