How to watch UFC Vegas 96 for free: Cannonier vs. Borralho live stream, start time & more for fight night

Middleweight contenders collide in Las Vegas when Jared Cannonier faces Caio Borralho at the UFC APEX.

Here’s how you can watch UFC Vegas 96, including streaming options and TV channel to catch the prelims and the main card.

UFC Vegas 96 start time

• Date: Saturday,  August 24
• Start time: 10 p.m. ET | 7 p.m. PT
• Location: UFC APEX, Las Vegas

The main card for UFC Vegas 96 begins at 10 p.m. ET. Cannonier and Borralho should make their way to the octagon around 12:15 a.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.

The main card will also feature Angela Hill vs. Tabatha Ricci. Hill is a durable fighter, competing 13 times since 2020. The former Invicta FC strawweight champion is 2-1 in her last three fights and 4-1 in her previous five. Ricci is 2-1 in her last three fights and has three wins via submission.

Neil Magny faces Michael Morales. An Ultimate Fighter alum, Magny owns the most wins (22) in UFC welterweight history and is 2-2 in his last four fights. A Dana White's Contender Series alum, the unbeaten Morales is 5-0 in the octagon.

Also on the card will be the finals of The Ultimate Fighter 32. Ryan Loder faces Robert Valentin Frey in middleweight action while Kaan Ofli and Mairon Santos compete in featherweight action.

How to watch UFC Vegas 96 for free

• Channel: ESPN
• Live stream: Fubo | ESPN+

UFC Vegas 96 is available on ESPN and ESPN+. It will also be streamed via Fubo which offers a free trial so you can watch all the action without a commitment.

The prelims before the main card feature Road to UFC alum and kickboxing champion Wang Cong facing Victoria Leonardo, 1-3 in her last four fights. Former Dana White's Contender Series alum Zachary Reese, 2-1 in the octagon, faces Jose Medina, who lost his six-fight unbeaten streak on DWCS.

UFC Vegas 96 fight card

Main Card

• Jared Cannonier vs. Caio Borralho; Middleweights
• Angela Hill vs. Tabatha Ricci; Strawweights
• Ryan Loder vs. Robert Valentin Frey; Middleweights
• Kaan Ofli vs. Mairon Santos; Featherweights
• Neil Magny vs. Michael Morales; Welterweights
• Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Gerald Meerschaert; Middleweights

Prelims

• Francis Marshall vs. Dennis Buzukja; Lightweights
• Zachary Reese vs. Jose Medina; Middleweights
• Viacheslav Borshchev vs. James Llontop; Lightweights
• Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Josiane Nunes; Bantamweights
• Zygimantas Ramaska vs. Nathan Fletcher; Featherweights
• Wang Cong vs. Victoria Leonardo; Flyweights

Cannonier is 10-7 in the octagon since 2015. He challenged and lost against Israel Adesanya in 2022 for the UFC middleweight title. Since then, he is 2-1 in his last three fights and has ten wins via knockout. Borralho competed twice on Dana White's Contender Series in 2021. "The Natural" knocked out Paul Craig in May to add to his five wins via knockout.

The middleweight division is stacked: Cannonier is ranked fifth, while Borralho is ranked twelfth. A win by either, especially Borralho, could propel them to the top of the rankings.

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