UFC 303 reside outcomes and evaluation: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2

Alex Pereira defends his mild heavyweight championship in a rematch with former champion Jiri Prochazka in the principle occasion of UFC 303 on Saturday, June 29, in Las Vegas. The principle card at T-Cell Enviornment is on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims and early prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m.

Pereira (10-2) has gained three fights in a row, together with a second-round TKO of Prochazka in November that earned the Brazilian the vacant 205-pound title. Pereira is No. 3 within the ESPN pound-for-pound rankings.

Prochazka (30-4-1), who’s ranked second (behind Pereira) within the ESPN mild heavyweighht rankings, has gained 14 of his final 15, with the Pereira struggle his solely defeat since 2015.

This is all the pieces to find out about watching or streaming UFC 303, together with all 13 fights on the cardboard. Verify again right here afterward for outcomes and methods to watch replays of every matchup.

How you can watch the fights

Watch the PPV and all different fights on ESPN+: Get ESPN+ right here.

Watch the prelims and early prelims on ESPN. Obtain the ESPN App | WatchESPN | TV schedule

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There’s additionally FightCenter, which affords reside updates for each UFC card.

UFC 303 struggle card

ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET
Mild heavyweight championship: Alex Pereira (c) vs. Jiri Prochazka
Light-weight: Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes
Mild heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Roman Dolidze
Ladies’s bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
Welterweight: Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Web page
ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m.
Middleweight: Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Featherweight: Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili
Featherweight: Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
Males’s bantamweight: Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri
ESPN/ESPN+, 6 p.m.
Strawweight: Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
Males’s flyweight: Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez
Males’s bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira
(c) = defending champion

‘Poatan’ talks flat tires, Jiri Prochazka and extra

Alex Pereira sits down with Brett Okamoto to debate damaged toes, altering tires and his upcoming title protection towards Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 in Las Vegas.

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Contained in the seven-year free fall of Conor McGregor

Conor McGregor was scheduled to return at UFC 303, however a toe damage is the newest saga for the Irishman. McGregor has chased the skilled and financial highs he reached practically seven years in the past for the reason that evening he walked out of the boxing ring towards Mayweather. What’s transpired since 2017 is only one UFC win and numerous setbacks, together with: arrests, accidents, lawsuits and a number of allegations of sexual assault.

Learn your complete story right here.

McGregor shares damage standing, vows to be prepared for subsequent struggle

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Conor McGregor trying to be 100% earlier than his subsequent struggle

Conor McGregor explains his damage and particulars how he’s making ready for his subsequent UFC struggle.

Conor McGregor was available for the Bellator Dublin occasion to help Sinead Kavanagh in her struggle towards Arlene Blencowe. After the Blencowe-Kavanagh match, McGregor spoke within the postfight interview and detailed his damage standing alongside together with his plans to return to the Octagon later within the yr.

Rating the fights at UFC 303: With no McGregor-Chandler, who steps up?

Saturday’s reinvigorated predominant occasion is a rematch of the fiery struggle final November wherein Alex Pereira gained the belt. It was tightly contested and swung in each instructions — largely towards Jiri Procházka, actually — earlier than Pereira landed a left hook counterpunch in Spherical 2 that was the start of the tip. Talking of beginnings, although: Essentially the most spine-tingling spotlight got here throughout prefight introductions, when the fighters stood of their corners staring throughout the cage at one another, neither man transferring a muscle. If Pereira and Procházka can convey that chilling vitality once more Saturday, we’re in for a great one.

A number of storylines will play out at UFC 303. Listed here are probably the most intriguing, framed as inquiries to be answered on struggle evening.

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Professional picks and greatest bets: The place’s the worth at UFC 303 and PFL?

Brett Okamoto spoke to UFC mild heavyweight and ESPN analyst Anthony Smith to get his perspective on the UFC predominant occasion. ESPN betting consultants Ian Parker and Reed Kuhn add their perception and evaluation on the UFC predominant occasion and different intriguing bets they like on this weekend’s struggle playing cards.

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UFC 303 broadcast workforce handled to ‘greatest fighter assembly of all time’

Prematurely of his UFC 303 struggle, Ian Machado Garry met this week with the UFC broadcast workforce — together with a particular visitor, his younger son, who had Daniel Cormier, Jon Anik and the remainder of the crew in stitches together with his spot-on fighter impersonations. Take a look at which UFC stars the teenager mimicked — trace: One is headlining on Saturday, and one other was alleged to — and see why backstage interviewer Megan Olivi known as this “the best fighter assembly of all time, completely wonderful.”

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