Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor comes back to the MMA Competition for the first time in 2 years, to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov in an attempt to regain his UFC lightweight championship.
The McGregor vs Khabib fight will be held at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
It’s the same venue where McGregor lost to Floyd Mayweather on August 26, 2017.
The UFC 229 will feature 12 fights including Khabib vs. McGregor.
Preliminary fights will be on UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 PM ET.
On pay-per-view (PPV), the UFC 229 will start at 10:00 PM ET. The main event featuring Nurmagomedov-McGregor fight will probably start after midnight ET.
The pay-per-view of the show costs $64.99 for High Definition (HD) or $54.99 for standard definition, from UFC TV, Amazon Prime Video and from other cable or satellite providers.
Here’s the official bout order for UFC 229
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Main Card (PPV, 10:00 PM ET)
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis
Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes
Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov
Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig
Preliminary Card (FS1, 8:00 PM ET)
Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga
Vicente Luque vs. Jalin Turner
Aspen Ladd vs. Tonya Evinger
Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick
Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass, 6:30 PM ET)
Lina Lansberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya
Gray Maynard vs. Nik Lentz
Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin
Fight Records of Nurmagomedov and McGregor
Khabib Nurmagomedov: 26-0-0
26 fights
26 wins (8 by KO, 8 by submission)
Conor McGregor: 21-3-0
24 fights
21 wins (18 KO)
3 defeats
