Your complete guide to not missing a minute of the Octagon action from UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz including fight times, fight card and links to online and mobile viewing options.
Tonight the UFC is back in the Conor McGregor business as the Featherweight champ moves up to welterweight to face Nate Diaz. The co-main event will feature Rousey-killer Holly Holm defending her women’s bantamweight title against Miesha Tate.
The fights will air live on pay-per-view in the U.S. from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. starting at 10 p.m. ET. There will be four preliminary fights on Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and four more on the UFC’s Fight Pass streaming service at 6:30 p.m. ET.
The five fight pay-per-view opens with women’s bantamweights Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko, followed by a pair of light heavyweight bouts featuring Gian Villante vs. Ilir Latifi and Corey Anderson vs. Tom Lawlor.
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The four fight Fox Sports 1 preliminaries are headlined by welterweights Brandon Thatch vs. Siyar Bahadurzada preceded by welterweights Erick Silva vs. Nordine Taleb, middleweights Vitor Miranda vs. Marcelo Guimaraes and featherweights Darren Elkins vs. Chas Skelly.
The Fight Pass prelims open the festivities with a pair of lightweight bouts featuring Diego Sanchez vs. Jim Miller and Justin Salas vs. Jason Saggo and card opener featherweights Julian Erosa vs. Teruto Ishihara.
No matter where in the world you are, here’s how you can catch all the action from Las Vegas.
Online:
— Fight Pass (early prelims),
starting at 6:30 p.m. ET
— UFC.TV (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m. ET (excluding United Kingdom,
Brazil and India)
— YouTube (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m. ET (United States and Canada
only)
Cable/Satellite:
— Fox Sports 1 (prelims),
starting at 8 p.m.
— DirecTV and Dish (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m.
— On your television (PPV main card), starting at 10 p.m. (see list of U.S. and
international viewing options below)
Tablet/Mobile:
— Android Market
— App Store
Local Area:
— Bar or restaurant (Joe Hand Promotions)
You can also watch UFC 196 through your television or set-top box, including Apple TV and Roku, as well as through a video game console such as PS3 or PS4.
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Cable/Satellite Airings for the main UFC 196 card
North America
- US — Pay-Per-View
- Canada — Pay-Per-View
Central/South America
- Brazil — Combate
- Mexico — UFC Network
- Argentina — UFC Network
- Chile — UFC Network
- Colombia — UFC Network
- Ecuador — UFC Network
- Nicaragua — Channel 13
- Panama — UFC Network
- Paraguay — UFC Network
- Peru — UFC Network
- Rep. Dominicana — UFC Network
- Venezuela — UFC Network
Pacific Rim
- Australia — Main Event
- New Zealand — Sky TV
- Brunei — Fox South East Asia
- Cambodia — Fox South East Asia
- China — Fox South East Asia
- China — Guangdong TV
- China — LETV
- China — PPTV
- Hong Kong — Fox South East Asia
- India — Sony SIX SD, HD & KIK
- Indonesia — Fox South East Asia
- Indonesia — MNC/RCTI
- Japan — WoWoW
- Macau — Fox South East Asia
- Malaysia — Fox South East Asia (Delayed)
- Micronesia — Fox South East Asia
- Mongolia — Sansar HD
- Myanmar — Fox South East Asia
- Palau — Fox South East Asia
- Papau New Guinea — Fox South East Asia
- Philippines — Balls & ABS CBN Sports and Action
- Singapore — Fox South East Asia
- South Korea — Superaction SPOTV Plus
- Thailand — Fox South East Asia
- Thailand — RS Channel 8
- Vietnam — Fox South East Asia
Europe/Middle East/Africa
- U.K./Ireland — BT Sport 2
- Belgium — Kombat Sport (Delayed)
- Croatia — Fight Channel
- Czech Republic — Nova TV (Delayed)
- Denmark — Canal 8 Sport
- France — Kombat Sport (Delayed)
- Iceland — 365 Media
- Ireland — TV 3 (Delayed)
- Italy — Fox Sports Italy
- Luxemborg — Kombat Sport (Delayed)
- Netherlands — Fox Sports Netherlands
- Norway — CMore
- Poland — Extreme Sports Channel
- Portugal — Benfica TV
- Russia — VGTRK
- Sweden — TV4 (CMore)
- Algeria — Abu Dhabi Sports
- Armenia — Setanta Sports
- Azerbaijan — Setanta Sports
- Bahrain — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Belarus — Setanta Sports
- Chad — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Comoros Islands — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Djibouti — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Egypt — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Georgia — Setanta Sports
- Iraq — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Israel — Sport 5
- Jordan — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Kazakhstan — Setanta Sports
- Kuwait — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Kyrgyzstan — Setanta Sports
- Lebanon — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Moldova — Setanta Sports
- Mauritania — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Morocco — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Oman — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Palestine — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Qatar — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- San Marino — Fox Sports Italy
- Saudi Arabia — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Tajikistan — Setanta Sports
- Tunisia — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Turkmenistan — Setanta Sports
- U.A.E. — Abu Dhabi Sports 6
- Uzbekistan — Setanta Sports
- Vatican City — Fox Sports Italy