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A pair of former champions headline UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar — How to watch

  * UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar will be streamed live on August 22, exclusively through the ESPN+ streaming service. * In the main event, former UFC Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar will make his debut in the bantamweight division in the 27th match of his UFC career. * With 13 career wins by knockout or submission, 5th ranked Pedro Munhoz is the former Resurrection Fighting Alliance bantamweight champion and one of the UFC division's most formidible fighters. * Prelims are set to start at 6 p.m. ET and the main card is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. ET. * Every UFC Fight Night event is included with an ESPN+ subscription, which costs $6.99 per month or $49.99 per year. Product Card Module: Monthly Subscription Service Card size: small Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar will make his bantamweight debut against #5 ranked Pedro Munhoz in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar on August 22. Munhoz has dominated opponents in his 18 career wins, earning 13 victories by submission or knockout. He joined UFC in 2014 after earning the Resurrection Fighting Alliance bantamweight championship. Munhoz plans to rebound from a decision loss against Aljamain Sterling that snapped a three-match win streak in June 2019. Edgar moved to the Bantamweight division after losing a Featherweight championship match to Max Holloway and suffering a first round knockout to Chang Sung Jung in a December 2019 match in South Korea. This will be the former champion's third division, and his 27th match for UFC. The match between Edgar and Munhoz was originally scheduled to take place on July 15 but was delayed after Munhoz tested positive for COVID-19. UFC had also planned a fight between #5 middlweight Yoel Romero and former Ultimate Fighter tournament runner-up Urijah Hall as the weekend's main event, but Romero withdrew from the fight due to an undisclosed injury. UFC president Dana White announced that Hall's next opponent will be MMA legend Anderson Silva in October. UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar will stream exclusively on ESPN+ starting at 6 p.m. ET on August 22. While UFC pay-per-view matches, like the upcoming UFC 252, normally cost $64.99, every UFC Fight Night event is available as part of a $6.99 monthly ESPN+ subscription. UFC has committed to holding its events without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic and the organization has least 18 different safety precautions for staff, including advanced medical screenings, regular testing, temperature checks, and social distancing guidelines. Updated on 8/20/2020 by Kevin Webb: This article has been revised to include details for the UFC Fight Night event scheduled for August 22. Here's the match schedule for UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Oleinik Prelims — 6 p.m. ET, 3 p.m. PT on ESPN+ * Timur Valiev versus Trevin Jones [Catchweight] * Carlton Minus versus Matthew Semelsberger [Welterweight] * Isaac Villanueva versus Jordan Wright [Light Heavyweight] * Dwight Grant versus Calen Born [Welterweight] * Austin Hubbard versus Joe Solecki [Lightweight] * Amanda Lemos versus Mizuki Inoue [Women's Strawweight] Main Card  — 8:30 p.m. ET, 5:30 p.m. PT on ESPN+ * Daniel Rodriguez versus Takashi Sato [Welterweight] * Mariya Agapova versus Shana Dobson [Women's Flyweight] * Marcin Prachnio versus Mike Rodriguez [Light Heavyweight] * Ovince Saint Preux versus Alonzo Menifield [Light Heavyweight] * Pedro Munhoz versus Frankie Edgar [Bantamweight] How to watch UFC Fight Night matches on ESPN+ UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar will be streamed live exclusively on ESPN+. ESPN+ subscribers can watch every UFC Fight Night event live and also gain access to a huge catalog of classic UFC matches and recent highlights. ESPN+ costs $5.99 per month or $49.99 for a full year, and it's available as an app on most mobile and streaming devices. Here's a full breakdown of additional features and details for ESPN+. Leading up to major PPV events, ESPN+ typically offers a special deal that bundles one UFC PPV fight and an annual ESPN+ subscription for a total of $84.98. This bundle deal gives you an overall discount of $30 if you plan on following the UFC closely for the rest of the year. In addition to ESPN+, you can occasionally watch UFC Fight Night events on the standard ESPN network through various cable and satellite packages. ESPN is also available as a channel through several live TV streaming services, including Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, AT&T TV, and Youtube TV. With that said, UFC Fight Night: Munhoz vs Edgar will not be broadcast on the ESPN network. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: What makes 'Parasite' so shocking is the twist that happens in a 10-minute sequence
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