It is common for Worldwide Struggle Week to come back with some drama, however this 12 months’s could be one of many extra confounding. UFC is again in Las Vegas for UFC 303 on Saturday — the crown jewel of Worldwide Struggle Week in Sin Metropolis — with a brand new foremost 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 principle occasion whereas Diego Lopes and Brian Ortega will throw down in a featherweight co-main occasion inside T-Cell Area.
The primary occasion was anticipated to see the return of Conor McGregor in a showdown with Michael Chandler. Sadly, McGregor suffered an harm in coaching camp and was compelled to withdraw only a couple weeks out from the occasion.Â
Prochazka received the title at UFC 275, profitable an excellent combat in opposition to Pereira’s pal and MMA mentor Glover Teixeira however was compelled to vacate the title because of harm earlier than defending it even as soon as. Prochazka’s comeback combat was with Pereira for the vacant title, which Pereira received by TKO within the second spherical.
“I’ve to say, irrespective of the consequence… I cannot change. I cannot change something,” Prochazka stated at media day. “I need to do the identical this Saturday. I need to do the identical, however significantly better. Be extra exact within the particulars. Watch the calf kicks, just a bit bit! And win. Simply win!”
Provided that the cardboard was initially centered round McGregor, the undercard is pretty shallow on identify worth, however that does not imply there will not be loads of motion price maintaining a tally of. Rising middleweight contender Joe Pfyer appears to get again on monitor when he takes on Marc-Andre Barriault in a preliminary bout. Ian Machado Garry and Michael “Venom” Web page are set to sq. off in an attention-grabbing welterweight contest between rising contenders. And a late addition to the cardboard sees Roman Dolidze transfer as much as mild heavyweight to problem veteran Anthony Smith.
It ought to be a wild evening of fights to cap off Worldwide Struggle Week. Under is the whole combat card for UFC 303 together with the most recent odds. Verify again all week for the most recent information, options and different content material round this large occasion.
UFC 303 combat 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
- Jean Silva def. Charles Jourdain through second-round knockout (punch)
- Payton Talbott def. Yanis Ghemmouri through first-round knockout (punches)
- Gillian Robertson def. Michelle Waterson-Gomez through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
- Martin Buday def. Andrei Arlovski through break up choice (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Rei Tsuruya def. Carlos Hernandez through unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Vinicius Olivera def. Ricky Simon through unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
UFC 303 data
- Date: June 29
- Location: T-Cell Area — Las Vegas
- Begin time: 10 p.m. ET (Foremost card)Â
- How one can watch:Â ESPN+ PPV
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