Despite a last-minute change-up in the headlining event, UFC on ESPN Fight Night is back tonight with a welterweight bout between Ian Machado Garry and Carlos Prates.
The Fight Night in Kansas City, Missouri, was initially supposed to feature light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill and top-tier challenger Khalil Rountree Jr., but a lingering leg injury forced Hill to pull out and a change to the lineup was made.
Machado Garry (15-1-0) suffered the first loss of his career in his last fight and is hoping to bounce back tonight; that match last December was another where he entered as a late substitution.
Prates (21-6-0) is currently on an 11-match winning streak, with 10 of those wins decided by knockout. His last fight took place in November 2024.
The preliminary fight card for tonight’s UFC Fight Night begins at 6 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+. The main fight card, including the Machado Garry-Prates fight, begins at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and simulcast to ESPN2.
If you don’t have cable, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to watch Machado Garry vs. Prates live. Our favorite live option is DIRECTV, which includes ESPN2 in its signature CHOICE package ($79.99/month for three months) or its MySports Genre Pack ($69.99/month).
As noted above, both the preliminary and main fight cards will stream live on ESPN+. ESPN+ is the streaming home for UFC, and UFC on ESPN Fight Nights like these do not require an additional pay-per-view subscription to tune in.
ESPN+ has one streaming package for $11.99/month; you can also bundle ESPN+ with Disney+ and Hulu for as low as $16.99/month.
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