Las Vegas is set to host a major welterweight championship matchup on Saturday, Sept. 12, as Ryan Garcia meets Conor Benn at T-Mobile Arena. Garcia, listed at 25-2-0, is scheduled to put his WBC welterweight belt on the line against Benn, the English challenger listed at 25-1-0, in a 12-round main event.
The show brings together Golden Boy Promotions and Zuffa Boxing for a card that does not stop at the headline act. A second world-title bout pairs Jai Opetaia with WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian, while the supporting lineup also includes heavyweight, lightweight, super middleweight, super welterweight and welterweight contests. For boxing viewers, that makes the event less like a single-bout appointment and more like a full evening of fights.
The event is listed to begin with preliminary action at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. The main card follows at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Garcia and Benn are expected to make their ringwalks at approximately 11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT, though ringwalk timing can move depending on the duration of the earlier bouts.
How to watch Garcia vs. Benn
The Garcia-Benn card is scheduled to stream live on Paramount+. It is not listed as a separate pay-per-view purchase, meaning a Paramount+ subscription is expected to provide access to the live event without an additional PPV charge.
The listed starting price is $8.99 per month for the Paramount+ Essential plan. Subscription tiers, promotional eligibility and regional availability can change, so viewers planning around the stream should confirm the current plan details and event listing directly in the service before fight night.
A Walmart+ promotion was also listed as a possible alternative route for eligible new members: a 30-day Walmart+ trial for $1 includes Paramount+ among its membership benefits. That promotion is separate from the boxing event itself, and its terms may vary. The key point for viewers is straightforward: the event is presented as part of the Paramount+ offering rather than a pay-per-view add-on.
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Garcia enters as the champion
Garcia comes into the bout six months into his welterweight title reign and is regarded as the favorite to retain the WBC belt. That status puts a clear target on his back. Champions carry the advantage of entering with the hardware, but title defenses also concentrate attention on every round, every tactical adjustment and every moment a challenger threatens to change the direction of the contest.
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Benn, meanwhile, is presented as Garcia’s most difficult opponent of this relatively short championship period. His 25-1-0 record gives the fight a strong on-paper profile: two fighters with substantial win totals, one recognized championship, and the kind of undefeated-or-near-undefeated résumé math that gives a matchup added stakes before either man has reached the ring.
The favorite label does not decide a 12-round fight. It does, however, set the central question for the evening. Can Garcia establish why he is expected to defend the title, or can Benn turn his opportunity into the upset that reshapes the welterweight conversation? With the event taking place at T-Mobile Arena, the matchup has the scale and setting expected of a high-profile Las Vegas championship show.
A second WBC title fight strengthens the main card
Garcia-Benn is the focal point, but the co-feature adds another championship layer. Jai Opetaia faces Noel Mikaelian, identified as the WBC cruiserweight champion, in a WBC title fight. Two belt bouts on one main card give the broadcast a distinctly championship-centered structure, even as the fighters compete in different weight classes.
The remainder of the main card includes Da’Mazion Vanhouter versus Raphael Akpejiori at heavyweight and Mark Magsayo versus Andres Cortes at lightweight. The heavyweight matchup brings the sport’s largest division to the lineup, while Magsayo-Cortes adds a lightweight contest beneath the two title fights.
That range matters for the night’s pacing. Viewers will move from the preliminaries into a main card spanning lightweight, heavyweight, cruiserweight and welterweight, with the latter two divisions carrying WBC title implications. It is a broad slate rather than a card built solely around one division.
Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn full fight card
Main card — 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT
- Welterweight: Ryan Garcia (champion) vs. Conor Benn — WBC title fight
- Cruiserweight: Jai Opetaia vs. Noel Mikaelian (champion) — WBC title fight
- Heavyweight: Da’Mazion Vanhouter vs. Raphael Akpejiori
- Lightweight: Mark Magsayo vs. Andres Cortes
Preliminaries — 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
- Lightweight: Oswaldo Molina vs. Pablo Rubio
- Super middleweight: Abel Gonzalez vs. Raul Salomon
- Super welterweight: Vland Panin vs. Dakota Linger
- Welterweight: Jose Ramirez vs. Alexis Rocha
- Lightweight: Sean Garcia vs. Abraham Morales
Why the schedule is worth tracking
Combat-sports start times can be deceptively simple. The preliminaries have a fixed listed beginning, and the main card has its own listed start, but the headline bout remains dependent on the action that comes first. A quick knockout, a full-distance decision, a lengthy stoppage sequence or any number of routine broadcast variables can affect when the featured fighters actually walk out.
That is why the approximate 11 p.m. ET ringwalk projection for Garcia and Benn should be treated as a guide rather than a guarantee. Fans interested in the entire card can start with the 5 p.m. ET preliminaries. Those looking primarily for the WBC welterweight championship matchup should be aware that arriving exactly at the projected walkout time can be risky if the earlier schedule runs ahead.
There is also a potential celebrity dimension, as tends to happen with major boxing events staged in Las Vegas. Names floated as possible attendees include Jake Paul, Triple H, Bad Bunny, Chance the Rapper, Travis Kelce, Idris Elba, Gordon Ramsay and Maya Jama. These are possibilities rather than confirmed appearances, and the fight itself remains the attraction.
Ultimately, the Sept. 12 card comes down to a champion defending his position against a challenger positioned as his sternest recent test. Garcia has the belt, the favorite status and the main-event spotlight. Benn has the chance to upset those expectations. With Opetaia and Mikaelian adding a second WBC title fight, Paramount+ subscribers have a complete championship card scheduled from the afternoon preliminaries through the late-evening Las Vegas main event.
