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Check back in here tonight to see what’s happening on the UFC Vegas 72: Song vs. Simon fight card, which is transpiring from the familiar APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Start time is 4:30pm ET.
The top of the billing is getting a top-tier bantamweight matchup between the UFC’s #8 ranked 135-pounder, Yadong Song, and the #10 ranked, Ricky Simón. Song is looking to get back into the win column, while Simón is riding a solid five-fight winning streak.
In the UFC Vegas 72 co-main event, surging middleweight Caio Borralho will lock horns with the ever-game Michał Oleksiejczuk. Borralho has won each of his three UFC bouts, and Oleksiejczuk has won two in a row since dropping down from light heavyweight.
The prelims begin at 4:30pm ET/1:30pm PT, immediately followed by the regular main card at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT. Both broadcasts can be streamed on ESPN+, with the prelims also airing on ESPN2.
UFC Vegas 72 fight card
Main card
- Yadong Song def. Ricky Simón by TKO at 1:10 of round 5: Bantamweight
- Caio Borralho def. Michał Oleksiejczuk by submission (RNC) at 2:49 of round 2: Middleweight
- Rodolfo Vieira def. Cody Brundage by submission (arm triangle) at 1:28 of round 2: Middleweight
- Fernando Padilla def. Julian Erosa by TKO at 1:41 of round 1: Featherweight
- Marcos Rogério de Lima def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta by unanimous decision (29-28 x3): Heavyweight
- Trey Waters def. Josh Quinlan by unanimous decision (30-27 x3): Welterweight
Prelim
- Martin Buday def. Jake Collier by unanimous decision (29-28 x3): Heavyweight
- Cody Durden def. Charles Johnson by unanimous decision (30-27 x3): Flyweight
- Irina Alekseeva def. Stephanie Egger by submission (kneebar) at 2:11 of round 1: (W) Bantamweight
- Marcus McGhee def. Journey Newson by submission (RNC) at 2:03 of round 2: 140-pounds
- Jamey-Lyn Horth def. Hailey Cowan by unanimous decision (29-28 x3): (W) Bantamweight
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