
- Saturday 08.15.2020 at 10:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Endeavor
- Venue: UFC APEX
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Dominick Cruz, Joe Rogan
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Interviews: Joe Rogan | Backstage: Megan Olivi
- PPV Buys / Buyrate: 500,000 | TV Ratings: 943,000 avg. viewers (ESPN prelims, 1.2M peak)
- MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card
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UFC Heavyweight Championship
Decision, Unanimous
5 Rounds, 25:00 Total11Main Event
265
5 x 5 | Pro
Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts
Honors & Awards
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Performance of the NightHerbert Burns vs. Daniel Pineda | $50,000 bonus to Pineda
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Performance of the NightFelice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba | $50,000 bonus to Jandiroba
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Fight of the NightKai Kamaka III vs. Tony Kelley | $50,000 bonus to each fighter


Referees
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Marc Goddard
Miocic vs. Cormier III (11), Herrig vs. Jandiroba (5) -
Herb Dean
O'Malley vs. Vera (10), Miller vs. Pichel (6), Daukaus vs. Porter (2) -
Dan Miragliotta
dos Santos vs. Rozenstruik (9), Brown vs. Chavez (4) -
Mark Smith
Burns vs. Pineda (8), Souza vs. Yoder (3) -
Chris Tognoni
Dodson vs. Dvalishvili (7), Kamaka III vs. Kelley (1)
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Fight Predictions
Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC 252 is closed for new predictions. 3,705 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.
Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC 252 Leaderboard
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