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UFC 303 reports a nearly $16M gate, its 4th-biggest despite 3 bouts with replacement fighters
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor’s broken toe couldn’t keep MMA fans away from T-Mobile Arena on Saturday for UFC 303, as the 30-year-old organization celebrated its fourth-highest gate. With 18,881 in attendance, the total gate was announced at $15.9 million for an event that...
Pereira retains light heavyweight title with 2nd-round TKO of Prochazka at UFC 303
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pereira first became a champion kickboxer and then moved to the UFC and won title belts in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. And, after Saturday night's convincing victory over top-ranked challenger Jiri Prochazka in UFC 303, he might not be...
Dan Ige drops close decision at UFC 303 hours after being called in to replace an ill fighter
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An illness forced Brian Ortega to withdraw Saturday hours before his scheduled fight with Diego Lopes in the co-main event at UFC 303, and Dan Ige was called in as a replacement and narrowly lost by decision. All three judges scored the fight 29-28 in favor Lopes...
Late replacements Pereira and Prochazka face off in rematch for light heavyweight title in UFC 303
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Conor McGregor's broken toe forced him to pull out of UFC 303, UFC President Dana White knew he didn't have time to waste. Promotional materials needed to be changed and a new marketing strategy created. And he had to find a new headline fight....
Conor McGregor says a broken toe forced him to withdraw from UFC 303
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor posted on Instagram on Friday that a broken toe was the reason he had to pull out of his headline UFC 303 bout against Michael Chandler after previously not specifying the injury. “We had a lapse in concentration and engaged in a training session...
McGregor says he will return to the UFC octagon after he recovers from an injury
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In his first public comments since pulling out of UFC 303 on Thursday because of an undisclosed injury, Conor McGregor called it a postponement rather than a cancellation of his fight with Michael Chandler that had been scheduled for later this month. McGregor said...
Conor McGregor out of UFC 303 because of an undisclosed injury
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Conor McGregor, long the face of the UFC, is injured and out of the upcoming pay-per-view event June 29 in Las Vegas that he was scheduled to headline. Organization President Dana White announced the change Thursday night on X, saying light heavyweight champion...
Makhachev beats Poirier by submission at UFC 302 to defend lightweight title
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Islam Makhachev had a desperate opponent in front of him and much of a sold-out crowd against him. None of that stopped him. Nothing has in a long time. Makhachev defended his lightweight title and extended his winning streak to 14 fights, the...
Makhachev doesn't want to retire Poirier at UFC 302, just beat him in the lightweight title clash
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Islam Makhachev understood the reasons why Dustin Poirier would consider retirement after their lightweight title clash in the main event of UFC 302. The 35-year-old Poirier has cited family, blossoming business interests, and just a general weariness of...
At 35, Dustin Poirier knows time is running out to win UFC lightweight crown
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Dustin Poirier was beaten up so badly in one UFC fight, he suffered a partially torn quadriceps that eventually made his leg swell so much on a flight, he compared the gnarly sight to a swollen, stuffed sausage. He’s agonized through the gruesome checklist of injuries...
