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How to watch UFC 260: Fight card, start time, betting odds, results, where to stream Miocic vs. Ngannou 2

mma junkie staff
·4 min read

The UFC is back on pay-per-view Saturday with a big championship rematch at the top of the bill.

Here’s how to watch the Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou heavyweight title bout from Las Vegas.

Broadcast

UFC 260 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+. The early prelims kick off at 6:15 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Four more prelims air on ESPN at 8 p.m. And the main card airs on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET.

Main event: Stipe Miocic

Stipe Miocic

In the main event, heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (20-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) takes on challenger Francis Ngannou (15-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC). Miocic will be fighting in his eighth straight title bout. He won the belt with a first-round knockout of Fabricio Werdum in May 2016. He then defended it three straight times – a UFC heavyweight record – with knockouts of Alistair Overeem and Junior Dos Santos and a decision over Ngannou. In July 2018, he was upset by Daniel Cormier and lost the belt, but stopped Cormier 13 months later to recapture the title. In August 2020, he beat Cormier by decision in their trilogy fight – the the third straight time the two fought.

Main event: Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou

Ngannou was perfect in the UFC at 6-0 with six stoppages when he lost to Miocic at UFC 220. He followed up that setback with a decision loss to Derrick Lewis at UFC 226. But since then, he has been on a tear with four straight first-round knockouts. The longest of those fights went 71 seconds when he took out ex-champ Dos Santos in June 2019. He also stopped Curtis Blaydes in 45 seconds, ex-champ Cain Velasquez in 26 seconds and, most recently, Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds at UFC 249 in May 2020.

Co-main event: Tyron Woodley

Tyron Woodley

The co-main event was supposed to be a featherweight title fight between champ Alexander Volkanovski and challenger Brian Ortega, but that bout was postponed this past Saturday when Volkanovski tested positive for COVID-19. Now former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley (19-6-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) returns against Vicente Luque (19-7-1 MMA, 12-3 UFC). Woodley is stuck in the only losing skid of his career, and this past September it three fights when he was stopped by Colby Covington in the fifth round. Prior to that, he lost the 170-pound title to Kamaru Usman, then dropped a decision to Gilbert Burns in May 2020.

Co-main event: Vicente Luque

Vicente Luque

After a six-fight winning streak, Luque dropped a decision to Stephen Thompson in 2019. But in 2020, he bounced back with knockouts of Niko Price and Randy Brown, the latter of which won him his fourth performance bonus in six fights.

Betting odds

The betting odds at BetMGM include a reasonably close matchups in the main event, but the champ is the underdog:

  • +110 Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou -135

  • -275 Vicente Luque vs. Tyron Woodley +210

  • +250 Thomas Almeida vs. Sean O'Malley -300

  • +130 Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy -155

  • -115 William Knight vs. Alonzo Menifield -105

  • -110 Hannah Goldy vs. Jessica Penne -110

  • +185 Jared Gooden vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov -225

  • +130 Modestas Bukauskas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk -155

  • -165 Miranda Maverick vs. Gillian Robertson +140

  • +105 Abu Azaitar vs. Marc-Andre Barriault -125

Of note, Miocic was the underdog to Ngannou the first time they fought, as well. Ngannou closed around a -190 favorite for that fight. Miocic also was the underdog in his second and third fights against Cormier – both of which he won.

Photos: Best of Stipe Miocic

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Photos: Best of Francis Ngannou

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Full fight card

The full UFC 260 fight card is available below. You can also join us for live on-site round-by-round coverage on the MMA Junkie homepage Saturday. MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)

  • Champ Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou – for heavyweight title

  • Vicente Luque vs. Tyron Woodley

  • Thomas Almeida vs. Sean O'Malley

  • Jamie Mullarkey vs. Khama Worthy

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET)

  • William Knight vs. Alonzo Menifield

  • Hannah Goldy vs. Jessica Penne

  • Jared Gooden vs. Abubakar Nurmagomedov

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 6:15 p.m. ET)

  • Modestas Bukauskas vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk

  • Miranda Maverick vs. Gillian Robertson

  • Omar Morales vs. TBA

  • Abu Azaitar vs. Marc-Andre Barriault

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