By: Aaron Morris
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UFC 296 is just over a month away now, and the promotion is wasting no time whatsoever in building hype around the event - this week dropping the official promo.
Taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, #269 will see Leon 'Rocky' Edwards defend his welterweight title against an all-American wrestler in Colby 'Chaos' Covington - who will have high hopes that it's third time lucky for him capturing gold at 170lbs, having two unsuccessful bites of the cherry against former champ Kamaru Usman.
The co-main sees Alexandre Pantoja make his first title defence in the flyweight division, with old foe Brandon Royval looking to make the upset of the year on the night.
Here's how the card looks in its entirety.
UFC 296: Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington -
Main card:
Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Brandon Royval
Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson
Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett
Vicente Luque vs. Ian Machado Garry
Prelims:
Josh Emmett vs Giga Chikadze
Irene Aldana vs Karol Rosa
Cody Garbrandt vs Brian Kelleher
Casey O'Neill vs Ariane Lipski
Alonzo Menifield vs Dustin Jacoby
Martin Buday vs Shamil Gaziev
Tagir Ulanbekov vs Cody Durden
Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov
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