UFC 303 live updates: Results, highlights, odds, how to watch Alex ...
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Saturday's previously scheduled main event may have been derailed by the littlest piggy, but that doesn't mean UFC 303 doesn't still have plenty to offer for fight fans.
After Conor McGregor's broken pinky toe caused the cancellation of the former double champion's fight against Michael Chandler, the UFC went into event-saving mode. And while the new headliner for Saturday's card may not be of the caliber as the biggest star in the sport making his return after nearly three years out of the Octagon, there will at least be a championship belt on the line.
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UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira (10-2, 8 KOs) agreed to run it back with former champion Jiří Procházka (30-4, 26 KOs) on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. And just like that, the show will go on. The two met in the cage previously 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 rising prospect Diego Lopes in a lightweight fight. The bout was originally supposed to go down at featherweight, but was changed last minute to 155-pounds after Ortega couldn't make the cut down to 145.
Follow our live blog below for all of the results, highlights and analysis from fight night with Yahoo Sports:
Live28 updates
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 2:12 AM GMT+2
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Michelle Waterson-Gomez calls it a career.
Despite being undersized for her UFC career, she made up for it with her huge heart.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) June 30, 2024
Michelle Waterson-Gomez announces following her loss to Gillian Robertson that she is retiring.
Salute to a WMMA pioneer, and more importantly, just a great human being. ????
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 30, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 2:03 AM GMT+2
Michelle Waterson-Gomez has taken off her gloves. Retirement incoming. #UFC303
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) June 30, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 2:03 AM GMT+2
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Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:56 AM GMT+2
Starting to think Waterson-Gomez is overmatched…
— Chuck Mindenhall (@ChuckMindenhall) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:50 AM GMT+2
Great round for Robertson. I wouldn’t the surprised if she gets a submission #UFC303
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:48 AM GMT+2
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:45 AM GMT+2
Waterson is 1-6 in her last 7 and is still ranked. Insane.
— Seán Sheehan (@SeanSheehanBA) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:36 AM GMT+2
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Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:32 AM GMT+2
The heavyweights did not deliver as the bout between 45-year-old Andre Arlovski and Martin Buday heads to the judges' scorecards.
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:23 AM GMT+2
This is a bad fight.
— Luke Thomas????️♀️ (@lthomasnews) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:05 AM GMT+2
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Sun, June 30, 2024 at 1:02 AM GMT+2
The fight goes the distance. It was all Tsuruya until he gassed a bit in the third. It's in the judges' hands now.
Tsuruya has a bright future more experience and he will be a top contender. #ufc303
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 12:57 AM GMT+2
Julianna Peña screaming advice to Carlos Hernandez from the front row at #UFC303: “You’re the heaviest person in the world right now.”
— Mike Bohn (@MikeBohn) June 29, 2024
Sun, June 30, 2024 at 12:56 AM GMT+2
Hernandez came super to close to getting caught a twister in the second round! Tsuruya's showing some elite talent on the mat.