On Friday, Conor McGregor and Max Holloway successfully tipped the scales at the weigh-in for UFC 329, one day before their Las Vegas main event.
The Irishman and Holloway will clash at welterweight, 13 years after McGregor outpointed the Hawaiian at featherweight, and five years after McGregor last fought.
In his last fight, McGregor sustained a broken leg in a loss to Dustin Poirier, before a broken toe ruled him out of a 2024 bout with Michael Chandler on two weeks’ notice. 2024 was also marred by a civil court case in which a jury found McGregor, 37, liable for rape in 2018. McGregor continues to deny the allegations against him, although his appeal against the verdict failed.
Against Holloway, McGregor meets a fellow former world champion, considered by many to be an all-time great. Both men held featherweight gold, while McGregor went on to win the lightweight belt before dabbling at 170lb. Holloway has also fought at lightweight, but Saturday marks his welterweight debut.
Follow all the build to UFC 329, below:
This week in photos
McGregor and Holloway are held back by security.
This week in photos
A fired-up Max Holloway at the press conference.
This week in photos
McGregor with his honorary, Irish-themed UFC belts.
This week in photos
McGregor in good spirits at the press conference.
McGregor and Pimblett odds
McGregor – 5/2; Holloway – 3/10
Pimblett – 13/10; Saint-Denis – 8/13
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How to watch UFC 329
In the UK, the card will air live on TNT Sports pay-per-view at a cost of £19.99, and is also accessible via HBO Max, EE TV, Virgin Media, Amazon Prime Video, and Sky Sports. In the US, Paramount+ will stream the action, with CBS showing a segment of the card.
UFC 329 start time on Saturday
UFC 329 will take place on Saturday 11 July at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, US. The early prelims will begin at 10pm BST (2pm PT / 4pm CT / 5pm ET), with the regular prelims following at 12am BST (4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET) on Sunday, before the main card starts at 2am BST on Sunday (6pm PT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET on Saturday).
Weigh-in results in full!
All weights in pounds; every fighter made weight:
Conor McGregor (170.5) vs Max Holloway (170)
Benoit Saint Denis (156) vs Paddy Pimblett (156)
Cory Sandhagen (135.5) vs Mario Bautista (135.5)
Brandon Royval (125) vs Lone’er Kavanagh (126)
King Green (155.5) vs Terrance McKinney (156)
Regular prelims
Nikita Krylov (205.5) vs Robert Whittaker (205.5)
Gable Steveson (241) vs Elisha Ellison (236)
Cody Garbrandt (136) vs Adrian Yanez (136)
Luke Riley (146) vs Kai Kamaka III (146)
Early prelims
Tracy Cortez (126) vs Wang Cong (125.5)
Damian Pinas (185.5) vs Cesar Almeida (186)
Farid Basharat (136) vs John Garza (135.5)
Ryan Gandra (185.5) vs Zach Reese (184.5)
Alessandro Costa (126) vs Cody Durden (125.5)
The night Conor McGregor became ‘Mystic Mac’
In 2021, before Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2, key figures spoke to the Independent about McGregor’s 2014 knockout of Poirier – a pivotal night on the Irishman’s journey to superstardom.
UFC announcer Bruce Buffer, backstage reporter Megan Olivi, and journalists Ariel Helwani and Petesy Carroll all feature.
Deep dive:
McGregor reignites feud with rival Khabib: ‘No courage’
Does McGregor believe his old rival Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the all-time greats?
“Come on, the guy’s done nothing in the sport, he’s done nothing in the sport,” McGregor told Complex. “Thirteen fights he’s had in the company, that’s it, and three against named opponents.
“He had a fight against me coming off… I was off the yacht, I was doing bad things on the yacht, yeah? I was partying heavily, and I was up to my eyeballs in court cases and all of this. I hadn’t fought in two years, I was worth 200 million.
“I come back and fight this f***ing guy. I done four rounds with him. I had a broken toe; I’m sure you’ve seen the Netflix show, where I broke my f***ing foot three weeks before the bout.”
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