Live coverage of UFC Vegas 112 begins at 7:00 PM ET/4:00 PM PT with the prelims. ESPN+ will carry the event from start to finish for the last time. ESPN2 will join the ongoing preliminaries around 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT, following coverage of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Tournament.
The main card action concludes the evening at 10pm ET/7pm PT on both ESPN+ and ESPN2. If no more changes are made to the Saturday night schedule, the final version of UFC Vegas 112 will feature a 13-fight series to cap off a seven-year stint with the Disney-owned cable company.
Embed from Getty ImagesAfter Saturday night’s 2025 finale, the UFC will have a 41-day winter break until Jan. 24, when UFC 324 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Enterprise. This will be the longest gap between shows since the promotion was paused in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19.
UFC Vegas 112 Main Event: No. 2 contender Brandon Royval vs. No. 6 contender Manel Kape
At the top of the bill on Saturday night you’ll see a top-10 showdown at 125 lbs. No. 2 contender Brandon Royval (17-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) clashes with No. 6 contender Manel Kape (21-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC.)
This fight has been booked three times in 2025 alone. Scheduled matches in March and June were scrapped due to a Royval injury and Kape foot fracture respectively and subsequent surgery, setting the date for December 13. It will be a five-round fight of five minutes per round to close the show.
Royval comes to UFC Vegas 112 on Saturday night having posted a 3-2 mark in his last five outings dating back to the spring of 2023. On June 28, he dropped a unanimous decision to now UFC flyweight champion Joshua Van (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) after three rounds of action.
With Van winning the flyweight title a week ago, he now has a target on his back. While a win for the No. 2 contender in the UFC Vegas 112 main event on Saturday night wouldn’t necessarily immediately guarantee a rematch between Brandon Royval and Joshua Van, given that Tatsuro Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) believes he will be the new champion’s next opponent, a possible rematch could be in the cards at some point in the future depending on the outcome.
Meanwhile, Manel Kape will make the move this weekend with a 4-1 record over the course of his past five appearances and an ongoing two-fight winning streak. On March 1, he finished Asu Almabayev (23-3 MMA, 6-1 UFC) in the third round with knees and punches.
Kape has now been given a clean bill of health after undergoing foot surgery earlier this year. Can he maintain his momentum?
UFC Vegas 112 Co-Main Event: No. 15 contender Giga Chikadze vs. Kevin Vallejos
Immediately preceding the headline fight, the UFC Vegas 112 co-main event features featherweight action as No. 15 contender Giga Chikadze (15-5 MMA, 8-3 UFC) takes on Kevin Vallejos (16-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC). This is a fight of three rounds of five minutes each.
Chikadze will hit the ground running with a 2-3 record in his last five fights. He has dropped two bouts in a row, including a unanimous decision against David Onama in Des Moines on April 26, a bout he missed weight for the day before.
Heading into UFC Vegas 112, Chikadze hasn’t won a fight inside the legendary Octagon since 2023. Can he break the trend on Saturday night?
On the other side, Kevin Vallejos makes the third walk to the Octagon on Saturday evening. Last summer, Vallejos earned a unanimous decision victory over Danny Silva (10-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) at the same UFC Apex.
He has posted a perfect 5-0 record in his last five fights. The 2024 Contender series The graduate is in his most crucial match yet considering the co-main event slot, and considering Chikadze is a ranked opponent, another win would be a great resume builder for him as he heads into 2026.
UFC Vegas 112: Cesar Almeida vs. Cezary Oleksiejczuk
Also on the UFC Vegas 112 main card is a middleweight draw between Cesar Almeida (7-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Cezary Oleksiejczuk (16-3 MMA, UFC promotional debut). Almeida will be one of the last fighters to make the walk to the cage this year after being one of the first fighters to walk into the cage at the 2025 opening show.
On January 11, he scored a first-round knockout against Abdul Razak Alhassan (12-7, 1 NC MMA, 6-7, 1 NC UFC) with a left hook. He started the year with a win, but now that he’s back to end the year, will he get another trip to victory lane?
In the other corner, Cezary Oleksiejczuk has won 5-0 in his last five appearances and 2-0 this calendar year alone. On September 2, it took him just 36 blistering seconds to stop Theo Haig (6-1 MMA) with hammerfists.
He did more than enough to impress UFC CEO Dana White and score his UFC deal near the end of the program that night. Oleksiejczuk has remained busy this year.
Twelve months ago, he was just weeks away from competing in a modified rules fight against Marcin Naruszcka, a fight he won. Now he’s closing out his 2025 with his UFC debut.
Rest of the map
The UFC Vegas 112 main card is rounded out by these fights:
- a featherweight bout between Melquizael Costa (24-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) and Morgan Charriere (21-11-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC,)
- a heavyweight affair with Kennedy Nzechukwu (14-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) with Marcus Buchecha (5-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
- and a contracted catchweight of 160 lbs, matching King Green (32-17-1, 1 NC MMA, 13-12-1, 1 NC UFC) vs. Lance Gibson Jr. (9-1 MMA, UFC promotional debut.)
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