Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn: Fight Preview and How to Watch
- Ryan Garcia will defend his welterweight world title against Conor Benn on Saturday, Sept.
- The main card is scheduled to begin at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT, with preliminary bouts kicking off at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT.
- Garcia enters the ring with a record of 25 wins and 2 losses, including 20 knockouts.
Fight Details and Streaming Information
Ryan Garcia will defend his welterweight world title against Conor Benn on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 12-round bout takes place during Mexican Independence Day weekend and streams live exclusively on Paramount+ without any pay-per-view fees or additional subscription costs.
The main card is scheduled to begin at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT, with preliminary bouts kicking off at 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT. The event is presented by Zuffa Boxing and Ring Magazine, capping a combat-sports doubleheader that follows Noche UFC: Silva versus Delgado earlier on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026.
Garcia enters the ring with a record of 25 wins and 2 losses, including 20 knockouts. The 27-year-old champion from California captured the welterweight world title earlier this year at the same T-Mobile Arena venue by defeating Mario Barrios. Benn holds a record of 25 wins and 1 loss with 14 knockouts, starting his career with 23 straight wins — just like Garcia.
Weigh-In Results and Full Fight Card
Official weigh-ins for the event took place on Friday, Sept. 10, 2026. All fighters successfully made weight with no cancellations reported. In the main event scale readings, Ryan Garcia weighed 145.5 pounds while Conor Benn weighed 146 pounds.
The four-fight main card features a co-main event matching Jai Opetaia against Noel Mikaelian in a 12-round clash for the Zuffa Boxing and Ring cruiserweight world titles, with Opetaia weighing 199 pounds and Mikaelian weighing 200 pounds during the Friday, Sept. 10, 2026 weigh-ins. Additional main card matchups include Da’Mazion Vanhouter versus Raphael Akpejiori in an eight-round heavyweight bout, and Mark Magsayo against Andres Cortes in a 10-round lightweight contest.
The five-fight preliminary card features Oswaldo Molina versus Pablo Rubio in a six-round lightweight bout, Abel Gonzalez against Raul Salomon in an eight-round super middleweight fight, Vland Panin versus Dakota Linger in a six-round super welterweight bout, Jose Ramirez against Alexis Rocha in a 10-round welterweight match, and Sean Garcia versus Abraham Morales in a six-round lightweight contest.
Fight Week Tension and No-Show Controversy
Friction developed during fight week when Garcia did not attend a scheduled face-off at Mandalay Bay on Tuesday. Benn was informed beforehand that the champion would not be present.
I have a lot of experience in this game. I’ve been fighting big fights for a long time – much longer than him – and I’ve been in Vegas long enough to realise certain things are not worth my time,
Garcia said. I have a routine to follow; I need to stay sharp. I’ll let him go and stare at himself, but I’ve got a job to do. I needed to train. We’ve got a face-off on the press conference, on the weigh-in and then in the ring. How many face-offs do we need?
Benn, accompanied by his father and former two-weight world champion Nigel Benn, turned up regardless and jokingly squared up to his 62-year-old father. Benn dismissed Garcia’s absence as a lack of discipline and professionalism.
I’m not bothered, I’ve dealt with worse,
Conor Benn said. If he turns up or not, it makes no difference to me. Irrespective of how hard the weight cut is or anything else, we owe it to the public to give the fans what they want. It’s a lack of discipline and professionalism.