{"id":630828,"date":"2026-04-25T22:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630828\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:41:10","slug":"ufc-vegas-116-sterling-vs-zalal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/630828\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Vegas 116: Sterling Vs. Zalal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ultimate Fight Championship returns to the familiar confines of the Meta APEX in \u2018Sin City\u2019 for UFC Vegas 116<\/a>, headlined by a potential featherweight title eliminator. <\/p>\n

In the main event, former bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling looks to continue his climb up the featherweight ranks and secure his first shot at the 145-pound crown. But to do it, he\u2019ll have to go through streaking standout Youssef Zalal. \u2018The Moroccan Devil\u2019 has not lost a fight since 2022 \u2014 a streak that includes five straight victories under the UFC banner. <\/p>\n

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In the co-main event, a high-stakes bantamweight clash goes down when Norma Dumont meets Joselyn Edwards, and former ONE Championship standout Marcus Buchecha<\/a> steps back inside the Octagon in search of his first UFC victory. Standing in his way will be the always dangerous Ryan \u2018Superman\u2019 Spann. <\/p>\n

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UFC Vegas 116 Main Card (8:00 p.m. ET, Paramount+)<\/p>\n

Aljamain Sterling vs. Youssef Zalal<\/p>\n

Norma Dumont vs. Joselyne Edwards<\/p>\n

Rafa Garcia vs. Alexander Hernandez<\/p>\n

Davey Grant vs. Adrian Luna Martinetti<\/p>\n

Montel Jackson vs. Raoni Barcelos<\/p>\n

Marcus Buchecha vs. Ryan Spann<\/p>\n

UFC Vegas 116 Preliminary Card (5:00 p.m. ET, Paramount+)<\/p>\n

Rodolfo Vieira<\/a> vs. Eric McConico<\/p>\n

Jackson McVey vs. Sedriques Dumas<\/p>\n

Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Michelle Montague<\/p>\n

Jafel Filho vs. Cody Durde<\/p>\n

Francis Marshall vs. Lucas Brennan<\/p>\n

Max Griffin vs. Victor Valenzuela<\/p>\n

Talita Alencar \u00a0vs. Julia Polastri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fight Championship returns to the familiar confines of the Meta APEX in \u2018Sin City\u2019 for UFC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-630828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}