Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 296: “Edwards vs. Covington” ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Dec. 16) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the final card for the promotion’s 2023 fight campaign.
To help prepare fans (and media) for the upcoming fight card, the promotion is holding a special UFC 296 media day, LIVE in the embedded video above at 2:30 p.m. ET, which includes appearances from reigning 170-pound champion Leon Edwards and two-time welterweight title challenger Colby Covington, among others.
Here’s the full list of UFC 296 media day participants:
Leon Edwards – UFC welterweight champion
Colby Covington – No. 3 UFC welterweight
Alex Pantoja – UFC flyweight champion
Brandon Royval – No. 2 UFC flyweight champion
Shavkat Rakhmonov – No. 5 UFC welterweight
Stephen Thompson – No. 6 UFC welterweight
Tony Ferguson – UFC lightweight
Paddy Pimblett – UFC lightweight
Vicente Luque – No. 9 UFC welterweight
Ian Garry – No. 10 UFC welterweight
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 296 fight card right RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN2/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
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