Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is live TONIGHT (Sat., April 4, 2026) with UFC Vegas 115, streaming live online via Paramount+. The happens at the META APEX for tens of tens of fans. The main event is Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan in the Lightweight division. The rest of the card is… well, terrible. So you must be a real hardcore fan if you’re joining us tonight!
UFC Vegas 115 Preview
UFC Vegas 115’s main event is an interesting tilt in the promotion’s premier division. Renato Moicano has lurked around the top fifteen for years, but he’s fallen on hard times. He was dominated by Beneil Dariush in his last fight. That was his first bout since he was smoked by Islam Makhachev in a short notice title fight (which he grabbed after Arman Tsarukyan hurt his back).
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Chris Duncan is surging up the ranks right now and will hope to land himself among the upper-middle class of Lightweight with a win over the Brazilian. Duncan has won his last four, including wins over Terrance McKinney and Mateusz Rebecki. He’s gotten a lot of his wins with his trademark guillotine.
While Duncan eyes a spot in the rankings, ‘Money’ Moicano is just looking for a ‘W’.
The co-main event is Virna Jandiroba vs. Tabatha Ricci at Strawweight. Yeah, I know. Jandiroba is a recent title challenger, though. She lost to Mackenzie Dern last year for the right to keep Zhang Weili’s belt warm. Ricci is on a mini run and a win here might put her in line to meet Zhang at some point in the near future.
The pick of the main card fights include top prospects Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev, Tommy McMillen and Ethyn Ewing. Yakhyaev and McMillen have lay-up opponents. Ewing meets the undefeated Rafael Estevam.
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The “Prelims” see the return of Lando Vannata. He fight Darrius Flowers.
UFC Vegas 115 Start Date and Time
It’s the standard operating procedure this weekend.
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UFC Vegas 115’s “Prelims” will begin at 5 p.m. ET.
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UFC Vegas 115’s main card is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.
The live blog here starts rolling at 5 p.m. ET. Come in and say hi!
UFC VEGAS 115 QUICK RESULTS
Main card
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155 lbs.: Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan
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115 lbs.: Virna Jandiroba vs. Tabatha Ricci
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205 lbs.: Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev vs. Brendson Ribeiro
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135 lbs.: Ethyn Ewing vs. Rafael Estevam
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145 lbs.: Tommy McMillen vs. Manolo Zecchini
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145 lbs.: Jose Delano vs. Robert Ruchala
Prelims
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265 lbs.: Guilherme Pat vs. Thomas Petersen
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125 lbs.: Alessandro Costa vs. Stewart Nicoll
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155 lbs.: Lando Vannata vs. Darrius Flowers
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135 lbs.: Alice Pereira vs. Hailey Cowan
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185 lbs.: Tresean Gore def. Azamat Bekoev by technical submission (guillotine), round 3 (3:27)
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125 lbs.: Dione Barbosa def. Melissa Gatto by majority decision (28-28, 28-27, 28-27) — HIGHLIGHTS
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155 lbs.: Kai Kamaka III def. Dakota Hope by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 28-29)
UFC VEGAS 115 PLAY-BY-PLAY UPDATES
Prelims
Azamat Bekoev vs. Tresean Gore: Gore wins as a massive underdog here. He unsettled Bekoev early by throwing hard combos. Gore was able to out work Bekoev with his wrestling, too. That all tired out Bekoev. In the third round Gore was still going for the kill. Half way through that round he was able to trap Bekoev in a guillotine, off a scramble. Gore put him to sleep from that position, scoring his third guillotine win in a row. Impressive stuff from Gore.
Official decision: Tresean Gore def. Azamat Bekoev by technical submission (guillotine), round 3 (3:27)
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Dione Barbosa vs. Melissa Gatto: Barbosa must have forgotten where she was fighting here. She obliterated Gatto in the second round with a soccer kick to the throat that would have been more than at home at the Saitama Super Arena. Gatto looked unconscious, but she was allowed to keep fighting after a five minute break. Barbosa was docked a point, but that didn’t matter in the end. Barbosa won every round on my card with her very aggressive striking, grappling and submission hunting.
Official decision: Dione Barbosa def. Melissa Gatto by majority decision (28-28, 28-27, 28-27)
Kai Kamaka III vs. Dakota Hope: Hope gambled that he could get Kamaka out of there with five minutes of furious Muay Thai offense. That didn’t happen, though, and Kamaka was able to take over for the second and third round against a tired Hope (whose gas tank was further depleted by all the body shots he took). I had Kamaka winning 29-28.
Official decision: Kai Kamaka III def. Dakota Hope by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 28-29)
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