UFC Vegas 115’s Must-See Main Card Saturday Evening at Meta Apex
UFC Vegas 115 fight week continues. Saturday night, the Meta Apex in Enterprise, NV serves as the venue for the first UFC event in the month of April. Counting this weekend’s show, the UFC will present one card every Saturday night through May 16....
UFC Vegas 115 fight week continues. Saturday night, the Meta Apex in Enterprise, NV serves as the venue for the first UFC event in the month of April. Counting this weekend’s show, the UFC will present one card every Saturday night through May 16.
Even though Saturday night will be the same evening as this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four in college basketball from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, there will be a host of shining moments from Las Vegas, as well. On the night before Easter, you can forget about the Easter egg hunts due to take place across the country.
The UFC’s roster is going on a hunt for finishes in UFC Vegas 115. Live coverage of UFC Vegas 115 begins with the prelims at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT on Paramount Plus before moving to the main card at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT.
UFC Vegas 115 Main Event: No. 10 Contender Renato Moicano vs. Chris Duncan
At the top of the bill on Saturday night, the lightweights go to battle when No. 10 contender Renato Moicano (20-7-1 MMA, 12-7 UFC) meets Chris Duncan (15-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC.) This main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds at five minutes per round to close out the show.
Moicano will be making the walk on Saturday with a record of 3-2 in his last five fights. He’s been a streaky fighter of late, dropping two bouts in succession after winning four in a row.
Last time out, he dropped a unanimous decision to Beneil Dariush (23-7-1 MMA, 17-7-1 UFC) after three rounds of action. Moicano was already supposed to have made his 2026 debut. A planned March 7 fight versus Brian Ortega was scrapped after the latter was injured ahead of the show.
With a four-week reprieve now in the books for Moicano, what awaits him on Saturday? Across the way, Chris Duncan is 4-1 in his last five fights and has won four consecutive contests.
Back on Dec. 6, he locked in a first-round submission (anaconda choke) of Terrance McKinney (18-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC) in UFC 323, also in Enterprise, NV. When a fighter is on a hot streak, like Chris Duncan is right now, he’s a fighter at his most dangerous. Can he secure a spot in the top-15 at 155?
UFC Vegas 115 Co-Main Event: No. 3 Contender Virna Jandiroba vs. No. 7 Contender Tabatha Ricci
Immediately beforehand, the strawweights lock horns for an important clash between No. 3 contender Virna Jandiroba (22-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC,) an alumnae of Invicta FC, and No. 7 contender Tabatha Ricci (12-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC.) It’ll be a three-round fight at five minutes apiece.
Jandiroba will be making her 13th walk to the Octagon this weekend in UFC Vegas 115 on the strength of a 4-1 record in her past five outings. She’s coming in off of a defeat in her latest contest, a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Mackenzie Dern (16-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) during UFC 321 in October for the UFC Strawweight Championship.
This is a crucial 15 minutes or less of action for the Jandiroba camp. She’s still within shouting distance of a bid for the title at 115, so can she get back to the championship spotlight with a victory here?
Meanwhile, Tabatha Ricci comes into UFC Vegas 115 with a mark of 3-2 over the course of her five most recent appearances. Last July, she scored a second-round knockout of Amanda Ribas (12-7 MMA, 7-6 UFC) in a fight delayed by one week from UFC 318 during UFC Abu Dhabi on ABC.
With Ricci having been off more than eight months, what kind of ring rust does she have to shake off? Tune into the UFC Vegas 115 co-main event to find out.
UFC Vegas 115: Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Also on the UFC Vegas 115 main card, you’ll be watching a light heavyweight showdown between Abdul-Rahkman Yakhyaev (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Brendson Ribeiro (17-9, 1 NC MMA, 2-4 UFC.) Yakhyaev, a 2025 graduate of Dana White’s Contender Series, has yet to lose thus far in his professional career.
More impressively, his last four wins have all been recorded by first-round stoppage. On Nov. 22 in Qatar, he only needed to take 33 seconds off the clock before finishing Raffael Cerqueira (11-4 MMA, 0-4 UFC) with a rear-naked choke.
Once this undefeated 205er gets inside the cage on Saturday night, viewers would be best served not to go make a sandwich. They might miss another quick finish.
In the other corner, Brendson Ribeiro comes into Saturday’s card with a 2-3 record in his last five outings. He’s on a two-fight losing skid, with both defeats ending inside the opening round of the bout.
On Sept. 6 in Paris, he was knocked out (punches) by Oumar Sy (12-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) with 18 seconds remaining in the period. With Ribeiro fighting Yakhyaev on Saturday in UFC Vegas 115, he can’t afford to make one wrong move in the early going.
Rest of the Card
UFC Vegas 115’s main card is rounded out by these contests:
- A bantamweight attraction between Ethyn Ewing (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) and Rafael Estevam (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC,)
- a featherweight fight matching Tommy McMillen (9-0 MMA, UFC promotional debut) with Manolo Zecchini (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC,)
- and a featherweight contest versing Jose Delano (16-3 MMA, UFC promotional debut) against Robert Ruchala (11-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC.)
Which fights are you looking forward to on the main card? Let us know in the comments.
