Saturday’s beforehand scheduled essential occasion could have been derailed by the littlest piggy, however that does not imply UFC 303 does not nonetheless have lots to supply for struggle followers.
After Conor McGregor’s damaged pinky toe brought about the cancellation of the previous double champion’s struggle towards Michael Chandler, the UFC went into event-saving mode. And whereas the brand new headliner for Saturday’s card might not be of the caliber as the most important star within the sport making his return after almost three years out of the Octagon, there’ll no less than be a championship belt on the road.
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UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (10-2, 8 KOs) agreed to run it again with former champion Jiří Procházka (30-4, 26 KOs) on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. And identical to that, the present will go on. The 2 met within the cage beforehand at UFC 295 in November with Pereira claiming the vacant gentle heavyweight title with a second-round TKO.
In an unprecedented transfer, the co-main occasion will characteristic a really last-minute bout at 165 kilos between rising prospect Diego Lopes and late-notice alternative Dan Ige. Lopes was initially alleged to struggle Brian Ortega, however Ortega dropped out Saturday as a consequence of sickness and was changed by Ige simply hours earlier than the PPV broadcast started.
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Most important card (Begin time 10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV)
Catchweight (165 lbs): Diego Lopes vs. Dan Ige