One week after UFC 305 the promotion will return to the UFC APEX with another Fight Night card headlined by middleweights Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho. Both fighters accepted the matchup on short notice and will turn around relatively quickly after their recent outings.
In his first UFC main event, Borralho will get the biggest opportunity of his career against the No. 5 ranked Cannonier. The Brazilian is coming off a big knockout win over Paul Craig in his last outing at UFC 301.
Against Craig, Borralho walked out to 'Utimo Dias' by Kiara Rocks. The 31-year-old has used the same song in each of his six UFC fights dating back to 2022.
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In his last fight against Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Louisville, Cannonier walked out to 'Ta-Ta-R-Gami (The Demon God),' a track taken from the movie Princess Mononoke. As a big fan of anime, 'The Killa Gorilla' has used the chilling instrumental to lead him to the Octagon on several previous occasions.
Angela Hill, who is facing Tabatha Ricci in the co-main event, last walked out to 'Nao Quer Chifre' by MC Frog at UFC Vegas 92. Following her fight name, Ricci walked out to the children's melody 'Baby Shark' in her last fight at UFC St. Louis.
UFC Vegas 96 full fight card
Jared Cannonier and Caio Borralho will be the last of what is currently a nine-fight card, according to the UFC. More fights could be added in the future but with the event eight days away at press time, that does not appear to be the case.
View the full UFC Vegas 96 fight card as of Aug. 16 below:
Main card (10 p.m. ET / 2 a.m. GMT)
(5) Jared Cannonier vs. (12) Caio Borralho, middleweight
(9) Angela Hill vs. (11) Tabatha Ricci, women's strawweight
(12) Neil Magny vs. Michael Morales, welterweight
Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Gerald Meerschaert, middleweight
Preliminary card (7 p.m. ET / 11 p.m. GMT)
Danny Silva vs. Dennis Buzukja, featherweight
Zachary Reese vs. Jose Medina, middleweight
Viacheslav Borhschev vs. James Llontop, lightweight
Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Josiane Nunes, women's bantamweight
Cong Wang vs. Victoria Leonardo, women's flyweight