A women’s bantamweight bout between Luana Santos and Melissa Croden is scheduled for this event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/10/29/melissa-croden-faces-luana-santos-at-ufc-vegas-112/|title=Melissa Croden Faces Luana Santos at UFC Vegas 112|publisher=cagesidepress.com|author=Jay Anderson|date=2025-10-29|access-date=2025-10-29}}</ref> The pairing was originally set for [[UFC on ESPN: Bonfim vs. Brown]] in November, but was moved to this card for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mudança no card! Luana Santos ganha nova adversária para o UFC Vegas 111|url=https://agfight.com/ufc/mudanca-no-card-luana-santos-ganha-nova-adversaria-para-o-ufc-vegas-111/|date=2025-10-23|access-date=2025-10-26|publisher=agfight.com|author=Geovanne Peçanha}} {{in lang|pt-br}}</ref>
A women’s bantamweight bout between Luana Santos and Melissa Croden is scheduled for this event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/10/29/melissa-croden-faces-luana-santos-at-ufc-vegas-112/|title=Melissa Croden Faces Luana Santos at UFC Vegas 112|publisher=cagesidepress.com|author=Jay Anderson|date=2025-10-29|access-date=2025-10-29}}</ref> The pairing was originally set for [[UFC on ESPN: Bonfim vs. Brown]] in November, but was moved to this card for undisclosed reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mudança no card! Luana Santos ganha nova adversária para o UFC Vegas 111|url=https://agfight.com/ufc/mudanca-no-card-luana-santos-ganha-nova-adversaria-para-o-ufc-vegas-111/|date=2025-10-23|access-date=2025-10-26|publisher=agfight.com|author=Geovanne Peçanha}} {{in lang|pt-br}}</ref>
A women’s strawweight bout between [[Gillian Robertson]] and Iasmin Lucindo was scheduled for this event.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jay Anderson|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/09/07/iasmin-lucindo-vs-gillian-robertson-booked-for-ufc-vegas-112/|title=Iasmin Lucindo vs. Gillian Robertson Booked for UFC Vegas 112|publisher=cagesidepress.com|date=2025-09-07|access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref> However, Lucindo withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by former [[UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship]] challenger [[Amanda Lemos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/national-sports/croden-fight-shifted-to-december-adding-a-third-canadian-to-ufc-fight-night-show-11419893|title=Croden fight shifted to December, adding a third Canadian to UFC Fight Night show|publisher=richmond-news.com|author=Neil Davidson|date=2025-10-30|access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>
A women’s strawweight bout between [[Gillian Robertson]] and Iasmin Lucindo was scheduled for this event.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jay Anderson|url=https://cagesidepress.com/2025/09/07/iasmin-lucindo-vs-gillian-robertson-booked-for-ufc-vegas-112/|title=Iasmin Lucindo vs. Gillian Robertson Booked for UFC Vegas 112|publisher=cagesidepress.com|date=2025-09-07|access-date=2025-09-07}}</ref> However, Lucindo withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by former [[UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship]] challenger [[Amanda Lemos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/national-sports/croden-fight-shifted-to-december-adding-a-third-canadian-to-ufc-fight-night-show-11419893|title=Croden fight shifted to December, adding a third Canadian to UFC Fight Night show|publisher=richmond-news.com|author=Neil Davidson|date=2025-10-30|access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>
==Fight card==
==Fight card==
Mixed martial arts event in 2025
UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape (also known as UFC on ESPN 73 and UFC Vegas 112) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 13, 2025, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
This event is expected to be the final UFC broadcast under the U.S. media rights agreement with ESPN as beginning in 2026, UFC live event coverage will transition to Paramount Skydance.[1]
A flyweight bout between former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger (also former LFA Flyweight Champion) Brandon Royval and former RIZIN Bantamweight Champion Manel Kape is scheduled to headline the event.[2] The pairing was originally expected to headline UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Almabayev in March 2025, but Royval had to withdraw due to multiple concussions.[3] They were later rebooked to compete at UFC 317 in June 2025; however, Kape withdrew due to a broken foot.[4]
A women’s flyweight bout between former LFA Women’s Flyweight Champion Jamey-Lyn Horth and Tereza Bledá is scheduled for this event.[5] They were originally scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Usman vs. Buckley in June but Bledá was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a staph infection.[6][7]
A women’s bantamweight bout between Luana Santos and Melissa Croden is scheduled for this event.[8] The pairing was originally set for UFC on ESPN: Bonfim vs. Brown in November, but was moved to this card for undisclosed reasons.[9]
A women’s strawweight bout between Gillian Robertson and Iasmin Lucindo was scheduled for this event.[10] However, Lucindo withdrew due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by former UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship challenger Amanda Lemos.[11]
