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Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn: Time, Undercard & How to Watch

Ryan Garcia puts his WBC welterweight title on the line against Conor Benn in Las Vegas on Saturday 12 September 2026. Start times, ring walks, the full card, the tale of the tape, the form guide, who's favourite and our prediction — all in one place.

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn tale of the tape: Garcia 25-2, 20 KOs, 28, WBC welterweight champion; Benn 25-1, 14 KOs, 29, challenger
Garcia vs Benn — tale of the tape

The essentials

  • FightRyan Garcia vs Conor Benn — WBC welterweight title (12 rounds)
  • DateSaturday 12 September 2026 (early hours of Sunday 13 September in the UK)
  • VenueT-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Main card8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT / 1:00am BST
  • Ring walksApprox 11:00pm–12:00am ET / 8:00–9:00pm PT / 4:00–5:00am BST
  • UK & IrelandDAZN — one-off pay-per-view (£24.99) or DAZN Ultimate Tier (best value)
  • USAParamount+ — entire card, no extra pay-per-view charge
  • FavouriteRyan Garcia — market-implied chance around 77% (Benn around 31%)

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn has been two years in the making, and it finally headlines Zuffa Boxing's Mexican Independence Day weekend show at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday 12 September 2026. Garcia defends the WBC welterweight title he took from Mario Barrios in February; Benn drops back down to a full welterweight to challenge for it. Below is everything you need to follow the night, wherever you are watching.

When is Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn?

The fight takes place on Saturday 12 September 2026 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Because of the eight-hour time difference, UK and Ireland viewers will be watching in the early hours of Sunday 13 September.

Preliminary bouts begin at 5:00pm ET (2:00pm PT). The five-fight main card starts at 8:00pm ET (5:00pm PT), which is 1:00am BST on the Sunday.

What time does Garcia vs Benn start? (by region)

Garcia vs Benn — local times
RegionPrelimsMain cardMain event ring walk (approx)
UK (BST)10:00pm Sat1:00am Sun4:00–5:00am Sun
Ireland (IST)10:00pm Sat1:00am Sun4:00–5:00am Sun
US Eastern (ET)5:00pm Sat8:00pm Sat11:00pm–12:00am
US Pacific (PT)2:00pm Sat5:00pm Sat8:00–9:00pm
Australia (AEST)7:00am Sun10:00am Sun1:00–2:00pm Sun

Times are guides based on an 8:00pm ET main-card start and a full undercard. Confirm the broadcast schedule on the day.

What time are the ring walks?

Expect Garcia and Benn to make their ring walks at roughly 11:00pm–12:00am ET, which is about 4:00am–5:00am BST on Sunday morning. Ring walk times are always an estimate: they depend entirely on how long the undercard fights last. If the Opetaia co-feature ends early, the main event could start 30–45 minutes sooner; if the card runs long, later.

How to watch Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn in the UK

The fight is exclusive to DAZN in the UK and Ireland. There are two ways to get it:

  • One-off pay-per-view — £24.99 / €24.99, just for this fight, bought through the DAZN app or website.
  • DAZN Ultimate Tier — this fight is included at no extra cost, alongside DAZN's full live boxing schedule. At around the same price as the one-off PPV, it is the better-value option if you follow any other boxing.

DAZN is available on most smart TVs, games consoles, mobiles, tablets and via web browser. Set your account up in advance rather than at 3am on fight night. If you are signing up, you can do it through our DAZN link — and take the Ultimate Tier for the most value.

Baker Boxing may earn a commission on DAZN sign-ups made through our link, at no extra cost to you.

How to watch in the US

There is no pay-per-view charge in the United States. The entire card — prelims and main card — streams on Paramount+, included with any subscription (plans from $7.99/month, with a free trial for new users). This is part of Zuffa Boxing's broadcast deal, and it has been a central promotional talking point: a world-title fight of this size with no PPV upcharge is a deliberate contrast to the traditional boxing model.

How much is Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn?

What it costs to watch
TerritoryCostPlatform
UK & Ireland£24.99 / €24.99 one-off — or included in a DAZN Ultimate Tier subscription (best value)DAZN
USANo extra charge (subscription from $7.99/mo)Paramount+
AustraliaDAZN subscription / PPVDAZN

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn full card

Main card — Paramount+ (US) / DAZN PPV (UK)

  • Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn — WBC welterweight title, 12 rounds
  • Jai Opetaia vs Noel Mikaelian — Ring Magazine cruiserweight title; WBC champion Mikaelian challenging, 12 rounds (on the card, but in doubt — see below)
  • Mark Magsayo vs Andres Cortes — lightweight, 10 rounds
  • Raphael Akpejiori vs Damazion Vanhouter — heavyweight

Preliminary card

  • Jose Ramirez vs Alexis Rocha — welterweight, 10 rounds
  • Vlad Panin vs Dakota Linger — super welterweight, 6 rounds
  • Abel Gonzalez vs Raul Salomon — super middleweight, 8 rounds
  • Pablo Rubio vs Oswaldo Molina — 132lb catchweight, 6 rounds
  • Sean Garcia vs Abraham Morales — lightweight, 6 rounds

Card and running order confirmed as of publication and subject to change through fight week.

Tale of the tape

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn
 Ryan GarciaConor Benn
Record25–2 (20 KO), 1 NC25–1 (14 KO)
Age2829
Height5' 8"5' 8"
Reach70"68"
StanceOrthodoxOrthodox
HomeVictorville, CaliforniaIlford, London
Pro debut20162016
StatusWBC welterweight championChallenger
Nickname“KingRy”“The Destroyer”

Physical stats vary slightly between sources; confirm at the Friday weigh-in.

Ryan Garcia form guide

Garcia arrives on the back of the best win of his career. In February 2026 he outclassed Mario Barrios over twelve rounds to win the WBC welterweight title — his first major world championship — dropping Barrios early and boxing with real discipline behind the jab. It was a controlled, mature performance that answered a lot of questions.

The build to that night was turbulent. Garcia's April 2024 win over Devin Haney was overturned to a no-contest after he missed weight by more than three pounds and then tested positive for the banned substance ostarine, which brought a suspension and a fine. He returned in May 2025 and lost a flat decision to Rolando Romero. The Barrios fight was the reset button.

Garcia at a glance

Elite hand speed and a genuine fight-changing left hook
Big-stage temperament; looked physically comfortable at 147lb
Coming off a career-best, belt-winning performance
Chin has been found before — stopped by Gervonta Davis in 2023
History of dips in output in the second half of fights
Low activity: just two fights in roughly two and a half years, and a seven-month lay-off since Barrios

Conor Benn form guide

Benn is arguably at the peak of his career momentum. In November 2025 he produced a career-best display to beat Chris Eubank Jr in their Tottenham rematch, winning wide on all three cards and flooring Eubank twice in the final round. It avenged a clear points loss to the same man seven months earlier, when Benn had faded through the middle rounds while carrying a 160lb catchweight.

The key change this weekend: Benn drops back to a full welterweight for the first time since early 2024. For two years he has campaigned up at 157–160lb against a naturally bigger man. Back at 147lb against Garcia — himself a fighter who moved up from super-lightweight — Benn could be the bigger body in the ring on the night. How he makes and rehydrates from the weight is a live talking point of fight week.

Benn at a glance

Relentless pressure and a high, sustained work rate
Real welterweight power — most of his knockouts have come at 147
Two hard twelve-round fights in the legs; proven stamina and resolve
Two 2022 adverse findings for the banned substance clomifene, for which he was later cleared to box
Dropping back down in weight after two years campaigning higher
Has never faced hand speed close to Garcia's

The framing that matters: both men come into this off the best win of their careers. That is what makes it a genuine event rather than a mismatch.

The story so far: why this fight matters

A version of Garcia vs Benn was pencilled in for 2025 before the pieces moved — Garcia to his loss against Romero, Benn to the Eubank duology. It finally lands with Garcia as champion and Benn as the challenger who pushed hardest to make it.

There is a doping backdrop on both sides — Benn's 2022 clomifene case and Garcia's 2024 ostarine positive — and the promotion has not shied away from it. On the sporting side, the stakes are clear: the winner is lined up for a marquee 2027. A Garcia–Haney rematch would be one of the biggest fights available in the US, while a Benn win opens the door to a British stadium homecoming. The loser drops out of the elite welterweight conversation.

Stylistically it is pressure against speed. Benn will try to make it rough, physical and close early. Garcia will look to time him coming in with the left hook and bank rounds behind the jab. As so often at this level, the championship rounds may decide it.

Undercard in focus

Jai Opetaia vs Noel Mikaelian — cruiserweight

Not just the co-main — a genuine champion-versus-champion fight. Opetaia (30–0, 23 KO) is the man at cruiserweight: Ring Magazine champion, unbeaten, a southpaw with a brutal left hand who has ruled the division since outpointing Mairis Briedis in 2022. Mikaelian (28–3) is the reigning WBC cruiserweight world champion — and was already expected to be stripped of that belt for taking this fight instead of making his mandatory defence against unified champion David Benavidez. On paper it is the best cruiserweight fight that can be made right now, and Opetaia starts a heavy favourite.

Update — 8 SeptemberDon King Productions has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Zuffa Boxing and TKO Group Holdings demanding the bout be called off. King says he holds an exclusive, legally binding promotional contract with Mikaelian and that Zuffa engaged the fighter without his knowledge or consent — conduct he calls “a knowing, intentional and unjustified tortious interference” — and has warned of legal action if it goes ahead. As things stand the fight is still on the card, and a source close to Mikaelian's deal has said they do not expect it to be stopped, but it is now in genuine jeopardy. We will update this if it changes.

Mark Magsayo vs Andres Cortes — lightweight

The best pure 50-50 on the card. Magsayo (29–2), the former WBC featherweight champion from the Philippines, is now ranked in the top five by the IBF at lightweight. Cortes (25–0), a slick Las Vegas technician boxing close to home, is unbeaten and rated by both the WBA and WBC. With the IBF lightweight title recently vacated, the winner steps right into the world-title picture at 135.

Jose Ramirez vs Alexis Rocha — welterweight

A crossroads fight between two former world-level operators. Ramirez, the ex-unified super-lightweight champion, needs a statement to stay in the mix at 147. Rocha is a come-forward pressure fighter whose only defeats have come against elite opposition. Competitive, and meaningful for both.

Raphael Akpejiori vs Damazion Vanhouter — heavyweight

A showcase for Akpejiori, the 6ft 7in Nigerian-American and former University of Miami basketball player who came to boxing late, hits hard, and is being moved carefully. One for viewers who like to get in early on a heavyweight project.

Also on the prelims: unbeaten prospects Pablo Rubio, Oswaldo Molina and Abel Gonzalez feature, and Ryan's younger brother Sean Garcia boxes a six-rounder.

Who is the favourite?

Ryan Garcia is the clear favourite. Expressed as market-implied probability — the percentage chance the pre-fight prices point to — it works out at roughly:

Market-implied chance of each result
ResultImplied chance
Ryan Garcia wins~77%
Conor Benn wins~31%
Draw~5%

The figures total more than 100% because a margin is always built into the pricing. Garcia's edge comes from his status as champion, his hand speed and that Barrios performance; Benn's pressure, welterweight power and career-best momentum are why the gap is not wider.

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn prediction

Baker's verdict

Benn by stoppage, round six. Watch Garcia in the build-up and he is barely acknowledging Conor Benn — the answers drift to a Haney rematch, to 2027, to everything except the man in front of him. That is a dangerous way to walk in against a fighter arriving in the best form of his life.

Benn's pace, aggression and foot speed are a specific problem for Garcia, who needs time and space to sit down on the left hook. Benn gives him neither. He is in Garcia's chest from the first bell, dragging a boxing match down into a fight, and every scrappy round chips away at Garcia's focus and his gas tank — until he is worn down and walked onto something short in the sixth.

The caveat is a real one: if Benn does not get him out of there by round six, the fight flips. Garcia settles, the timing arrives, and the back half is his. Benn early — or Garcia late.

Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn FAQ

What time does Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn start?
The main card starts at 1:00am BST on Sunday 13 September (8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT on the Saturday). Ring walks for the main event are expected around 4:00–5:00am BST (about 11:00pm ET).
What channel is it on in the UK?
DAZN, as a £24.99 one-off pay-per-view or included in a DAZN Ultimate Tier subscription. Ultimate carries this fight at no extra cost plus DAZN's full boxing schedule, so it is the better-value pick if you watch other fights.
Is it on pay-per-view in the US?
No. It streams on Paramount+ at no extra cost to subscribers.
What weight is the fight?
Welterweight — a 147lb limit — for Garcia's WBC title.
What is Ryan Garcia's record?
25–2 with 20 knockouts and one no-contest.
What is Conor Benn's record?
25–1 with 14 knockouts.
Who is on the undercard?
Ring Magazine cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia faces WBC champion Noel Mikaelian in the co-main, Mark Magsayo meets Andres Cortes at lightweight, and Jose Ramirez faces Alexis Rocha at welterweight.

Last updated: 8 September 2026 — added the Don King cease-and-desist over the Opetaia–Mikaelian co-main. We will keep updating ring walk times, weights and the card through fight week.