Two of the most smartly-favored fighters in all of the UFC will meet for a third time on Saturday at UFC 264 (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). What occurs next would possibly maybe well own essential implications for the careers of both Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.
The winner most likely will get the most most notable shot at novel UFC gentle-weight champion Charles Oliveira — some puzzled why this bout wasn’t for the gentle-weight crown in the most most notable issue — whereas the loser would possibly maybe well well scamper in a necessity of directions. McGregor in tell would possibly maybe well well scamper in a necessity of directions, from the relaxation of the UFC’s gentle-weight challengers to an exhibition match against Jake Paul.
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The pair closing met at UFC 257 in January, with Poirier emphatically defeating the extinct two-belt champion. Poirier enters their rematch with a 27-6-1 yarn, whereas McGregor holds a 22-5 mark.
Nonetheless that’s real one fight in a fleshy evening for UFC at T-Mobile Enviornment in Las Vegas.
When does UFC 264 initiating?
The essential card for UFC 261 is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. ET. Before that, the early prelims will initiating at 6: 15 p.m. ET, whereas the prelims will initiating at 8 p.m. ET.
Where will UFC 264 be accessible on pay-per-gaze?
As fashioned, the UFC 264 essential card shall be aired through pay-per-gaze on ESPN+. This one will move you $69.99 once you happen to’re an present ESPN+ subscriber, in any other case that you would possibly maybe bundle in a yearly subscription to ESPN+ for $89.98.
The early prelims for the match shall be accessible on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Movement, whereas the prelims shall be televised on ESPN and streamed through ESPN+ (no pay-per-gaze wanted).
The fleshy UFC 264 card
Right here is the fleshy essential card for UFC 264, foundation with rising critical individual Sean O’Malley at bantamweight. A broad fight between two extinct welterweight challengers additionally serves because the co-essential match.
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Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor (gentle-weight)
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Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson (welterweight)
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Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy (heavyweight)
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Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya (bantamweight)
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Sean O’Malley vs vs. Kris Moutinho (bantamweight)
Who’s favored in UFC 264?
As of Friday evening, BetMGM has Poirier as a cramped authorized at -120, whereas a gamble on McGregor will offer you even odds.
The pair first met the total way wait on in 2014, when McGregor’s critical individual became real foundation to upward thrust and Poirier became a longtime primitive in the featherweight ranks. McGregor took that bout in decisive fashion, scoring a first-round TKO with a combination that stupefied Poirier. Every males own since moved as a lot as gentle-weight, with McGregor shooting both the featherweight and lightweight-weight championship and Poirier an intervening time gentle-weight championship.
McGregor’s curler coaster since reaching the highest of the UFC — the Khabib Nurmagomedov loss, the Floyd Mayweather exhibition match, his many honest points, his profession as a whiskey pitchman — has been smartly documented, whereas Poirier remodeled into one of many promotion’s top lightweights.
That became on fleshy demonstrate in their second bout, a second-round TKO steal for Poirier:
Beyond the most most notable match, Thompson (-155), Tuivasa (-145), Aldana (-120) and O’Malley (-900) are the relaxation of the favorites on the most most notable card. O’Malley is a heavy authorized in tell against UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho, who’s changing Louis Smolka on four days’ watch due to the an undisclosed hurt.
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