It is commonplace for Worldwide Combat Week to return with some drama, however this 12 months’s is likely to be one of many extra confounding. UFC is again in Las Vegas for UFC 303 on Saturday — the crown jewel of Worldwide Combat Week in Sin Metropolis — with a brand new essential and co-main occasion than beforehand scheduled. Gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will look to defend his title in opposition to Jiri Prochazka in the primary occasion whereas Diego Lopes and Brian Ortega will throw down in a featherweight co-main occasion inside T-Cellular Enviornment.
The primary occasion was anticipated to see the return of Conor McGregor in a showdown with Michael Chandler. Sadly, McGregor suffered an damage in coaching camp and was compelled to withdraw only a couple weeks out from the occasion.
Prochazka gained the title at UFC 275, profitable an excellent battle in opposition to Pereira’s pal and MMA mentor Glover Teixeira however was compelled to vacate the title on account of damage earlier than defending it even as soon as. Prochazka’s comeback battle was with Pereira for the vacant title, which Pereira gained by TKO within the second spherical.
Elsewhere on the undercard, Diego Lopes and Brian Ortega are set for an intriguing battle. The pair of featherweights will meet at 155 kilos as an alternative of their regular weight class after being a brief discover addition to the cardboard. Each males are vying to remain within the title image at 145 with a brand new champion now within the fold. Plus, mild heavyweight veteran Anthony Smith is again when he takes on Roman Dolidze, who makes the leap up from middleweight. Macy Chiasson and Mayra Bueno Silva are set for a girls’s bantamweight throwdown. And welterweights open the PPV when Ian Machado Garry takes on Michael “Venom” Web page.
Beneath is the whole battle card for UFC 303 together with the most recent odds. Test again all week for the most recent information, options and different content material round this huge occasion.
UFC 303 battle card, odds
- Alex Pereira (c) -150 vs. Jiri Prochazka +125, mild heavyweight title
- Diego Lopes -145 vs. Brian Ortega +120, lightweights
- Roman Dolidze -145 vs. Anthony Smith +120, mild heavyweights
- Macy Chiasson -110 vs. Mayra Bueno Silva -110, girls’s bantamweights
- Ian Machado Garry -155 vs. Michael Web page +130, welterweights
- Joe Pyfer -300 vs. Marc-Andre Barriault +240, middleweights
- Andre Fili -235 vs. Cub Swanson +195. featherweights
- Charles Jourdain -115 vs. Jean Silva -105, featherweights
- Gillian Robertson -180 vs. Michelle Waterson-Gomez +155, girls’s strawweights
- Payton Talbott -1600 vs. Yanis Ghemmouri +800, bantamweights
- Martin Buday -270 vs. Andrei Arlovski +220, heavyweights
- Rei Tsuruya -470 vs. Carlos Hernandez +350, flyweights
- Ricky Simon -250 vs. Vinicius Olivera +205, bantamweights
UFC 303 data
- Date: June 29
- Location: T-Cellular Enviornment — Las Vegas
- Begin time: 10 p.m. ET (Principal card)
- watch: ESPN+ PPV
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