Overview
- The UFC confirmed a five-round welterweight main event for International Fight Week at T-Mobile Arena, marking Max Holloway’s first bout at 170 pounds.
- Betting markets that opened Tuesday list Holloway as a sizable favorite at -410 at FanDuel with Conor McGregor at +290.
- Veterans Dustin Poirier, Chris Weidman and Jorge Masvidal say McGregor’s clearest path is an early knockout, calling it a puncher’s chance.
- Georges St-Pierre warned it would be heartbreaking if McGregor looks far from his prime and urged a camp that recreates real fight discomfort after the layoff.
- McGregor last fought in July 2021 when he broke his leg in a loss to Poirier, and he defeated Holloway by decision in their first meeting in 2013.