UFC 303 will headline a light heavyweight title rematch on Saturday, as well as Alexandre Pereira defends the belt against Jiri Prochazka.
Conor McGregor Withdrew from his planned main event fight with Michael Chandler after breaking a toe this month, prompting Pereira and Prochazka to intervene.
Seven months ago, Pereira defeated Prochazka in the second round to win the vacant 205-pound belt and build on his previous reign as middleweight champion. Now Prochazka seeks revenge, trying to regain the light heavyweight title he won in 2022.
The Czech fighter vacated the belt that year after suffering an injury, before Jamahal Hill won the title and also vacated it through injury. After Pereira won gold in November, the Brazilian maintained it with a knockout over Hill in April this year, the same night as Pereira’s stoppage of Aleksandar Rakic.
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When is UFC 303?
UFC 303 takes place on Saturday, June 29, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The initial preliminaries will begin at 11pm BST (3pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET), with the regular preliminaries following at 1am BST on Sunday (5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET on Saturday). The main card will start at 3am BST on Sunday (7pm PT / 9pm CT / 10pm ET on Saturday).
How can I watch UFC 303?
The card will be broadcast live on TNT Sports in the UK, with the broadcaster’s app and website also broadcasting the fights. Discovery+ will also broadcast the action in the UK. In the US, ESPN+ will broadcast the event live, as will UFC Fight Pass.
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Selected Odds
Pereira – 13/08; Prochazka – 10/13
Ortega – 6/5; Lopes – 4/6
Machado Garry – 11/08; Page – 10/21
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Complete card (subject to change)
Main card
Alex Pereira (C) x Jiri Prochazka 2 (light heavyweight title)
Brian Ortega x Diego Lopes (lightweight)
Anthony Smith x Roman Dolidze (light heavyweight)
Mayra Bueno Silva x Macy Chiasson (women’s bantamweight)
Ian Machado Garry x Michael Page (welterweight)
Preliminary
Joe Pyfer x Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)
Cub Swanson x Andre Fili (featherweight)
Charles Jourdain x Jean Silva (featherweight)
Payton Talbott x Yanis Ghemmouri (bantamweight)
Initial preliminaries
Michelle Waterson-Gomez x Gillian Robertson (women’s strawweight)
Andre Arlovski x Martin Buday (heavyweight)
Rei Tsuruya x Carlos Hernandez (flyweight)
Ricky Simon x Vinicius Oliveira (bantamweight)
