The UFC is back at its Las Vegas home base Saturday night, with Waldo Cortes-Acosta and Johnny Walker headlining UFC Vegas 124 — also billed as UFC Fight Night 293 — at the Meta Apex.

The stakes are plain for Cortes-Acosta. Per Sportsnet, the heavyweight comes in off back-to-back losses and is fighting for the fourth time in 2026, an unusually busy schedule for a fighter trying to arrest a slide. Walker, the heavy-handed Brazilian, represents a dangerous assignment for anyone trying to rebuild momentum: his fights rarely require the judges.

Live coverage began at 5 p.m. ET, with Sherdog, Yahoo Sports and Sportsnet among the outlets running round-by-round scoring, play-by-play and highlights throughout the card.

Apex cards tend to live or die on their main events, and this one delivers a clean narrative: a volume-fighting heavyweight trying to save his year against a finisher who can end a skid — or extend one — in a single exchange.