Overview
- The UFC has booked McGregor to rematch Max Holloway as the five‑round main event of UFC 329 at T‑Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 11, with the card to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. and on TNT Sports/HBO Max in the U.K. and Ireland.
- McGregor returns after 1,827 days out of competition and a catastrophic leg fracture suffered against Dustin Poirier in July 2021, and he has not recorded a win since January 2020.
- Several fighters and pundits have publicly questioned whether McGregor will actually show up and whether he can beat Holloway, most recently Usman Nurmagomedov, who said he does not expect McGregor to fight and doubts a victory if he does.
- The published fight card lists Paddy Pimblett vs. Benoit Saint Denis as the co‑main and includes prelims such as Robert Whittaker vs. Nikita Krylov, and outlets report steep ticket prices with minimums above $600 and top seats reaching tens of thousands of dollars.
- The matchup ties sporting stakes to big commercial interest: if McGregor appears and wins it could revive pay‑per‑view and fan attention, but questions about ring rust, durability and past withdrawals leave the fight’s promotional value and competitive meaning uncertain.