UFC Fight Night 196 Fight Card

UFC Fight Night 196 takes place this coming Saturday night, 23rd October in Las Vegas and you can see what all the fighters tipped the scales at below.

In the main event we have two middleweights who are fighting for the first time since losing out to current champion Israel Adesanya, with Paulo Costa having been out for over a year since his TKO loss, while Marvin Vettori lost by unanimous decision back in June.

After compiling a five-fight winning streak since joining the UFC in 2019, Grant Dawson now gets a co-main event spot against Rick Glenn, whose been going back-and-forth between wins and losses in his last four Octagon outings.

Jessica-Rose Clark bounced back from two losses in a row with a TKO victory last time out and now goes up against Joselyne Edwards, who lost out on the scorecards in her UFC debut earlier in the year.

Alex Caceres is enjoying his best run in the UFC to date, having compiled a four-fight unbeaten stretch, and he now faces up to Seung Woo Choi, who is on a three-fight winning streak.

Francisco Trinaldo saw a three-fight unbeaten run come to an end via a decision loss in his last Octagon outing and now will battle Dwight Grant, who has gone 3-2 in his UFC run so far.

Opening up the main card will be Nicolae Negumereanu, who has a 1-1 record in the UFC to date, going up against Ike Villaneuva, who only has one win from four UFC fights heading into this bout.

Check out the full UFC Fight Night 196 card below.

Main Card

Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori
Grant Dawson vs. Rick Glenn
Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Joselyne Edwards
Alex Caceres vs. Seung Woo Choi
Dwight Grant vs. Francisco Trinaldo
Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ike Villanueva

Prelims

Jun Yong Park vs. Gregory Rodrigues
Alan Patrick vs. Mason Jones
Tabatha Ricci vs. Maria de Oliveira Neta
Jamie Pickett vs. Laureano Staropoli
Khama Worthy vs. Jai Herbert
Jeff Molina vs. Daniel Lacerda
Livia Renata Souza vs. Randa Markos

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