The MAC is BACK! Former two-division titleholder and the sport’s top pay-per-view (PPV) draw, Conor McGregor, makes his long-awaited return to cage fighting at UFC 303 when he collides with The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 31 nemesis Michael Chandler to close out the promotion’s annual International Fight Week in Las Vegas!
Event: UFC 303: “McGregor vs. Chandler”
Date: Sat., June 29, 2024
Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Start times: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)
UFC 303 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:
170 lbs.: Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler
UFC 303 Main Card, Prelims On ESPN/ESPN+ PPV:
205 lbs: Jamahal Hill vs. Carlos Ulberg (not Khalil Rountree Jr.)
145 lbs.: Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili
185 lbs.: Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
135 lbs.: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
115 lbs.: Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
125 lbs.: Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez
135 lbs.: Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira
135 lbs.: Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri
265 lbs.: Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
145 lbs.: Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
*Fight card, bout order and number of fights remain subject to change.*
“This is a big fight,” Chandler recently told The MMA Hour. “I would argue, and this is no disrespect, we wanna break that Khabib number, the 2.4 [million PPV buys]. That was huge because of the animosity and the biggest Muslim athlete on the planet. It had all the makings of it doing that kind of number. This one, Conor’s comeback [versus] one of the most violent guys in the sport. We got 73 days to build this thing.”
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