undercard
noun
un·der·card
ˈən-dər-ˌkärd 
: a program (as of boxing matches) supporting the featured match
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Every outlet caveats that this is approximate, since a quick or drawn-out undercard can shift the window by 10 to 20 minutes either way.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
There’s something fishy going on when an undercard fight and a line starts moving.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Festivities kicked off with a trailer narrated by Uma Thurman (objectively cool), and a handful of mostly uncompetitive undercard bouts (save the always game and bloodied Nate Diaz), the crowd loudly booing MVP promoter Jake Paul at his own event, and the graphic getting Rousey’s age wrong.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 May 2026
Not just the Preakness Stakes, but the undercard races surrounding the Preakness on Friday and Saturday.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
There’s something fishy going on when an undercard fight and a line starts moving.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Festivities kicked off with a trailer narrated by Uma Thurman (objectively cool), and a handful of mostly uncompetitive undercard bouts (save the always game and bloodied Nate Diaz), the crowd loudly booing MVP promoter Jake Paul at his own event, and the graphic getting Rousey’s age wrong.
—Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 May 2026
Not just the Preakness Stakes, but the undercard races surrounding the Preakness on Friday and Saturday.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
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