UFC Vegas 113 fight week continues. The MMA schedule for the shortest month of the year kicks off this coming weekend, and the UFC itself has a short month this month. There are only three shows on the docket for the second month of 2026, beginning this coming Saturday.

Meta Apex is the setting for the first UFC Fight Night card of the year this Saturday evening. 24 hours before the Super Bowl in Santa Clara, CA, MMA takes center stage in Enterprise, NV.

Live coverage of UFC Vegas 113 begins with the undercard at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT on Paramount Plus before moving onto the main card at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on the streaming platform. All told, if no adjustments to the bout order need to be made in the final days ahead of this event, the final version of Saturday’s card features a slate of 13 contests from the top MMA promotion in the world.

UFC Vegas 113 Main Event: No. 9 Contender Mario Bautista vs. No. 11 Contender Vinicius Oliveira

At the top of the bill on Saturday night at UFC Vegas 113 in Enterprise, the bantamweights take to the fabled Octagon when No. 9 contender Mario Bautista (16-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) battles No. 11 contender Vinicius Oliveira (23-3 MMA, 4-0 UFC.) This main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes per round.

Bautista enters the main event of the evening with a record of 4-1 in his last five fights dating back to August of 2023. He’ll be looking to get back into the win column this Saturday after having dropped a unanimous decision at the hands of Umar Nurmagomedov (20-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in UFC 325 this past October.

Saturday’s fight is an important milestone for Mario Bautista and his camp, as he’ll make the walk to the cage for the 20th time as a professional. A win in the UFC Vegas 113 main event means he’s potentially a win or two away from firmly placing himself in the title picture at 135.

Meanwhile, Vinicius Oliveira, who referred to his opponent as a “boring fighter” at Wednesday’s media day, makes the trek to the cage this weekend sporting a 5-0 record in his last five fights since joining the UFC’s active roster by way of Dana White’s Contender Series in September of 2023. Across all competitions, he’s currently on a six-fight winning streak.

Most recently, he scored a unanimous decision victory against Kyler Phillips (12-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) last July on UFC 318’s undercard in New Orleans. Saturday’s contest in UFC Vegas 113 is only Oliveira’s fifth appearance in the UFC and his first main event. Prior to this, he was mostly an undercard fighter, so to get the main event spot in his fifth contest is nothing short of impressive.

The lights will be shining brighter than they’ve ever shone before for Oliveira. How will he fare in his first UFC main event?

UFC Vegas 113 Co-Main Event: No. 6 Contender Amir Albazi vs. No. 8 Contender Kyoji Horiguchi

Immediately prior to the main event, the co-headlining bout of UFC Vegas 113 sees flyweights go to battle. It’ll be moving day in the division when No. 6 contender Amir Albazi (17-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) collides with No. 8 contender Kyoji Horiguchi (35-5, 1 NC MMA, 8-1 UFC.)

This fight is a three-round affair at five minutes per round. Albazi will be making his 20th career appearance as a professional fighter over the weekend with a record of 4-1in his last five outings.

He hasn’t competed under MMA rules, however, since Nov. 2, 2024. That night, he dropped a unanimous decision to Brandon Moreno (23-9-2 MMA, 11-6-2 UFC) after 15 minutes of action. A planned Aug. 2, 2025 main event fight versus Tatsuro Taira at the Apex was postponed amid his withdrawal from the show due to medical issues he encountered.

Albazi has kept busy in the meantime, competing in grappling matches and securing a decision win over Rashid Vagabov a week before the Christmas holiday in December. By the time the cage door shuts on Saturday night, 462 days will have elapsed between appearances in the UFC.

How much ring rust will he have going into a fight against a seasoned veteran of Kyoji Horiguchi’s ilk? Only time will tell.

Across the way, Kyoji Horiguchi, an alumnus of Rizin Fighting Federation and the late Bellator MMA, enters his second fight in his second stint in the UFC sporting a 4-0 record with one no-contest in his past five bouts. He made a successful UFC return in November by finishing Tagir Ulanbekov (17-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) inside the third round in Qatar with a rear-naked choke.

Counting all promotions, this is his 42nd career appearance. It’s also his 10th UFC fight over his two stints. Can Horiguchi make it nine wins in the UFC in the UFC Vegas 113 co-main event?

UFC Vegas 113: No. 6 Contender Jailton Almeida vs. Rizvan Kuniev

Also on the main card, the heavyweights fight it out as No. 6 contender Jailton Almeida (22-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) faces off against Rizvan Kuniev (13-3-1, 1 NC MMA, 0-1 UFC.) Almeida touches down in Enterprise ahead of Saturday’s show on the strength of a 3-2 record in his last five fights.

Back on Oct. 25 during UFC 321, he tasted defeat by way of split decision versus Alexander Volkov (39-11 MMA, 11-5 UFC.) Prior to this, he’d won two fights in a row. Will he get back to victory lane in UFC Vegas 113?

In the other corner, Rizvan Kuniev has gone 3-1 with one no-contest over the past five fights. On June 21, he dropped a split decision at the hands of Curtis Blaydes (19-5, 1 NC MMA, 14-5, 1 NC UFC) in Baku. Almeida was not supposed to have been Kuniev’s opponent this weekend.

At first, Kuniev had been booked to fight Ryan Spann on Saturday night before he withdrew from the show for unknown reasons and Almeida accepted the bout in late January. With only a few weeks’ lead time, how has Kuniev adjusted his gameplan for UFC Vegas 113?

Rest of the Card

UFC Vegas 113’s main card is rounded out by these contests:

a middleweight bout matching Michal Oleksiejczuk (21-9, 1 NC MMA, 9-7, 1 NC UFC) with Marc-Andre Barriault (17-10, 1 NC MMA, 6-9, 1 NC UFC,)
a bantamweight attraction versing Jean Matsumoto (17-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Farid Basharat (14-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC,)
and a light heavyweight fight pairing Dustin Jacoby (21-9-1 MMA, 9-6-1 UFC) against Julius Walker (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC.)

Which fights are you looking forward to on the main card? Let us know in the comments.