UFC Fight Night: October 23 Exclusively on ESPN+

Dave Nagle

October 21, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori airs live from UFC APEX in Las Vegas this Saturday, Oct. 23, with both the prelims and the main card exclusively on ESPN+ (English and Spanish), at 1 p.m. ET and at 4 p.m. ET, respectively. Live coverage includes UFC Live presented by DraftKings on ESPN2 on Friday at 5:30 p.m. ET and UFC Pre-Show: Costa vs. Vettori on Friday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+ providing fans with exclusive insights and views on the biggest stories heading into Fight Night.

Main Event: Costa vs. Vettori

Main Card at 4 p.m. ET, Prelims at 1 p.m. ET; Both exclusively on ESPN+

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The main event features a very important 195-pound catchweight fight when former middleweight title challengers Paulo Costa (13-1) of Brazil and Marvin Vettori (17-5) of Italy will attempt to begin their climbs toward another crack at champion Israel Adesanya when they meet in a five-round contest. Both are coming off title fight losses to Adesanya, Costa 13 months ago and Vettori in June. Costa has earned 12 of his 13 career victories by stoppage, including 11 knockouts. Vettori has one knockout, a TKO and nine submissions.

The co-main is a lightweight match between Grant Dawson (17-1) and Ricky Glenn (22-6). Dawson is on an eight-fight winning streak while the southpaw Glenn has 13 KOs and has won four of his six most recent bouts.

Calling the action will be play-by-play announcer Brendan Fitzgerald, alongside two former fighters as analysts – Paul Felder and Michael Bisping. Megan Olivi will handle reporting duties.

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Thursday: Expert Picks: Who bounces back from loss to Israel Adesany, Costa or Verttori?
Friday: UFC Fight Night Viewer’s Guide: Quest weighs heavily over Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori – Which one will remain a UFC contender?

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Programming (All times ET)

Fri., 10/22	5:30 p.m.	*UFC Live presented by DraftKings:* *Costa vs. Vettori*	ESPN2
Fri., 10/22	6 p.m.	*UFC Fight Night Pre-Show:* *Costa vs. Vettori*	ESPN+
Sat., 10/23	1 p.m.	*UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori* (Prelims)	ESPN+
	4 p.m.	*UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori* (Main Card)	ESPN+
	7 p.m.*	*UFC Fight Night Post Show:* *Costa vs. Vettori*	ESPN+

* immediately following main card

Main Card and Prelims (All times ET)

4 PM	Main	Paulo Costa vs. Marvin Vettori
	Co-Main	Grant Dawson vs. Ricky Glenn
	Undercard	Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Joselyne Edwards
	Undercard	Alex Caceres vs. SeungWoo Choi
	Undercard	Francisco Trinaldo vs. Dwight Grant
	Undercard	Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ike Villanueva
1 PM	Feature	Junyong Park vs. Gregory Rodrigues
	Undercard	Mason Jones vs. David Onama
	Undercard	Tabatha Ricci vs. Maria Oliveira
	Undercard	Jamie Pickett vs. Laureano Staropoli
	Undercard	Khama Worthy vs. Jai Herbert
	Undercard	Jeff Molina vs. Daniel da Silva
	Undercard	Livinha Souza vs. Randa Markos
	Undercard	Jonathan Martinez vs. Zviad Lazishvili