Former two-division champion Conor McGregor returns to the Octagon for the first time in almost two years to face current lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fight will be broadcast on pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET.
McGregor is coming off a TKO loss to former boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather in August 2017. His last MMA fight was a TKO victory over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 on Nov. 12, 2016, at New York's Madison Square Garden. With the victory, McGregor became the first fighter to hold two UFC titles in two different divisions simultaneously (featherweight, lightweight.)
Nurmagomedov hasn't lost a fight in more than 10 years. In his last outing, he defeated Al Iaquinta by unanimous decision at UFC 223 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, to win the lightweight belt.
Where can I watch the Nurmagomedov-McGregor full fight card?
The Nurmagomedov-McGregor lightweight fight broadcast on pay-per-view will begin at 10 p.m. ET on Saturday.
The PPV card also includes:
Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis, lightweight
Dominick Reyes vs. Ovince Saint Preux, light heavyweight
Alexander Volkov vs. Derrick Lewis, heavyweight
Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig, strawweight
Preliminary fights will air on FS1 at 8 p.m. ET:
Sean O'Malley vs. Jose Quinonez, featherweight
Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga, flyweight
Vicente Luque vs. Jalin Turner, welterweight
Aspen Ladd vs. Tonya Evinger, bantamweight
Early preliminary fights will air on UFC Fight Pass at 6:15 p.m. ET:
Lina Lansberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya, bantamweight
Gray Maynard vs. Nik Lentz, lightweight
Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick, lightweight
Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin, welterweight