Saturday nights mean many things for many people. For MMA fans, Saturday nights are kept open year-round so that you can watch fights.
The sport’s top promotion, the UFC, has one last Saturday of fights on its docket for 2023, this week’s UFC 296. It’ll be the last pay-per-view event from the UFC, as well as the last event proper on the schedule, before a monthlong hiatus necessitated by college football’s bowl season taking up the TV schedule of rightsholder ESPN between Dec. 16 and Jan. 8.
Live coverage of UFC 296 begins Saturday with the early prelims at 6 pm ET/ 3 pm PT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass, followed at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on ESPN2 and ESPN+ with late prelims.