UFC 303 live updates: Results, highlights, odds, how to watch Alex Pereira vs Jiří Procházka 2
Saturday’s previously scheduled main event may have been derailed by a piggyback, but that doesn’t mean UFC 303 doesn’t have a lot to offer fight fans.
After Conor McGregor’s broken pinky finger caused the former double champion’s fight against Michael Chandler to be cancelled, the UFC went into salvage mode. And while the new headliner for Saturday’s card may not be the caliber of the sport’s biggest star returning after nearly three years away from the Octagon, at least there will be a championship belt on the line.
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UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (10-2, 8 KOs) has agreed to rematch former champion Jiří Procházka (30-4, 26 KOs) on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. And so, the show will go on. The two previously met in the Octagon at UFC 295 in November, with Pereira claiming the vacant light heavyweight title with a second-round TKO.
The co-main event features fan favorite Brian Ortega against up-and-coming Diego Lopes in a lightweight bout. The fight was originally supposed to be at featherweight, but was changed at the last minute to 155 pounds after Ortega was unable to make the cut for 145.
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