LAS VEGAS – The UFC 296 pre-fight news conference takes place Thursday. The entire main card was in attendance, including Leon Edwards and Colby Covington, who fight for the welterweight title in the main event; Alexandre Pantoja, who puts the flyweight title on the line vs. Brandon Royval in the co-main event; and the remaining matchups of Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Stephen Thompson and Tony Ferguson vs. Paddy Pimblett. It was announced late Wednesday that Vicente Luque no longer had an opponent in Ian Machado Garry, who no-showed Wednesday’s media day , which left some drama about whether he’d appear at the press conference.
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Video replay: ‘UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington’ pre-fight press conference – MMA Junkie