Saturday’s previously scheduled main event may have been derailed by the smallest pig, but that doesn’t mean UFC 303 still doesn’t have plenty to offer fight fans.
After Conor McGregor’s broken pinky toe caused the cancellation of the former two-time championship bout 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 of the sport’s biggest star making his return after a nearly three-year absence from the Octagon, at least a championship belt will be 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 so the show goes on. The two previously met inside the cage 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 talent Diego Lopes in a lightweight bout. The fight was originally scheduled to take place at featherweight, but was changed to 155 pounds at the last minute after Ortega failed to make the cut-down to 145 pounds.
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